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Can anyone recommend good fantasy and historical books? She has read Tolikien, Lewis, Nesbit, J.K. Rowling and adores Regina Doman. She is searching for more, however, and would appreciate any recomandations.
We have almost every Bethlehem and Our Lady of Victory books. She loves them all.
She is especially looking for books on Roman historical fiction.
In truth, she has read hundreds of books. She is looking for the elusive 101. 
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My dh and kids loved the series Dragons in our Midst by Bryan Davis. His is a Christian, homeschooling dad. It is a fantasy series with many Christian parallels. I haven't read them myself, but my dh read them first.
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My husband, who is reading this over my shoulder, says to recommend The Stoneholding, by Mark James (a.k.a Mark Sebanc) He is a Catholic and his work is highly recommended by Michael O'Brien. You can read reviews of the Stoneholding (the first of a trilogy)here.
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Stephen Lawhead has many great historical fantasy books. You will need to check them first as some are decidedly adult, but many are appropriate for a teen reader.
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City of the Golden House by Madeleine Polland is Roman historical fiction.
MacBeth has some fantasy suggestions here and we've read suggestions from The Christian Gude to Fantasy too.
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Has she read R.H. Benson's books? There are several (historical fiction) set in Elizabethan England. Gripping and heart breaking... The Light Invisible is good too (some are fantasy-ish--short stories).
For Roman times what about Between the Forest and the Hills? Has a little fantasy in there too!
Has she read Quo Vadis?
Beauty, by Robin McKinley was really a gem. The other re-tellings she has done were a bit weird and long. (The Blue Sword trilogy has moral problems, much as I loved it as a teenager.)
The Princess Academy was pretty neat, by Shannon Hale. (it was Newbery Honor) The Goose Girl I did not find convincing.
Ella Enchanted was fun. Fairest was pretty good too.
But The Two Princesses of Bamarre was the best one by Gail Carson Levine. 
I loved Bella at Midnight, by Diane Stanley! Catholic setting too. 
Finally, has she read The Tale of Despereaux?
enjoy!
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We've enjoyed the following authors: Bruce Coville, Lloyd Alexander, Susan Cooper, Madeline L'Engle, Brian Jacques(look for the Angel's Command, Voyage of Slaves and 1 more I can't recall right now). We also liked The Battle for the Castle. All these would fall into the fantasy genre, not necessarily historical.
For historical, we enjoyed Catherine called Birdy (author?), books by Scott O'Dell and Laurence Yep.
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This is the 14 yr old! I was scrolling the different forums and decided to check and see if anyone had replied.
Thank you to everyone!
I was and am so pleased at how many people have viewed my question. 80! That's a lot.
To CKwasniewski, yes. I read Ella Enchanted and was delighted with it. I recently read Fairest and was even more taken with it then with Ella.
Any tale where the heroine is NOT beautiful and is told she is not, yet manages to find love and lives to sing is a must-read to me. As I love to sing and do not consider myself a Ravishing Beauty, but rather a simple Catholic girl blessed with pleasant features, I loved it at once.
And yes! I have Between the Forest and the Hills and LOVE it! Teres is my favorite, and I am determined to own two ravens named Hrudin and Concha.
Why do the heathen rage? Seek Italy!
After reading the ending, I went back and reread all pages containing Teres, exaiming his actions and words with Ulna's belief running through my mind and was most satisfied with what I fond. I now chuckle knowingly, rather like Hrudin, at every mention of him in Forest and Hills and smile a little secret smile.
I have not read the others. I own several of the Redwall series and Madeline L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time. I am looking foward to the sequel from the library. I also have Eragon and Eldest.
I am looking forward to reading all of these wonderful books you have suggested and will no doubt pass on my glowing reviews through my mom.
Thanks once more to all and God Bless!
Grace
P.S. I now have a greater love for Bible verse and Psalms, because of Between the Forest and the Hills. I nearly shrieked with delight and laughed when I found the words,'why do the heathen rage?' in one of the Psalms. And all because of two birds. Of course.
If any of you have teens who are are hard pressed to appreciate the poetry of the Bible, give them this book and they may just change their mind.
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I love this story.
I saw the book at the library, and loving mice the way I do, it went onto my stack. Once home, 17DD was browsing the books, and saw this. She read the first page, then proceeded to curl up in the chair and read the whole thing.
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Thought of a few more not included in the links I gave above:
The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
Rome (sort of):
Beowulf (Seamus Heaney or Ian Serrailler versions)
A Wonder Book for Boys and Girls and [i/Tanglewood Tales both by Nathaniel Hawthorne -- ancient Greek myths
Books by Howard Pyle (mostly Middle Ages historical), but he also wrote The Wonder Clock.
Rosemary Sutcliff has some good historical fiction --Black Ships Before Troy, The Wanderings of Odysseus, The Eagle of the Ninth trilogy (Roman Britain). I would stay away from Song for a Dark Queen. I have not read her other books.
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I do too! The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (by same author) is good too.
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How lovely!
I will put on my list along with all the other suggestions. I do love a book that makes me curl up. Many times my parents will have to force the book away from me just to get me to look up. I often retreat within the book and therefor cannot hear when they call me.
Thanks again. Now, I'll have a nice long list when I go to the library.
Grace
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This is mom here to give you all a heartfelt thanks. My dd is delighted you have taken the time to respond. I know my dd. She will hunt each book until she unearths the treasures. 
Thanks again,
Linda
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Well Linda I first must say I am blown away with how articulate your daughter is, well done  My goodness she sounds as much of a book-aholic as my newly turned 14dd.
As your Grace enjoys history, Willa Cather's books look fantastic, and very Catholic and American. For Rome what about Cardinal Wiseman's Fabiola? I was also going to recommend Rosemary Sutcliff, lots of history there (although one of her Greece ones, sorry can't remember the name at present, I would check first whether she is ready)
I'm reading this all with avid interest as I have just had to start adding to my own library for this next stage. Dd14 got three Bethlehem books for the older age group for her birthday. Absolutely loved them, did gulp them all down though and had read them by tea time. 
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She has made her list of each of your recommendations. Thank you all again.
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