18 books like The Silver Branch

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Wulf the Saxon G. A. Henty · 1894 · 326p · ≈ 10h · Challenging In 11th-century Britain, a young thane named Wulf and his best friend, Beorn, fight bravely for their Saxon king, capturing castles, rescuing shipwrecked survivors, repelling Viking invaders, and fighting the Battle of Hastings. Shares: Soldiers, Histoire, Great Britain, History

The Lantern Bearers Rosemary Sutcliff · 1959 · ★ 4.1 · 252p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Instead of leaving with the last of the Roman legions, Aquila, a young officer, decides that his loyalties lie with Britain, and he eventually joins the forces of the Roman-British leader Ambrosius to fight against the Saxon hordes. Historical fiction. Shares: Soldiers, Great Britain, Young Adult, History

Dogfight Craig Simpson · 1998 · ★ 4.1 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Join Finn Gunnersen in his first Special Operation . . . The first in a new WWII action-adventure series from the author of Resistance ('a genuine page-turner' ETC).Eighty miles per hour . . . 'Now, Loki!' I said, seizing the other column in front of me. We both pulled back. The plane bumped and lurched like a runaway train about to derail. Then, suddenly, the pounding ceased and everything… Shares: Soldiers, Young Adult, Children's fiction

The Battle of Hackham Heath John Flanagan · 2016 · ★ 4.4 · 368p · ≈ 12h · Moderate As Morgarath recruits an army of Wargals, Halt ventures into enemy territory to uncover the extent of Morgarath's plan of attack. Shares: Soldiers, Adventure, Children's fiction

Legion of the Dead Paul Stewart · 2008 · ★ 3.8 · 204p · ≈ 6h · Moderate "The corpses swayed where they stood, their bony arms outstretched before them and tattered sleeves hanging limply in the foggy air. I smelled the sourness of the sewers about them; that, and the sweet whiff of death. Their sunken eyes bored into mine. I was surrounded. . . ." Barnaby Grimes is a tick-tock lad, delivering messages and running errands all over the city, day and night. Gangland… Shares: Histoire, Great Britain, History, Children's fiction

La Grande Traversée René Goscinny · 1975 · ★ 3.8 · 48p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Bien avant Christophe Colomb, les Gaulois avaient découvert les côtes américaines : Astérix et Obélix faisaient partie de l'expédition... Shares: Romains, History, Children's fiction

Obélix et Compagnie René Goscinny · 1976 · ★ 4.0 · 48p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Après la défaite des légionnaires romains du camp de Babaorum face à Obélix, César cherche - une fois de plus - le moyen de vaincre les Gaulois. Saugrenus, son jeune conseiller, lui propose de les affaiblir grâce à l'argent. Une fois arrivé en Gaule, Saugrenus se met à acheter tous les menhirs d'Obélix. Ce dernier, pour pouvoir répondre à la demande, est conduit à créer une véritable PME qui lui… Shares: Romains, Children's fiction

Two of Swords? K. J. Parker · 2015 'Skilful plotting and rich scene-setting' - GUARDIAN'Parker's skilful control of pacing, expert rendering of characters, and subtle sense of humour add depth and believability' - Library Journal A soldier with a gift for archery. A woman who kills without care. Two brothers, both unbeatable generals, now fighting for opposing armies. No one in the vast and once glorious United Empire remains… Shares: Soldiers, Children's fiction

Caminar Skila Brown · 2014 · ★ 4.0 · 208p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Carlos knows that when the soldiers arrive with warnings about the Communist rebels, it is time to be a man and defend the village, keep everyone safe. But Mama tells him not yet — he’s still her quiet moonfaced boy. The soldiers laugh at the villagers, and before they move on, a neighbor is found dangling from a tree, a sign on his neck: Communist. Mama tells Carlos to run and hide, then try to… Shares: Soldiers, Young Adult, History, Children's fiction

Les Lauriers de César René Goscinny · 1972 · ★ 4.1 · 48p · ≈ 1h · Moderate À la suite d'une dispute et d'un pari stupide entre Abraracourcix et son beau-frère, voilà Astérix et Obélix partis à Rome : ils ont pour mission de rapporter la couronne de lauriers de César pour qu'elle puisse parfumer le ragoût qu'Abraracourcix doit offrir à son beau-frère. La partie ne sera pas facile, car il est hors de question d'entrer dans le palais de César par la force. Nos Gaulois… Shares: Romains, Children's fiction

The Reappearance of Rachel Price Holly Jackson · 2024 · ★ 4.1 · 443p · ≈ 14h · Moderate 18-year-old Bel has lived her whole life in the shadow of her mom’s mysterious disappearance. Sixteen years ago, Rachel Price vanished and young Bel was the only witness. Rachel is gone, presumed dead. The case is dragged up from the past when the Price family agree to a true crime documentary. Bel can’t wait for filming to end, for life to go back to normal. But then Rachel Price reappears, and… Shares: Young Adult, Children's fiction

In Freedom's Cause G. A. Henty · 1884 · ★ 4.5 · 351p · ≈ 11h · Challenging At the turn of the fourteenth century in Scotland, young Archie Forbes becomes involved with both William Wallace and Robert the Bruce in the struggle for Scottish independence from English rule. Shares: Histoire, Adventure, History, Children's fiction

Puck of Pook's Hill Rudyard Kipling · 1900 · ★ 3.8 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Challenging The children were at the Theatre, acting to Three Cows as much as they could remember of Midsummer Night's Dream. Their father had made them a small play out of the big Shakespeare one, and they had rehearsed it with him and with their mother till they could say it by heart. They began when Nick Bottom the weaver comes out of the bushes with a donkey's head on his shoulders, and finds Titania, … Shares: Great Britain, Adventure, History, Children's fiction

The New Recruit Andy McNab · 2013 · ★ 4.8 · 272p · ≈ 9h · Moderate What if your prank killed your best friend. Could you live with yourself? You try to forget and move on; you enrol in Army training, you want to make something of your life. The training is tough and it almost breaks you. But you survive; you know youâe(tm)ll make a good soldier. Finally, when youâe(tm)re out in Afghanistan, under enemy fire, you come face-to-face with your best friendâe(tm)s… Shares: Soldiers, Adventure, Children's fiction

Bloodline Katy Moran · 2008 While traveling through early seventh-century Britain trying to stop an impending war, Essa, who bears the blood of native British tribes and of the invading Anglish, discovers that his mother is alive and he, himself, is a prince of the northern kingdom, but he has loyalties and loved ones in the south to whom he is compelled to return. Shares: Great Britain, Adventure, History, Children's fiction

G.I. Joe Larry Hama · 2009 · 124p · ≈ 4h · Moderate COBRA COMMANDER STRIKES BACK!        And in Springfield, Dawn Moreno will have her revenge… Shares: Soldiers, Adventure, Children's fiction

Defy the Stars Claudia Gray · 2017 · ★ 3.9 · 528p · ≈ 17h · Moderate She's a soldier. Noemi Vidal is seventeen years old and sworn to protect her planet, Genesis. She's willing to risk anything--including her own life. To their enemies on Earth, she's a rebel. He's a machine. Abandoned in space for years, utterly alone, Abel has advanced programming that's begun to evolve. He wants only to protect his creator, and to be free. To the people of Genesis, he's an… Shares: Soldiers, Young Adult, Children's fiction

Warriors of Alavna N. M. Browne · 2000 · ★ 3.7 · 315p · ≈ 10h · Moderate While walking through a yellow mist, two fifteen-year-old classmates are transported to a world that resembles Roman Britain during the first century A.D, where they witness real magic and join a tribe of Celtic warriors as they battle Roman invaders. Shares: Great Britain, History, Children's fiction

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