Year 7 History Reading List: by Jill Fenton

The Secret in the Tower - Andrew Beattie

jfe5 — 2023-05-24 11:58:10 UTC

Can you imagine how your life might change if you discovered you look exactly like a royal prince?
1485. Richard III is King of England. Henry Tudor's invasion looms. Jack Broom thinks that war and politics have nothing to do with him. He is a simple apothecary's boy dreaming of becoming a surgeon - until soldiers mistake him for a boy of noble birth. Narrowly avoiding being dragged to the Tower of London, Jack sets out on a perilous mission to find out who he truly is. With the help of his new friend Alice, he uncovers conspiracies, treason, and the deadly lengths people will go to for power.

History Year by Year

jfe5 — 2023-05-24 12:15:56 UTC

Go to page 86: The Marvellous Middle Ages

A Street Through Time

jfe5 — 2023-05-24 12:17:21 UTC

Shows how one street has changed over thousands of years of history

The Great Revolt

jfe5 — 2023-05-24 12:53:29 UTC

Follows two young people caught up in the poll tax riots of 1381, as a peasant girl and her father join the protest and a young scribe working for the king sees how those in power react to the riots

DK Findout Kings and Queens

jfe5 — 2023-05-24 13:05:19 UTC

Bubonic Plague: How The Black Death Changed History

jfe5 — 2023-05-24 13:14:45 UTC

Explores the bubonic plague's history and how scientists continue to fight it today.

Did you know that the bubonic plague killed as many as 100 million people in the ancient Byzantine Empire? Did you know that fleas transmit the plague to humans?

Here Lies Arthur - Philip Reeve

jfe5 — 2023-05-24 13:21:42 UTC

Reworking of the legend of King Arthur from the viewpoint of Myrddin's servant and companion

Gwyna is just a small girl, a mouse, when she is bound in service to Myrddin the bard - a traveller and spinner of tales. But Myrddin transfroms her - into a lady goddess, a boy warrior, and a spy.

Without Gwyna, Myrddin will not be able to work the most glorious transformation of all - and turn the leader of a raggle-taggle war-band into King Arthur, the greatest hero of all time.

Corpse Talk: Queens and kings and other royal rotters

jfe5 — 2023-05-24 13:28:10 UTC

Witty, engaging, and surprisingly informative, a great read for fans of Horrible History, leisure browsing, and even curriculum support. Dead brilliant!

BBC Bitesize: Magna Carta and King John

jfe5 — 2023-05-24 13:29:35 UTC

Black Powder

jfe5 — 2023-12-11 13:25:09 UTC

A boy discovers a plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament while on a journey to London to try and save his father from the hangman's noose.

England, 1605. Twelve-year-old Tom must save his father from hanging. He falls in with a mysterious stranger, the Falcon, who promises to help him in exchange for his service.

But on the long journey to London, Tom discovers the Falcon's true mission, and a plot to blow up Parliament with barrels of black powder. Tom faces a terrible decision: secure his father's release, or stop the assassination of the king.

Street Child

jfe5 — 2023-12-11 14:28:04 UTC

When his mother dies, Jim is all alone in the workhouse and is desperate to escape. But London in the 1860's is a dangerous and lonely place for a small boy and life is a constant battle for survival.
Just when Jim finds some friends, he is snatched away and is made to work for the remorselessly cruel Grimy Nicks, constantly guarded by his vicious dog, Snipe. Will Jim ever be free?

The Island At The End of Everything

jfe5 — 2023-12-11 14:32:07 UTC

Amihan lives on Culion Island, where some of the inhabitants - including her mother - have leprosy. Ami loves her home - with its blue seas and lush forests, Culion is all she has ever known. But the arrival of malicious government official Mr Zamora changes her world forever: islanders untouched by sickness are forced to leave. Banished across the sea, she's desperate to return, and finds a strange and fragile hope in a colony of butterflies. Can they lead her home before it's too late?