Ancient Times

Bradshaw, Gillian - Dragon and the Thief (154 pages) In ancient Egypt an unlucky young man meets a wealthy dragon and together they find dangerous but exciting adventure.

Carter, Dorothy Sharp - His Majesty, Queen Hatshepsut (248 pages) A fictionalized account of the life of Hatshepsut, a queen in ancient Egypt who declared herself king and ruled as such for more than 20 years.

Dexter, Catherine - The Gilded Cat (199 pages) Twelve-year-old Maggie buys a mummified cat at a yard sale and is drawn into a frightening world of ancient Egyptian magic.

Gard, Joyce – Mermaid’s Daughter (319 pages) The life of a thirteen-year-old girl living in ancient Britain changes considerably when she is selected to be "the mortal embodiment of the mermaid goddess" worshipped by her tribe.

Gregory, Kristiana - Cleopatra, Daughter of the Nile (221 pages) Part of the Royal Diaries series. While her father is in hiding after attempts on his life, twelve-year-old Cleopatra records in her diary how she fears for her own safety and hopes to survive to become Queen of Egypt some day.

Levitin , Sonia - Escape From Egypt (267 pages) When Moses comes to lead the Israelites to the Promised Land, Jesse, a Hebrew slave, finds his life changed by his growing faith in God and his attraction to the half-Egyptian, half-Syrian Jennat.

McGraw, Eloise Jarvis - The Golden Goblet (248 pages) Ranofer struggles to thwart the plottings of his evil brother, Gebu, so he can become master goldsmith like their father in this exciting tale of ancient Egyptian mystery and intrigue. Newbery Honor Book.

McMullan, Kate - Under the Mummy’s Spell (214 pages) When Peter Harring kisses a mummy mask on a dare, he finds that he has fulfilled an age-old prophecy and must contend with an ancient Egyptian sorceress in order to right a terrible wrong.

Orgel, Doris - Ariadne, Awake (74 pages) Fourteen-year-old Ariadne, princess of Crete, helps her beloved Theseus escape death in the labyrinth of the monstrous Minotaur.

Rubalcaba, Jill - A Place in the Sun (86 pages) In ancient Egypt, the gifted young son of a sculptor is taken into slavery when he attempts to save his father’s life, and is himself almost killed before his exceptional talent leads Pharoah to name his Royal Sculptor.

Scieszka, Jon - It's All Greek to Me (73 pages) Part of the Time Warp Trio series. Right when the Time Warp Trio are about to go on stage in their school play, their script gets knocked into "The Book", and Joe, Fred, and Sam land smack in the middle of a feud between the gods of Ancient Greece and some really ugly monsters.

Service, Pamela F - Reluctant God (211 pages) While his brother prepares to mount the throne of Egypt as the next member of the Twelfth Dynasty, the teenage prince Ameni is sealed in a secret tomb in a state of suspended animation, to be revived 4000 years later by the 14-year-old daughter of an archeologist.

Snyder, Zilpha Keatley - The Egypt Game (215 pages) A group of children, entranced with the study of Egypt, play their own Egypt game, are visited by a secret oracle, become involved in a murder, and befriend the Professor before they move on to new interests, such as Gypsies.

Speare, Elizabeth George - The Bronze Bow (255 pages) Newbery award book. Set in Galilee in the time of Jesus, this story tells of a young Jewish rebel who is won over to the gentle teachings of Jesus.

Sutcliff, Rosemary –

• Outcast (229 pages) Fifteen-year-old Beric feels increasingly bitter isolation when, because of his Roman birth, he is cast out by the Celtic tribe that raised him and, after reaching a Roman settlement, he is sold into slavery and sentenced to serve in a galley for the rest of his life.
• The Silver Branch (215 pages) A young Roman army medical officer, sent to Britain during the period of waning Roman rule, befriends a kinsman with whom he shares an adventure of intrigue, exile and underground activity with the Lost Ninth Legion.

Winterfield , Henry - Detectives in Togas (249 pages) In an effort to save a boy wrongly accused, a group of young friends living in ancient Rome search for the culprit who scrawled graffiti on the temple wall.

Yarbro , Chelsea Quinn –

• Four Horses for Tishtry (218 pages) Tishtry's wish to buy her family's freedom from slavery in the Roman Empire inspires her to perform dangerous feats of stunt riding.
• Locadio’s Apprentice (219 pages) A young Pompeiian boy becomes apprenticed to a physician as the volcano Versuvius smoulders in the background.