Books like Alchemy and Meggy Swann by Karen Cushman

Charles Dickens’ landmark historical novel, set in London and Paris during the French Revolution, follows Doctor Manette’s 18‑year imprisonment, his release, and his reunion with daughter Lucie amid looming terror.

In 1943 Copenhagen, ten‑year‑old Annemarie Johansen helps her Jewish friend Ellen Rosen escape Nazi persecution, learning courage and resilience while navigating war‑time hardships.

A lonely orphan girl on the Yorkshire moors befriends a disabled cousin and unlocks the secrets of a hidden garden.

A powerful story of a Black family's battle for dignity, family, and land in Depression‑era Mississippi, seen through the eyes of eight‑year‑old Cassie Logan.

Harriet the Spy, a 1964 children’s novel by Louise Fitzhugh, follows a schoolgirl’s secret diary and the repercussions of her observations, earning classic status in juvenile literature and high rankings on notable U.S. children's book lists.

A 13‑year‑old girl aboard an 1832 transatlantic ship becomes the sole female passenger and faces a violent captain and a mutinous crew, challenging her self‑perception and sense of adventure.

A 12‑year‑old boy named Moose relocates to Alcatraz Island in 1935 with his family, where the guards’ families live in the prison’s residential quarters. He must navigate the island’s unique setting while caring for his autistic sister.

Thomas, a fourteen‑year‑old boy from a single‑parent family, enlists in the British Army during World War I to prove himself, support his brother, and win back his childhood love, Molly.

A young girl learns to be a midwife in medieval England.

In medieval England, a spirited fourteen‑year‑old diarist defends her freedom and dreams of art, crusades, and music against her parents’ plans to marry her off or sell her into servitude.

At eleven, Calpurnia Tate explores Texas nature, learns about insects with her skeptical grandfather, and discovers what it means to grow up and be a girl in 1899.

Orphaned Kit Tyler arrives in Connecticut Colony and finds freedom only in the company of the Quaker woman known as the Witch of Blackbird Pond, but when their friendship is discovered, Kit faces mistrust and witchcraft accusations.

In 1849 London, fourteen‑year‑old John Huffman faces his father's arrest and must navigate debt, family duty, and unexpected spies.

A mute Australian schoolgirl grapples with embarrassment over her father's eccentric style while navigating friendship, bullying, and the challenges of learning sign language in school.

A collection of 20 short stories and poems of science fiction and fantasy by Anne McCaffrey, featuring works from authors such as Robert Silverberg, L. Sprague de Camp, Gene Wolfe and others.

In spring 1955, a young girl's imaginative storytelling turns the bleak polio ward into a vibrant adventure, helping her friends cope with illness and sparking hope as they join the narrative of a giant-slaying hero.

Rowena, a mute girl, saves a feathered cockatoo from a mean classmate and discovers new ways to understand the mix of excitement and uncertainty that a baby arriving in her blended family brings.

When the Soviet Union invades its tiny neighbor Finland in November 1939, Marko volunteers to help the war effort. Even though his leg was weakened by polio, he can ski well, and he becomes a messenger on the front line, skiing in white camouflage through the forests at night. The dark forest is terrifying, and so are the odds against the Finns: the Russians have 4 times as many soldiers and 30 times as many planes. They have 3000 tanks, while the Finns have 30. But a tank is no help in the snowy forest--a boy on skis is. And the Russians don't know winter the way the Finns do, or what tough guerrilla warriors the Finns are. Marko teams up with another messenger, Karl. Gradually Marko learns that Karl's whole family was killed by the Russians. And Karl has a secret--he's really Kaari, a girl who joined up to get revenge for her family's deaths.From the Hardcover edition.

A Little Princess is a classic tale of a young girl's experiences at boarding school.

A teenage Girl returns to England to meet her Christian family and learn her heritage as the mixed‑race daughter of Captain Fletcher Christian, after the 1789 Bounty mutiny.