Top Ten Tuesday

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Top Ten Historical Settings I Love


1. The setting in Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery.  Mid-1800s, if I remember correctly?  If you're a regular reader of this blog, you know my love affair with this series, and how I work it into every Top Ten Tuesday possible!



2. The setting in Velva Jean Learns to Drive, Velva Jean Learns to Fly, and Becoming Clementine by Jennifer Niven.  The series spans the years from the 1930s to the 1940s, and follow Velva Jean as she breaks free from an impoverished mountain community in western NC- first learning to drive, then to fly (becoming a female pilot in WWII!), then to spy (working undercover in Nazi-occupied France).


3. Late colonial/Revolutionary America.  I've read many books set here, as I'm a big fan of the era and of George Washington.


4. The setting in Trans-Siberian Express by Warren Adler.  It's set entirely on a train!  The train is traveling across the USSR in the late 1960s/early 1970s.  How many full-length books can there be set entirely on a train?


5. The setting in Under the Wide and Starry Sky by Nancy Horan.  This one is set in the very late 1800s all over the world.  Literally!  It's sort of a biography of Robert Louis Stevenson's adult life, told from the point of view of his wife.  I didn't know this- but they lived all over!  In England, Switzerland, California, and Samoa.  Also, I love books about books/authors.


6. The setting in The Diviners and Lair of Dreams by Libba Bray.  These are set in 1920s New York City, and all the characters are active in the jazz/speakeasy/entertainment scenes.  The author does a great job incorporating all this fun jazz age lingo into the text, which really helps transport you to the time and place.


7. The setting in The Wrath & the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh.  No year is ever given, but it's got a historic feel to it.  Historic Arabia, no less!  I think this is the only historic Arabia book I've ever read.


8. The setting in The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah-early 1940s French countryside.  This was the story of two sisters, and how they survived WWII.  The characters were so strong!  I loved this one.  I also felt like this one was pretty unique- women in WWII in the country.


9. The setting in Al Capone Does My Shirts, Al Capone Shines My Shoes, and Al Capone Does My Homework by Gennifer Choldenko.  These are awesome MG books set on Alcatraz Island in the 1930s.  They're told from the point of view of 12-year-old Moose, who lives on the island with his family because his dad works at the prison.  He shares the island with a few other employee families... and hundreds of convicts.


10. The setting of The Madman's Daughter, Her Dark Curiosity, and A Cold Legacy by Megan Shepherd.  Love this trilogy!  They're set in the early 1900s.  The Madman's Daughter is set on an island in the Pacific (unnamed), and the other two are set in London.  And these books are based on other books!  Yay.  (The Island of Dr. Moreau, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Frankenstein, respectfully.)

Did I forget any?  What settings do you love?  Leave a link below and I'll be sure to come visit your list too!  I love seeing others' TTTs.