More Historical Fiction Books You Must Read
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When Will this Cruel War be Over?
by Barry Denenberg
The diary of a fictional fourteen-year-old girl living in Virginia, in which she describes the hardships endured by her family and friends during one year …
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Letters from a Slave Girl
by Mary E. Lyons
A fictionalized version of the life of Harriet Jacobs, told in the form of letters that she might have written during her slavery in North …
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Becca's Story
by James D. Forman
Becca Case finds herself faced with a choice between two suitors--steadfast Alex Forman and charming Charlie Gregory--but her choice become complicated by the outbreak of …
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Beyond the Burning Time
by Kathryn Lasky
When in the winter of 1692, accusations of witchcraft surface in her small New England village, twelve-year-old Mary Chase fights to save her mother from …
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The House on Hound Hill
by Maggie Prince
Soon after she, her mother, and her younger brother move into an old house on what was once known as Beggarsgate, Emily begins to have …
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Keeping the Good Light
by Katherine Kirkpatrick
Bored with living in a New York lighthouse at the turn of the twentieth century, sixteen-year-old Eliza seeks a teaching position away from home.
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Sacred Shadows
by Maxine Schur
"When I was told my father was dead, I ran away....I reached the pine grove, and there I flung myself down, hugged the damp earth, …
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Annie's Promise
by Sonia Levitin
Annie's Promises is Sonia Levitin's unforgettable work of historical fiction. As a young refugee from Nazi Germany, Annie Platt seizes the opportunity to attend Quaker …
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Pictures, 1918
by Jeanette Ingold
Coming of age in a rural Texas community in 1918, 15-year-old Asia assists in the local war effort, contemplates romance with a local boy, and …
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The Great Railroad Race
by Kristiana Gregory
As the daughter of a newspaper reporter, fourteen-year-old Libby keeps a diary account of the exciting events surrounding her during the building of the Transcontinental …
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Silver Days
by Sonia Levitin
Silver Days is Sonia Levitin's story of a Jewish family—escaping from Hitler's Germany—that moves from New York City to California. In this sequel to Journey …
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Nellie Bishop
by Clara Gillow Clark
Nellie struggles to survive in the rough and tumble world of a Pennsylvania canal town.
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Silent Stranger
by Amanda Benton
Although they do not know anything about him, the mute young man who shows up on their New York farm at Christmastime in 1813 becomes …
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The Journal of William Thomas Emerson, a Revolutionary War Patriot
by Barry Denenberg
William, a twelve-year-old orphan, writes of his experiences in pre-Revolutionary War Boston where he joins the cause of the patriots who are opposed to the …
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We are Witnesses
by Jacob Boas
Accounts of how five teenagers faced human evil and became a testament to the best in the human spirit.
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In My Enemy's House
by Carol Matas
When German soldiers arrive in Zloczow during World War II, a young Jewish girl must decide whether or not to conceal her identity and work …
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Four Perfect Pebbles:
by Lila Perl
If she could find four perfect pebbles of almost exactly the same size and shape, it meant that her family would remain whole. Mama and …
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Fire in the Hills
by Anna Myers
After sixteen-year-old Hallie's mother dies, she loses herself in caring for her seven brothers and sisters. Then the outbreak of World War I divides her …
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Tituba of Salem Village
by Ann Petry
In the Salem Village of 1692, superstition and hysteria peaked with the Salem witch trials. One of the first three "witches" condemned is Tituba, a …
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The Ornament Tree
by Jean Thesman
When fourteen-year-old Bonnie moves to her cousin's boardinghouse in Seattle in 1918, she learns about life from the boarders and progressive women who live and …