Books like Rilla of Ingleside
12 books with a reading profile close to Rilla of Ingleside by Lucy Maud Montgomery. Balanced in tone; an easy read.
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The Robe
history, narrative
Marcellus Gallio, a Roman tribune stationed in Palestine, participates in the execution of Jesus of Nazareth and wins the condemned man’s seamless robe in a dice game.
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The Last of the Mohicans
history, narrative
Set in 1757 during the French and Indian War, the narrative follows frontiersman Natty Bumppo, known as Hawkeye, and his Mohican companions, Chingachgook and Uncas.
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Quo Vadis
by Henryk Sienkiewicz, W.S. Kuniczak
history, narrative
Set in Nero's Rome, "Quo Vadis" tells the story of the Roman patrician Marcus Vinicius and his passionate, yet conflicted, love for the Christian Ligia.
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Hawaii
history, narrative
James Michener’s narrative begins with the volcanic formation of the islands before chronicling the successive waves of human arrivals.
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Johnny Tremain
history, narrative
Set in revolutionary Boston, the story follows fourteen-year-old Johnny Tremain, a talented silversmith's apprentice whose career is destroyed when a molten silver accident leaves his hand permanently disfigured.
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The Scottish Chiefs
by Jane Porter
history, narrative
Jane Porter’s historical novel recounts the life of William Wallace during the Scottish Wars of Independence against King Edward I of England.
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Sir Nigel
history, narrative
Set during the opening decades of the Hundred Years' War, this historical novel follows Nigel Loring, an impoverished scion of a noble house.
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Child's History of England (Annotated and Illustrated)
by Charles Dickens, Toby Davidson
history, narrative
In this work, Charles Dickens provides a chronological narrative of English history spanning from the ancient Roman invasions under Julius Caesar to the seventeenth-century Glorious Revolution.
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The Moon is Down
history, narrative
In a coastal mining town, an unnamed invading force led by Colonel Lanser replaces the local government to secure coal exports.
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