Barrett, Tracey. Anna of Byzantium.
In the eleventh century the teenage princess Anna Comnena fights for her birthright,
the throne to the Byzantine Empire, which she fears will be taken from her
by her younger brother John because he is a boy.
Friesner, Esther. Nobody’s Princess.
Determined to fend for herself in a world where only men have real freedom, headstrong
Helen, who will be called queen of Sparta and Helen of Troy one day, learns
to fight, hunt, ride horses and goes on an adventure throughout the Mediterranean
world.
Konigsburg, E.L. A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver.
While waiting in heaven for divine judgement to be passed on her second husband,
Eleanor of Aquitaine and three of the people who knew her well recall the
events of her life.
Meyer, Carolyn. Beware Princess Elizabeth.
After the death of her father, King Henry VIII, in 1547, thirteen-year-old
Elizabeth must endure the political intrigues and dangers of the reigns of
her half-brother Edward and her half-sister Mary before finally becoming Queen
of England eleven years later.
Meyer, Carolyn. Doomed Queen Anne.
In 1520, thirteen-year-old Anne Boleyn, jealous of her older sister's beauty
and position at court, declares that she will one day be queen of England,
and that her sister will kneel at her feet.
Meyer, Carolyn. Mary, Bloody Mary.
Mary Tudor, who would reign briefly as Queen of England during the mid sixteenth
century, tells the story of her troubled childhood as daughter of King Henry
VIII.
Rinaldi, Ann. The Redheaded Princess.
In 1542, nine-year-old Lady Elizabeth lives on an estate near London, striving
to get back into the good graces of her father, King Henry VIII. As the years
pass she faces his death and those of other close relatives until she finds
herself next in line to ascend the throne of England in 1558.
Riordan, Rick. Lightning Thief.
After learning that he is the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the
sea, twelve-year-old Percy is sent to a summer camp for demigods like himself,
and joins his new friends on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.
Tingle, Rebecca. The Edge on the Sword.
In ninth-century Britain, fifteen-year-old Aethelflaed, daughter of King Alfred
of West Saxony, finds she must assume new responsibilities much sooner than
expected when she is betrothed to Ethelred of Mercia in order to strengthen
a strategic alliance against the Danes.
Yolen, Jane. The Queen’s Own Fool.
When twelve-year-old Nicola leaves Troupe Brufort and serves as the fool for
Mary, Queen of Scots, she experiences the political and religious upheavals
in both France and Scotland.