Great historical fiction books for teens list 1
Discover the best historical fiction books for teens with our curated list! Dive into captivating stories set in the past, perfect for young readers who love adventure, drama, and history.
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An Avon True Romance: Belle and the Beau
by Beverly Jenkins
It is 1859, and Daniel, an African-American, is educated and engaged to be married, but nothing can prepare him for the beautiful stranger from Kentucky …
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An Avon True Romance: Samantha and the Cowboy
by Lorraine Heath
Samantha When she manages to get herself hired for the cattle drive, all of Samantha's prayers seem to be answered. The hundred dollars she'll earn …
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Nicola and the Viscount
by Meg Cabot
Sixteen-year-old Nicola Sparks is infuriated when Nathanial Sheridan casts aspersions on the character of Lord Sebastian Bartholomew, the man she hopes to marry, and is …
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An Avon True Romance: Amelia and the Outlaw
by Lorraine Heath
Jesse, a nineteen-year-old trying to reform his ways, takes interest in Amelia, the daughter of a judge.
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An Avon True Romance: Miranda and the Warrior
by Elaine Barbieri
It's 1852. Defiant 17–year–old Miranda leaves her South Dakota fort in spite of her father's warnings of the presence of Cheyenne war tribes. Before she …
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Washington Avalanche, 1910
by Cameron Dokey
Ginny meets a desperate heiress on a train and on impulse they switch identities but as an avalanche engulfs the train, the limits of human …
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High Trail to Danger
by Joan Lowery Nixon
In 1879 seventeen-year-old Sarah travels from Chicago to the violent town of Leadtown, Colorado, to locate her missing father, but she finds that the mention …
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A Deadly Promise
by Joan Lowery Nixon
Sarah risks her life to clear her murdered father's name and expose big time criminal activity in the lawless mining town of Leadville. Sequel to …
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Boston Jane: An Adventure
by Jennifer L. Holm
Sixteen-year-old Jane Peck has ventured to the unknown wilds of the Northwest to wed her childhood idol, William Baldt. But her impeccable training at Miss …
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Boston Jane: Wilderness Days
by Jennifer L. Holm
"Remember -- you make your own luck." Abandoned in Washington Territory by her faithless fiancé, Jane Peck prepares to return home to Philadelphia -- only …
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Land of Hope
by Joan Lowery Nixon
Russian immigrant Rebekah Levinsky hopes desperately that her dream will come true in America. On the difficult ocean journey to the "land of opportunity" she …
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Land of Promise
by Joan Lowery Nixon
Rose Carney, a young girl from Ireland, befriends Rebecca, from Russia, and Kristen, from Sweden, during the long journey to America. They part ways at …
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Land of Dreams
by Joan Lowery Nixon
As Kristin Swensen anxiously awaits her first glimpse of America, she is filled with a sense of the freedom that her new life promises. But …
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The Coffin Quilt
by Ann Rinaldi
In the 1880s, young Fanny McCoy witnesses the growth of a terrible and violent feud between her Kentucky family and the West Virginia Hatfields, complicated …
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An Acquaintance with Darkness
by Ann Rinaldi
Fourteen-year-old Emily Pigbush suspects that her uncle, a respected physician, is involved in body snatching.
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The Root Cellar
by Janet Lunn
Twelve-year-old orphan Rose, sent to live with unknown relatives on a farm in Canada, ventures into her aunt's root cellar and finds herself making friends …
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Janey G. Blue, Pearl Harbor, 1941
by Kathleen Duey
In Hawaii in 1941, sixth grader Janey G. Blue experiences the terror of the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
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Emma Eileen Grove
by Kathleen Duey
Twelve-year-old Emma receives unexpected friendship from a Black roustabout and a Union soldier during an explosion on the steamboat Sultana in 1865.
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Beloved Enemy
by Al Lacy
During the Civil War, Jenny is torn between devotion to the South and feelings for Buck, a Union soldier. She becomes a Confederate spy and …
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Timeless Love
by Judith O'Brien
Fifteen-year-old Samantha is transported back in time to 1553 and the court of the ailing King Edward VI. Suspecting that Edward has allergies, she is …
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Roanoke
by Sonia Levitin
An English youth and an Indian girl are caught up in the events leading to the mysterious disappearance of the colony at Roanoke Island.
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Escape from Egypt
by Sonia Levitin
When Moses comes to lead the Israelites to the Promised Land, Jesse, a Hebrew slave, finds his life changed by his growing faith in God …
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The Ghosts of Elkhorn
by Kerry Newcomb
Hiding out in a rural, 1927 Colorado town from the mafia bag man they robbed, Roman and Lainey get unexpected help from the Wind River …
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Pearl Harbor 1941
by Nancy Holder
Bekah Martin completes her nurse's training in San Francisco, and is scheduled to return to the Territory of Hawaii to keep her promise of marriage …