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Arabia/Islam/Crusades: Middle School

elementary
middle school
high school
enrichment
(Also Turkey and Ottoman Empire)
FICTION
$   ​​Star of Light  by Patricia St. John
Hamid is sent on a risky quest to save his blind sister and help his widowed mother.
CLASSIC LITERATURE
♦   $   ​​One Thousand and One Arabian Nights retold by Geraldine McCaughrean
King Shahryar kills a new wife every night, because he is afraid she will stop loving him. But his new bride Shahrazad has a clever plan to save herself. Her nightly stories--of Sinbad the Sailor, Ali Baba, and many other heroes and villains--are so engrossing that King Shahryar has to postpone her execution again and again... This illustrated edition brings together all the Arabian Nights tales in an original retelling by award-winning author Geraldine McCaughrean.
CULTURAL
♦   Buildings of Early Islam by Helen and Richard Leacroft
Ancient Architecture Series
♦   $   ​Mosque by David Macaulay
An engaging look at the architecture of the Ottoman Empire.
♥   Turkey  by Julius Van Millingen (1911)
Peeps at Many Lands
HISTORICAL
FC   W7-115   Jerusalem and the Crusades
FC   W11-203   Beginnings of Mohammedism
FC   W11-233   The Crusades
FC   W11-245   The Monks and the People in the Time of the Crusades
FC   W11-261   The Thirteenth Century
♥   ​Jerusalem and the Crusades by Estelle Blyth (1913)
The story of the Crusades written for young people.  You'll soon find there were good and bad guys on both sides.  There's a lot of brutal killings in these stories, but there's a lot of heroism, too.  Notice the Arabic words that were brought into the English language as a result of the Crusades in the appendix.
$   ​Landmark   Lawrence of Arabia by Alistair McLean
$   ​Landmark   ​The Crusades by Anthony West
♦   $   ​Knights of the Crusades by Jay Williams
Horizon-Caravel Books
♦   $   ​​Tales of the Crusades by Olivia Coolidge
Stories portray the diverse backgrounds and motives of those who took part in the Crusades
HISTORICAL FICTION
JC   9-118    The Lance of Kanana  
​$   ​Big John's Secret  by Eleanor Jewett
A balanced look at the 5th Crusades through the eyes of a 12 year old's search for his lost father in the 13th century.
♥   Henty, G.A.   To Herat and Cabul (1840)
Historical fiction of the First Afghan War
♥   Henty, G.A.   For Name and Fame (1879)
Historical fiction of the Second Afghan War
♥   Henty, G.A.   Winning His Spurs (1190)
Historical fiction tale of the Crusades.
♥   ​The Lance of Kanana  by Harry French (1916)
A story of inner conviction in the face of social ostracism. This hero story of Arabia is full of adventure, challenges and character.
♥   The Quest of the Four-leaved Clover   by Edouard Laboulage (1910)
Laboulaye's favorite book.  Before writing it, he surrounded himself with Arabian and Persian books and read the Koran twice.  He said, 'Not a precept is to be found in my book which has not been drawn from the Koran or other traditions.'  It shows Arabian culture at its best.
BIOGRAPHIES
FC   G9-296   Mohammed
♦   The True Story of Lawrence of Arabia by John Thomas
The True Story of Series
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