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Lexile/Reading Level
Recommended for Grades 6-8

Genre/Category
Fiction | Historical

Historical Time Period
Colonial America
Date
1500s
Topic
Native Americans/Canadians | Pilgrims | Roanoke
Geographic Region
United States - America | Virginia
Main Character
Girl(s)
Format
Book | Ebook

Lyon’s Roar (The Lyon Saga #1)

Author: Stainer, M.L.Part of a Series: Lyon Saga

Fourteen-year-old Jess relates her sea voyage with other English families to Roanoke Island in 1587, their attempt to make a permanent settlement, and Jess’s contact with the Croatoan Indians.

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Lexile/Reading Level
Recommended for Grades 4-6

Genre/Category
Fiction | Historical | Science Fiction

Historical Time Period
Colonial America
Date
1500s
Topic
Colonialism | Roanoke | Time Travel
Geographic Region
United States - America | Virginia
Main Character
Children
Format
Book

Secret of the Lost Colony (Impossible Dreamers)

Author: Janney, RebeccaPart of a Series: Impossible Dreamers

Lindsey Skillman, her brother Andrew, and their cousin Ben Tyler are just starting home schooling, with an exciting new tutor named Thomas Jefferson Wakesnoris, when they find themselves transported back in time to Roanoke Colony.

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Lexile/Reading Level
Recommended for 6-10 Grade

Genre/Category
Biographies | Nonfiction | Science

Historical Time Period
Middle Ages
Date
1500s
Topic
Astronomy | Galileo | Religion | Scientists
Geographic Region
Europe | Italy
Main Character
Man/Men
Format
Book | Ebook

Galileo and the Magic Numbers

Author: Rosen, Sidney

A biography of the 16th-century mathematician, physicist, and astronomer who dared to question the scientific theories set up by Aristotle and the Church.

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Lexile/Reading Level
Recommended for 6-12 Grade

Genre/Category
History | Nonfiction

Historical Time Period
Reformation
Date
1500s
Topic
Colonialism
Geographic Region
Europe | United States - America
Format
Book | Ebook

Awakening of Europe (Story of the World #3)

Author: Synge, M.B.Part of a Series: Story of the World

Book III in The Story of the World series by M. B. Synge, “The Awakening of Europe” covers the reformation in Germany, the Netherlands, France, and England, as well as the settlement of colonies in America. The rise of England and the Netherlands as sea powers, and the corresponding fall of Spain, as well as the rise of Russia, Austria, and the German states are also presented. Suitable for children ages 11 and up to read to themselves and for children as young as 8 as a read-aloud. The Story of the World series, by M. B. Synge, comprises a set of five volumes, written at a middle school reading level, that cover all major events in the history of Western Civilization, from earliest recorded history to the close of the nineteenth century. With fifty or so short chapters in each volume, the series links the great eras in time and place together by a chain of stories of individuals who played principal parts in the events related. While statesmen and military commanders figure heavily in the narrative, stories of explorers, scientists, artists, authors, and religious figures are also presented. The author writes in an engaging fashion, using dialog frequently to bring scenes to life. She juxtaposes events happening at the same time in different parts of the world in a style reminiscent of the books of Genevieve Foster. This series is an excellent introduction to world history for adult readers as well as for children.

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Lexile/Reading Level
940L

Genre/Category
Arts & Recreation | Biographies | Nonfiction | Picture Books

Historical Time Period
Rennaisance
Date
1400s | 1500s
Topic
Art | Artists | Michelangelo
Geographic Region
Europe | Italy
Main Character
Man/Men
Format
Book

Michelangelo

Author: Stanley, Diane

When he was born, Michelangelo Buonarroti was put into the care of a stonecutter’s family. He often said it was from them that he got his love of sculpture. It certainly didn’t come from his own father, a respectable magistrate who beat his son when he asked to become an artists apprentice.

But Michelangelo persevered. His early sculptures caught the attention of Florence’s great ruler, Lorenzo de’ Medici, who invited the boy to be educated with his own sons. Soon after, Michelangelo was astonishing people with the lifelike creations he wrested from marble–from the heartbreaking Pieta he sculpted when he was only twenty-five to the majestic David that brought him acclaim as the greatest sculptor in Italy.

Michelangelo had a turbulent, quarrelsome life. He was obsessed with perfection and felt that everyone–from family members to his demanding patrons–took advantage and let him down. His long and difficult association with Pope Julius II yielded his greatest masterpiece, the radiant paintings in the Sistine Chapel, and his most disastrous undertaking, the monumental tomb that caused the artist frustration and heartache for forty years.

With her thoroughly researched, lively narrative and superbly detailed illustrations, Diane Stanley has captured the life of an artist who towered above the late Renaissance–and whose brilliance in architecture, painting, and sculpture amazes and moves us to this day.

Children’s Books 2000-NY Public Lib., Books for Youth Editor’s Choice 2000 (Booklist), Lasting Connections 2000 (Book Links), Best Books 2000 (School Library Journal), Top 10 Youth Art Books 2000 (Booklist), and Notable Children’s Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies 2001, National Council for SS & Child. Book Council

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Lexile/Reading Level
Recommended for 3-8 Grade

Genre/Category
Arts & Recreation | Biographies | Nonfiction | Science

Historical Time Period
Rennaisance
Date
1400s | 1500s
Topic
Art | Artists | Biography | Leonardo da Vinci
Geographic Region
Europe | Italy
Main Character
Man/Men
Format
Book | Ebook

Leonardo Da Vinci (World Landmark Books W-27)

Author: Hahn, EmilyPart of a Series: World Landmark Books

Leonardo da Vinci, inventor extraordinarie and artist, is illustrated beautifully in this historical biography by Emily Hahn.

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Lexile/Reading Level
Recommended for 9-12 & Adult

Genre/Category
Fiction | Historical

Historical Time Period
History of England | Tudor Era in England
Date
1500s
Topic
Family Relationships | Kings and Queens
Geographic Region
England | Europe | Scotland
Main Character
Woman/Women
Format
Book | Ebook

Unknown to History: Captivity of Mary of Scotland

Author: Yonge, Charlotte Mary

Fictional story of Mary Queen of Scotland. Story is woven around a second daughter who has been unknow until now.

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Lexile/Reading Level
Recommended for 7-12 Grade

Genre/Category
Adventure | Classics | Fiction | Historical

Historical Time Period
Middle Ages
Date
1500s
Topic
Sailing the seas | Sir Francis Drake | Spanish Armada
Geographic Region
Oceans | Pacific
Main Character
Boy(s)
Format
Audiobook | Book | Ebook | Free Audiobook

Under Drake’s Flag: A Tale of the Spanish Main

Author: Henty, G. A.

The struggle between Great Britain and Spain for supremacy of the high seas, as seen through the eyes of a sixteenth-century teenager, Ned Hearne. Along with three friends, young Ned is swept up in one adventure after another as he accompanies the daring English mariner Francis Drake on amazing voyages of discovery across the Pacific. An eyewitness to the great naval battle between the English fleet and the Spanish Armada, Ned has firsthand views of England’s rise as the world’s most powerful sea-going nation.

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Lexile/Reading Level
Recommended for 9-12 Grade & Adult

Genre/Category
Fiction | Historical | Mystery

Historical Time Period
Rennaisance
Date
1500s
Topic
imprisoned | Murder | Mystery | Queen Elizabeth I (Tudor) | Tower of London
Geographic Region
England | Europe
Main Character
Man/Men
Format
Book | Ebook

Lady Flirts with Death (Simon & Elizabeth #3)

Author: Herring, PegPart of a Series: Simon & Elizabeth

In this third book of the Simon & Elizabeth Mysteries‚ Elizabeth Tudor is declared a traitor and imprisoned in the Tower of London. Visiting the princess secretly‚ her friend Simon Maldon discovers another cause for worry. His friend Peto the Pope has been arrested for a murder he swears he did not commit.

As Simon frets over Elizabeth’s peril and Peto’s certain execution‚ his wife Hannah deals with her own mystery after taking in a frightened pregnant girl who‚ she later learns‚ is not as she first seemed. Neither Simon nor Hannah pays attention to the other’s problems‚ although they should. Matters spin quickly into grave danger‚ and they both might die as they try their best to save the lives of others.

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Lexile/Reading Level
Recommended for 9-12 Grade & Adult

Genre/Category
Fiction | Historical

Historical Time Period
Ottoman Empire
Date
1500s
Topic
Based on True Story(s)/event | Ottoman Empire | War
Geographic Region
Asia | Europe
Main Character
Man/Men
Format
Book

Seraglio (Famous Women)

Author: Falconer, ColinPart of a Series: Famous Women

He is the most envied man in the world, yet he can no find peace. History itself records how Suleiman resolved all these dilemmas; but what he did in the end defies rational explanation.

So what really happened behind the doors of the Sublime Porte?

But there are wheels within wheels; in the Italian colony, two men and a woman inextricably enmeshed in the politics of the Harem struggle with similar questions of life and the passions of the heart; how far should we go to make someone love us?

This is the astonishing conclusion to the story begun in HAREM; from the shadowed cloister of the seraglio to the mountain fastnesses of Persia; from the private steam baths of pashas to the dusty battlefields of the steppe; from the Sultan’s palace to the midnight docks at Galata this is a tale of vengeance and devotion, ruthlessness and compassion, as astounding as it is true.

Original Title: The Sultan’s Harem

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GRADELEXILE
1st0-300L
2nd140-500L
3rd330-700L
4th445-810L
5th565-910L
6th665-1000L
7th735-1065L
8th805-1100L
9th855-1165L
10th905-1195L
11th/12th940-1210L
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