Skønlitteratur for børn og unge: historiske fortællinger

Thirteen-year-old Tameisha is tired. Tired of teachers, tired of homework, generally tired of school. All she really wants to do (apart from hanging out with her friends) is to style hair. All that all changes when a cosmetologist inspires her to make an unprecedented visit to the school library to research Madame C. J. Walker. In the library, something goes terribly wrong and Tameisha finds herself, still in Barbados, but in 1840, just post-emancipation. Although slavery has ended, the plight of Black people remains dire and Tameisha is under constant threat of being sent to work in the elds of a plantation.Initially, Tameisha is shielded from danger by the kindness of some of the people she encounters (including a few influential historical figures) and the education she has despised up until then, but that may not be enough to save her from the back-breaking eld work most Black Barbadians are still required to do in 1840.Will she find her way back to twenty- first century Barbados or will she have to stay in the nineteenth century and accept her awful fate?

Queen Tarabai's husband died while their son was just an infant. But this brave woman would not let that stop her from leading the Marathi army into battle against the Mughals. After declaring herself regent, she faced many adversaries and was even imprisoned by her own people for a time. Yet every time she was knocked down, she rose up again stronger than ever before.Bilingual Legends # 647: This book is in both English and the historical Modi script of Marathi. After being suppressed since the mid-20th century, a revival of the Modi script has begun among Marathi speaking communities keen to preserve the traditions of their ancestors by passing their own script onto the next generation.

"For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts."- Isaiah 55:9Adelaide Westall had always believed that God's ways were higher than earthly ways. She had just always imagined that God's plan and her plan would have some similarities. A family of penniless orphans facing a hopeless future in a factory city-a heartbroken noblewoman shut up inside a forbidding fortress of grief and reserve-and a mysterious painting of a calm-faced pilgrim were all destined to challenge Adelaide's faith in unexpected ways. Only God could orchestrate a plan high enough to reach them all.Set amongst the rolling hills of the English border country, this story of Victorian life is a poignant reminder that we serve a God who brings light out of darkness, who works good out of evil, whose ways are higher than our ways-as the heavens are higher than the earth.

"In 1948, 12-year-old Amil, who is both Muslim and Hindu, struggles to find his place in Bombay, India, until his twin sister suggests he tell his story through drawings meant for their late mother as he tries to find hope and a sense of belonging in a chaotic world"--

Kraften fyldte hver en afkrog af mig. Den var ren og ældre end verden selv, og for første gang, siden jeg havde forladt mit hjem, fordampede al min usikkerhed om Legenden og mig selv. Fredsmødet nærmer sig, og alt imens Elna prøver at få sin bror ud af fjendens kongestad, strammer kong Lukas grebet om byen. Oprør lurer i gaderne, og den kongelige garde er på sporet af dem. Samtidig hjemsøges Elena af skræmmende drømme om legendens sværd og en hvid bjørn. Med livet som indsats beslutter hun sig for at finde ud af mere om Legenden om den hætteklædte ridder, for måske er det nøglen til at stoppe krigen?Kongens hemmelighed er tredje og sidste bind i trilogien Legendens ridder, der blander elementer fra fantasy og eventyr i et middelalderligt univers. Det er en fortælling om venskab, hemmeligheder, en altødelæggende krig og om, hvordan man finder modet til at kæmpe videre.Jeanette Sigtenborg (f. 1992) debuterede som forfatter med Legendens ridder – I krig i 2021. Bogen modtog prisen for Årets Danske Fantasydebut i 2021.

An inquisitive twelve-year-old merchant's son named Andrew from ninth-century Italy sets sail with his father on his first voyage to Constantinople, queen of cities and marketplace of the world. Join Andrew and his father as they sail across the vast Mediterranean Sea aboard a lone merchant vessel, with only their wits and faith to keep them alive. Hear about mercy, loyalty, and courage as you walk the streets of ancient Constantinople. Journey through the enchanting lands of Byzantium as they once were centuries ago, in a world of beautiful art and simple devotion when hardship was matched only by people's compassion. Unexpected encounters with pirates and the imperial navy threaten to prevent their safe return home, where their loved ones wait in agonizing silence. Andrew meets men of great generosity who show him that real value in life cannot be purchased. This fictional story of life and hope relates the history of the period while showing how the church preserved justice and civilization in a dark time.

In the land of Taletha, the Wife Market is the prime place for young lords to find a spouse...but not the place for love. Something Inara knows all too well. After six years of rejection, she has no hope of being chosen for anything but a plaything.When the future ruler of Taletha arrives at the Market, Inara is chosen. More shocking still, Dhamar is exactly what he appears to be: kind, gentle, and willing to build a relationship of mutual respect and trust.Yet Dhamar has his own demons to fight. With a tyrannical father pushing for war with the ¿erians, a scheming council, and the burden to protect those he loves, Dhamar is stretched thin. He wants to be a good husband to his wife, but how?Thrown together by chance, will breaking down their walls reveal something beautiful, or leave only shattered pieces behind?

Bent's Fort shall be destroyed! This I have seen.With these words, the Cheyenne elder Gray Owl predicts the end of the mighty trading post on the Arkansas River. Eleven-year-old Little Fox learns that Gray Owl's vision includes him. He must destroy Bent's Fort! Alone and unarmed, Little Fox is left outside the towering adobe walls to face an impossible mission. This first chapter book for young readers is both a thrilling adventure tale and a well-researched interpretation of the end of Bent's Fort in 1849.

When British rifles go missing on the black market, can two star-crossed young people conjure a little magic to save the empire... and find love?Birmingham, England, 1816. Xara Aminoff trusts no one. Caught stealing and forced to train as a government agent, the guardian with supernatural talent hates that she owes the crown a year of service. But her stiff reserve is challenged when her first mission involves working with a distractingly handsome man interested in more than her martial talent.Michael Ramsey wants out. Desperate to leave the espionage game behind, the world-class spy is shocked when his frantic call for aid yields a gorgeous girl who fights like a tiger. And when she agrees to help him come in from the cold, he strives to return the favor by opening her jaded eyes to joy.Certain her budding feelings for the rugged secret agent will doom her, Xara struggles to hold him at arm's length as they pursue their dangerous assignment. And though Michael thwarts attempts on both their lives, he fears he'll never crack the iron wall she's built between them.Can this perfect pair untangle an arcane conspiracy and fall for love's spell?Michael's Warrior is the pulse-pounding second book in the Benevolence Society YA Regency romance series. If you like strong heroines, witty banter, and opposites-attract stories, then you'll adore Emmaline Rose's undercover sweethearts.

Can a fashion doll from England find friendship and happiness in colonial America?When a beautiful doll, Polly Sumner, lands in Boston on a ship loaded with tea, she discovers growing discontent among the colonists over English taxes. One night, she has a front row seat for a parade of colonists, disguised as Mohawk Indians, heading to the docks to dump the tea. Trouble is brewing! When war breaks out, Polly struggles to understand why and how it will affect her. As she watches events unfold, she learns all about the meaning of liberty and patriotism. Swept up in events that change the course of history, she becomes a part of that history herself, in this unique tale of friendship and adventure.This is the story of Polly Sumner, a real doll that will capture the heart and imagination of any child, and acquaint the young reader with important Revolutionary history, and the founding ideals of liberty and justice for all.

In 1930's Appalachia, Dahlia Harrell struggles with grown-up issues like freedom, fairness, and friendship. When her brother Charlie comes down with Scarlet Fever, Dahlia and the rest of the family are quarantined. That spoiled Rosie Blevins tries to take advantage of Dahlia's absence to steal her one true friend, Ruby Walker. When Dahlia's uncle Ennis Cain, the "Travelling Troubadour," arrives in Lothian Mill, trouble isn't far behind.

El Rey Hammurabi expandió el Imperio burlando a sus enemigos. Pero cuando sus propios súbditos comiencen a pelear entre ellos, ¿cómo hará las paces el rey de la guerra?El antiguo rey babilónico Hammurabi solo se recuerda por una razón hoy. Pero, ¿cuánto sabemos realmente sobre este hombre que alguna vez fue poderoso?Siendo particularmente interesante para los niños, este libro relata el poderío militar de Hammurabi antes de retratar un escenario ficticio que puede haberlo impulsado a desarrollar su famoso Código, la primera ley en el mundo que introdujo la presunción de inocencia.Como el idioma acadio está muerto, este libro se presenta en otro idioma antiguo y en peligro de extinción que se habla en una región geográfica similar.#654Ñ en la serie Leyendas Bilingües: Este libro está en español y neoarameo asirio.Créditos adicionales¿¿El traductor asirio desea permanecer anónimo.

MODSTAND foregår i Holland under 2. Verdenskrig og er inspireret af Hollywood-legenden Audrey Hepburns barndomFjortenårige Edda hedder egentlig Audrey, men kalder sig Edda for at dække over, at hun er halvt englænder, hvilket besættelsesmagten ikke vil bryde sig om. Den by, Edda bor i, lider under nazisternes hårde behandling af befolkningen – indbyggerne sulter og lever i konstant frygt. Eddas onkel er blevet myrdet af nazisterne, og hendes bror er taget til fange. Edda vil gøre alt for at hjælpe den hollandske modstandsbevægelse med at kæmpe mod tyskerne.Men hvor meget kan en teenagepige egentlig gøre? Ret meget, viser det sig faktisk …En virkelig spændende fortælling, der giver et lærerigt indblik i de rystende forhold, Audrey Hepburn og den hollandske befolkning oplevede under besættelsen.Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993) var en belgisk-født, britisk skuespiller, som opnåede stor berømthed i en række Hollywood-film, bl.a. Prinsessen holder fridag, Pigen Holly og My Fair Lady. Hun var meget engageret i sit arbejde for UNICEF og gjorde en stor indsats for at sætte fokus på børns rettigheder.Lix: 26,7 ml=10,9 lo=15,8

In the middle of a nascent civil war, the ancient history of attraction between white reverend fathers and beautiful black nuns, if unabated, could prove fatal to the message of the Catholic church.Sister Catherine, (daughter of a traditional Ifa worshipper) struggled with the voice of cross and that of man.She must prove if chastity is the will of the Supreme or imposition of a religious few imitating God of love!In this colonial setting, the conservative, faithful Cardinal Silvanus recommended the appointment of a native radical, Bishop Hardwin Foriti, to stem notable intransigeances in Ijebu diocese. While the new Bishop assiduously transforms the diocese, a fresh case of love and compassion may be difficult to contain or denied credibility by the Roman Catholic.

This is the large print edition of the tween/teen fiction book for ages 11-15, Agamede, A Tale of Magic, is filled with sorcery, time travel, and adventure.When twelve-year-old Mindy finds a glass fishing float on the beach in Mumbai, India, she discovers it's no ordinary fishing float, but a magic crystal ball, and she has been chosen to save the world. Agamede, the magical being who takes the form of the ball in her dormant state, needs Mindy's help to stop an evil sorceress named Roxanne Evillovich. Roxie's diabolical plan is to use Agamede's powers to eradicate modern technology from the world and return civilization to the days when magic ruled. Roxanne's crystal ball was lost to the sea during transport to her new home, the Crystal Tower, in Portland, Oregon. Mindy must travel alone through time and space to thirteenth-century Spain, the mystical Isle of Avalon, and ancient Egypt on a quest for a spell that will allow her to use Agamede's powers against Roxie and save the world as we know it.

»Ik, Phileas Fogg, vermaak hierbij mijn vermogen, archief en woning aan mijn eenigen zoon, James Fogg, onder nadrukkelijk beding, dat hij mijn hier volgende opdracht volbrenge: - De traditie hooghoudende van mij, Phileas Fogg, zal mijn zoon een reis om de wereld hebben te volbrengen in de helft van den tijd, welken mijn reis om de wereld bedroeg. Phileas Fogg.«

A culmination of lessons learned are put into action as Rowdy traverses family ties and unstoppable action in this transformative coming-of-age western. Cloaked in darkness and in the brunt of a treacherous storm, Rowdy rides in pursuit of a dangerous gambler caught cheating and robbing a game at the Waterin' Hole Saloon. But when he's overpowered by a gang of men claiming to be the law, he's forced to return to Lincoln without his prisoner. On the road home, Rowdy meets a family traveling with a wagon train of settlers who claim they recognize him and have unbelievable news. Rowdy's brother, thought to be dead all these years, is alive and in grave danger. Rocked by the news, Rowdy has but one decision-find his brother and do everything in his power to save him. Thrust into the beginning of an uprising that may just get him killed when he attempts to uncover his brother's whereabouts, Rowdy has everything to lose. But nothing will stop him from making his return.

"As the United States enters World War II, seventeen-year-old Eleanor wants to do something to help her Jewish relatives in Poland, so she puts her brilliant math skills to work for the US army to fine-tune a top-secret weapon that will help defeat the enemy"--

""You are to report to Station X at Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire, in four days time....That is all you need to know." This was the terse telegram hundreds of young women throughout the British Isles received in the spring of 1941, as World War II raged. As they arrived at Station X, a sprawling mansion in a state of disrepair surrounded by Spartan-looking huts with little chimneys coughing out thick smoke-these young people had no idea what kind of work they were stepping into. Who had recommended them? Why had they been chosen? Most would never learn all the answers to these questions. Bletchley Park was a well-kept secret during World War II, operating under the code name Station X. The critical work of code-cracking Nazi missives that went on behind its closed doors could determine a victory or loss against Hitler's army. Amidst the brilliant cryptographers, flamboyant debutantes, and absent-minded professors working there, it was teenaged girls who kept Station X running. Some could do advanced math, while others spoke a second language. They ran the unwieldy bombe machines, made sense of wireless sound waves, and sorted the decoded messages. They were expected to excel in their fields and most importantly: know how to keep a secret"--

Jennifer A. Nielsen, author of A Night Divided and Rescue, artfully weaves together the stories of five kids living through World War I who each hold the key to each other's futures... if they are lucky -- and brave -- enough to find each other.World War I stretches its cruel fingers across Europe, where five kids feel war's scarcity and challenges in different ways.Felix, from Austria-Hungary, wants the courage to fight against Jewish deportations before his own family can be taken.Kara, from Britain, wants to be a Red Cross nurse.Juliette, of France, hopes her family can remain knitted together in the face of the war's longest battle.Elsa, from Germany, hopes her homing pigeon might one day bring her a friend among the chaos.And Dimitri, of Russia, wants only to survive the front, where he's been sent with no weapon.None of them will find exactly what they want. But the winds of fate may cross their paths to give each of them just what they need.

"Halle and her mother find unexpected solace on a tuberculosis ward in 1930s upstate New York"--