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16th – 18th Century (outside of America)
Haugaard , Erik Christian
- The Samurai's Tale (234 pages) In turbulent sixteenth-century Japan, orphaned
Taro is
taken in by a general serving the great warlord Takeda
Shingen and grows up to become a samurai fighting for the enemies of his
dead family.
Paterson, Katherine
- Master Puppeteer (179
pages) A thirteen-year-old boy describes the poverty and
discontent of eighteenth century Osaka and
the world
of puppeteers in which he lives.
Walsh, Jill Paton -
A Parcel of Patterns (136 pages) Mall Percival tells how the plague came to
her Derbyshire village of Eyam in the year 1665,
how the
villagers determined to isolate themselves to prevent further spread
of the disease and how three-fourths of them died before
the end of the following
year.
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