Diary-style stories of young people in Australia
A different sort of real: the diary of Charlotte McKenzie Melbourne 1918-1919 by Stories of young people during some of the most important historical periods: Ancient Egypt, the Great Plague, the Industrial Revolution, and more.
Factory girl: a Victorian match girl London, 1888. by Eight stories of princesses and queens: Cleopatra, Anne Boleyn, Jane Grey, Elizabeth I, Mary Queen of Scots, Marie Antoinette, Victoria, Anastasia.
Marie Antoinette: an Austrian princess's diary 1769 by 
Elegant society, revolutions and piracy.
Powder monkey by 
Pirates!: the true and remarkable adventures of Minerva Sharpe and Nancy Kington, female pirates by 
Things a bright girl can do by Immerse yourself in the period with these authors:
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Stories set in Ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome and Britain.
Cleopatra: escape down the Nile by 
Ramose: prince in exile by 
Boudica: the secrets of the Druids by In Historical fiction the setting and characters are in a documented historical period with much of the story and characters authentic. Some stories may involve modern characters in time travel.
Explore Indigenous history, the colonial period, the gold rushes, and the twentieth century.
Nanberry: black brother white by 
A waltz for Matilda by 
A banner bold: the diary of Rosa Aarons, Ballarat goldfield, 1854 by 
Georgiana: woman of flowers by 
The hunt for Ned Kelly: the diary of Jamie Ross, Victoria, 1879-1880. by 
A tale of two families: the diary of Jan Packard, Melbourne, 1974 by 
Vikings, crusades, plagues, royalty and peasants.
The seeing stone by 
Viking blood: a Viking warrior AD 1008 by Curious to read stories from Medieval times? Try Chaucer’s 14th century tales:
Artisans, Queens, the Great Plague and the Great Fire.
Just a girl by Have you explored the stories of Shakespeare (in modern English)?
In the trenches and on the home front: experiences of the two World Wars.
Stay where you are and then leave by Book trailer:
War and resistance by 
Salt to the sea by 
The war that saved my life by Author talks about writing The war that saved my life:
Read the words of those who were there:
A corner of a foreign field: the illustrated poetry of the First World War by These titles are based on true stories.
The Librarian of Auschwitz by 
Let me whisper you my story by See also the Library's Holocaust reading list:
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