Bosse, Malcolm.  Captives of Time. Y FIC Bosse
Orphaned by the brutal murder of their parents, Anne and her gentle but mute brother suffer great hardships as they travel across a dangerous, pestilence-ridden Europe to their uncle, an armorer and clockmaker, and, after his death, to a distant city to deliver the commissioned plans of his precious clock.

Branford, Henrietta.  Fire, Bed, & Bone.  Y FIC Branford
In 1381 in England, a hunting dog recounts what happens to his beloved master Rufus and his family when they are arrested on suspicion of being part of the peasants' rebellion led by Wat Tyler and the preacher John Ball.

Crossley-Holland, Kevin.  At the Crossing-Places.  Y FIC Crossley-Holland
In late twelfth-century England, the thirteen-year-old Arthur goes to begin his new life as squire to Lord Stephen at Holt, where crusaders ready themselves.

Crossley-Holland, Kevin.  The Seeing Stone.  Y FIC Crossley-Holland
In late twelfth-century England, a thirteen-year-old boy named Arthur recounts how Merlin gives him a magical seeing stone which shows him images of the legendary King Arthur, the events of whose life seem to have many parallels to his own.

Cushman, Karen.  Catherine, Called Birdy.  Y FIC Cushman / Y PB C
The thirteen-year-old daughter of an English country knight keeps a journal in which she records the events of her life, particularly her longing for adventures beyond the usual role of women and her efforts to avoid being married off.

Cushman, Karen.  The Midwife's Apprentice.  Y FIC Cushman / Y PB C
In medieval England, a nameless, homeless girl is taken in by a sharp-tempered midwife, and in spite of obstacles and hardship, eventually gains the three things she most wants: a full belly, a contented heart, and a place in this world.

Gray, Elizabeth Janet.   Adam of the Road.  Y FIC Gray
In thirteenth-century England an eleven-year-old boy roams the cojntryside as he searches for his father and his stolen dog.

Levitin, Sonia.  The Cure.   Y FIC Levitin
A sixteen-year-old boy living in 2407 collides with the past when he finds himself in Strasbourg in 1348 confronting the anti-Semitism that sweeps through Europe during the Black Plague.

Josepha Sherman.  Windleaf.  Y FIC Sherman
In 1510 eighteen-year-old Thierry, orphaned Count of Foretterre, undertakes a series of difficult challenges in order to free the half-human, half-fairy girl he loves from the hold of her cold-hearted father, Lord of Faerie.

Springer, Nancy.  I am Mordred : A Tale from Camelot.    Y FIC Springer
When Mordred learns the identity of his father, he struggles with feelings of hatred, but also fights the fate which determines that he kill the good and gracious king.

Sutcliff, Rosemary.  Blood Feud.   Y Fic Sutcliff
Sold into slavery to the Northmen in the tenth century, a young Englishman becomes involved in a blood feud which leads him to Constantinople and a totally different way of life.

Sutcliff, Rosemary.   The Shining Company.  Y FIC Sutfliff
In 600 A.D. in northern Britain, Prosper becomes a shield bearer with the Companions, an army made up of three hundred younger sons of minor kings and trained to act as one fighting brotherhood against the invading Saxons.

Temple, Frances. The Beduins' Gazelle. Y FIC Temple
In 1302, two cousins of the nomadic Beni Khalid tribe who are betrothed become separated by political intrigue between warring tribes.

Temple, Frances.  The Ramsay Scallop.  Y FIC Temple
At the turn of the fourteenth century in England, fourteen-year-old Elenor finds her betrothal to an ambitious lord's son launching her on a memorable pilgrimage to far-off Spain.

Tingle, Rebecca.  The Edge on the Sword.  Y FIC Tingle
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.

Voigt, Cynthia.  On Fortune's Wheel.   Y Fic Voigt
Faced with the prospect of an unhappy life in the Kingdom, fourteen-year-old Birle accompanies a young runaway nobleman on a journey south and falls into slavery in the citadel of a cruel prince.

Yolen, Jane.   The Queen's Own Fool.   Y FIC Yolen
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.

3/26/04