There's no way that we can teach our high school students all about every person and event in history.

But we can keep their curiosity alive and choose books that will wet their appetite and fuel a desire to continue learning throughout their lives.

Today I want to share our top picks for books for high school students covering the Middle Ages.

Welcome to the Simply Charlotte Mason podcast.

I'm Sonia Schaefer.

Our new history curriculum, a pageant of history, is designed for your whole family to study

the same time period altogether. There are books to read aloud to everyone, as well as

additional titles for your students to read on their grade levels. In this episode,

I want to share our selections for your high school students' independent

reads.

The list contains a great mixture of biographies, historical fiction, and original source

documents to help your students form good, strong, well-rounded relations with the people

and events of the Middle Ages.

The Lantern Bearers by Rosemary Sutcliffe.

Eighteen-year-old Aquila is serving in the Roman Army on the island of Britain, and

he gets leave to go home and visit his family.

When he receives word that all the Roman troops are withdrawing from Britain, he decides

to desert and stay to defend his homeland from the invading Saxons.

Two days later, Saxon raiders attack his family home, killing his father and kidnapping

his sister. Aquila vows to have his father and kidnapping his sister.

Aquila vows to have his revenge on the barbarians.

The rest of the story, with its twists and turns, traces Aquila's life as he pursues

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