Popular and Historical Fiction for YA

Explore top historical fiction books for young adults! Discover popular and classic YA novels that bring history to life with captivating stories and unforgettable characters.

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Winds of L'Acadie

by Lois Donovan

Grade level: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, e, i, s.
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The Last Silk Dress

by Ann Rinaldi

High-spirited, beautiful Susan Chilmark, fourteen, vows to do something meaningful to support the Confederacy during the Civil War. Despite the wishes of her mother, Susan …
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A Northern Light

by Jennifer Donnelly

Set in 1906 against the backdrop of the murder that inspired Theodore Dreiser's "An American Tragedy," this Printz Honor Book effortlessly weaves romance, history, and …
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A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver

by E.L. Konigsburg

Eleanor of Aquitaine, wife to two kings, mother to two others, has been waiting in Heaven a long time -- eight centuries, more or less …
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Number the Stars

by Lois Lowry

In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie learns how to be courageous and resourceful as she helps shelter her Jewish friend from …
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The Book Thief

by Markus Zusak

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE’S 100 BEST YA BOOKS OF ALL TIME The extraordinary, beloved novel about the ability of …
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Mara, Daughter of the Nile

by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

This compelling story of adventure, romance, and intrigue, set in ancient Egypt, was written by the three-time Newbery Honor and Edgar Award winning author Eloise …
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A Single Shard

by Linda Sue Park

Tree-ear, a thirteen-year-old orphan in medieval Korea, lives under a bridge in a potters' village and longs to learn how to create the delicate ceramics …
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A Great and Terrible Beauty

by Libba Bray

The first book in the critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling Gemma Doyle trilogy, the exhilarating and haunting saga from the author of The Diviners …
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Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy

by Gary D. Schmidt

Turner Buckminster is purely miserable. Not only is he the son of the new minister in a small Maine town, but he is shunned for …
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Catherine, Called Birdy (rpkg)

by Karen Cushman

"Corpus Bones! I utterly loathe my life." Catherine feels trapped. Her father is determined to marry her off to arich man--any rich man, no matter …
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A Long Way From Chicago (Puffin Modern Classics)

by Richard Peck

Join Joey and his sister Mary Alice as they spend nine unforgettable summers with the worst influence imaginable-their grandmother!
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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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Time Enough for Drums

by Ann Rinaldi

Sixteen-year-old Jem struggles to maintain the status quo at home in Trenton, New Jersey, when the family men join the war for independence. There are …