These are some of the books I’d like to find and read as a part of my Ancient History Through Fiction Project:
Maia of Thebes by Ann Turner. (1463 BC)
Winged Girl of Knossos by Erik Berry, pseud. (Allena Best) (Appleton) Ms. Bird at Fuse #8 gives this book a wonderful review in an Under the Radar post from last August.
The Windswept City: A Novel of the Trojan War by Henry Treece.
Inside the Walls of Troy: a Novel of The Women Who Lived The Trojan War by Clenence McLaren.
Goddess of Yesterday by Caroline Cooney.
The Moon Riders by Theresa Tomlinson. (c.1100 B.C.) Amazons in Ancient Greece.
The Voyage of the Snake Lady by Theresa Tomlinson. Sequel to The Moon Riders.
Deeper Song by Patricia Pfitsch.
I don’t really know much about any of these books, except the time period (c. 1500-900 BC) and the place (Greece or among Greeks). If you’ve read any of them and have comments or if you have other suggestions of children’s or young adult historical fiction for this time period set in Greece, please leave me a note.
I’ll be reading as many of these as I can find, and I’ll let you know how I like them.
I’ve read (and own) Inside the Walls of Troy: a Novel of The Women Who Lived The Trojan War. It’s been a couple of years since I read it, so I just looked it up on Amazon to make sure that’s the same one I’m thinking of (now boxed up in my garage), and I agree with the School Library Journal editorial there: It’s not a great book, but pretty good.