Historical fiction for a high school world history class #1
Discover the best historical fiction books for high school world history classes! Engage students with captivating stories that bring history to life. Perfect for educators and readers alike.
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Maus
by Art Spiegelman
The author-illustrator traces his father's imprisonment in a Nazi concentration camp through a series of disarming and unusual cartoons arranged to tell the story as …
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Follow the River
by James Alexander Thom
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “It takes a rare individual not only to see that history can live, but also to make it live for others. James …
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Byzantium
by Stephen R. Lawhead
Born to rule Although born to rule, Aidan lives as a scribe in a remote Irish monastery on the far, wild edge of Christendom. Secure …
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Centennial
by James Albert Michener
Written as a tribute to America's bicentennial celebration. Centennial is an epic novel of the history, land, and people of Colorado. Centered around the fictional …
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Animal Farm
by George Orwell
75th Anniversary Edition—Includes a New Introduction by Téa Obreht George Orwell's timeless and timely allegorical novel—a scathing satire on a downtrodden society’s blind march towards …
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Gates of Fire
by Steven Pressfield
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “Steven Pressfield brings the battle of Thermopylae to brilliant life.”—Pat Conroy At Thermopylae, a rocky mountain pass in northern Greece, the feared …
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From Sea to Shining Sea
by James Alexander Thom
“Splendid . . . Thom tells the story with humor and eloquence, and a thumping good tale it is, too.”—The Washington Post In one generation, …
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Gods and Generals
by Jeff Shaara
The New York Times bestselling prequel to the Pulitzer Prize–winning classic The Killer Angels In this brilliantly written epic novel, Jeff Shaara traces the lives, …
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The Last Full Measure
by Jeff Shaara
In the Pulitzer prize–winning classic The Killer Angels, Michael Shaara created the finest Civil War novel of our time. In the bestselling Gods and Generals, …
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Rise to Rebellion
by Jeff Shaara
Jeff Shaara dazzled readers with his bestselling novels Gods and Generals, The Last Full Measure, and Gone for Soldiers. Now the acclaimed author who illuminated …
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The Glorious Cause
by Jeff Shaara
During the American Revolution, the colonists face an uphill battle in their quest for freedom, while General George Washington makes a fateful decision to cross …
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Gone for Soldiers
by Jeff Shaara
In this stunning, unforgettable novel, Jeff Shaara carries us back thirteen years before the Civil War, when that momentous conflict's most familiar names are fighting …
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Siddhartha
by Hermann Hesse
The classic novel of a quest for knowledge that has delighted, inspired, and influenced generations of readers, writers, and thinkers—a perennial favorite for graduation gifts. …
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Alaska
by James Albert Michener
Describes the lives and struggles of humans and animals in Alaskan prehistory and then leaps into the eighteenth century where the historical high points are …
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Dove and Sword
by Nancy Garden
This is a story of the Hundred Years' War and its great heroine, Joan of Arc. When Joan sets out to lead an army against …
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Caribbean
by James Albert Michener
"A grand epic." THE CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER Master storyteller James A. Michener sweeps us off to the Caribbean, with a magnificent novel that captures the …
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Poland
by James Albert Michener
Like the heroic land that is its subject, Poland teems with vivid events and unforgettable characters in the sweeping span of eight tumultuous centuries. In …
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The Da Vinci Code
by Dan Brown
Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon and French cryptologist Sophie Neveu work to solve the murder of an elderly curator of the Louvre, a case which leads …