Teen Historical Fiction that Rocks(updated)
Discover the best teen historical fiction books that rock! Explore our updated list of captivating reads perfect for young adults who love history, adventure, and drama.
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The Luxe
by Anna Godbersen
In Manhattan in 1899, five teens of different social classes lead dangerously scandalous lives, despite the strict rules of society and the best-laid plans of …
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Rumors: A Luxe Novel
by Anna Godbersen
The hot new Luxe series continues as Penelope takes Elizabeth's tragic absence as an opportunity to remake her image, Lina continues her own identity makeover …
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Bewitching Season
by Marissa Doyle
In 1837, as seventeen-year-old twins, Persephone and Penelope, are starting their first London Season they find that their beloved governess, who has taught them everything …
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The Red Queen's Daughter
by Jacqueline Kolosov
Mary Seymour is the daughter of the great Katherine Parr--the last Queen of Henry VIII. Orphaned at a young age because of her mother's bad …
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Newes from the Dead
by Mary Hooper
In 1650, while Robert, a young medical student, steels himself to assist with her dissection, twenty-two-year-old housemaid Anne Green recalls her life as she lies …
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A Company of Swans
by Eva Ibbotson
In 1912 England, 19-year-old Harriet Morton leads a dreary existence. Her ballet class is her only joy. When Father won't let her travel on a …
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The Morning Gift
by Eva Ibbotson
It is pre-World War II and Ruth Beger falls in love with Heini Radek, a young prodigy, who is studying piano at the Conservatoire in …
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A Countess Below Stairs
by Eva Ibbotson
A delicious historical romance perfect for fans of Downton Abbey and Upstairs, Downstairs After the Russian Revolution turns her world topsy-turvy, Anna, a young Russian …
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A Song for Summer
by Eva Ibbotson
On the eve of World War II, a young Englishwoman takes a job as housemother in a boarding school in Austria. She falls in love …
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At the Sign of the Sugared Plum
by Mary Hooper
It is 1665 and Hannah is full of excitement at the prospect of her first trip to London. She is going to help her sister, …
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The Remarkable Life and Times of Eliza Rose
by Mary Hooper
Thrown out of her home by her stepmother in 1670, fifteen-year-old Eliza Rose becomes a companion to Nell Gwyn, a mistress of Charles II, and …
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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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Rebel Angels
by Libba Bray
The second book in the critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling Gemma Doyle trilogy, an exhilarating and haunting saga from the author of The Diviners …
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In the Serpent's Coils
by Tiffany Trent
In this debut title of "Hallowmere," a dark, edgy, historical fantasy series, 15-year-old Corrine is orphaned after the Civil War and finds herself propelled into …
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By Venom's Sweet Sting
by Tiffany Trent
In 1866, after her boarding school is destroyed, Corrine and two of her classmates travel to Scotland to retrieve the stolen rathstone from the Unhallowed, …
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Between Golden Jaws
by Tiffany Trent
Corrine and her friends travel to London, hoping to find a rathstone that will help them end the ongoing war with the Fey.
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Maiden of the Wolf
by Tiffany Trent
When Ilona is sent to an unfamiliar world to search for its rathstone, she finds a chance at love that may cost her the mission …
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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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Song of the Sparrow
by Lisa Ann Sandell
This lyrical novel in verse tells the tale of fiery, 16-year-old Elaine of Ascolat--who will one day be known in poems and paintings as RThe …
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Nobody's Princess
by Esther M. Friesner
Determined to fend for herself in a world where only men have real freedom, headstrong Helen, who will be called queen of Sparta and Helen …
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Nobody's Prize
by Esther M. Friesner
Still longing for adventure, Princess Helen of Sparta maintains her disguise as a boy to join her unsuspecting brothers as part of the crew of …
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The Lacemaker and the Princess
by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
This vivid portrait of France on the eve of the Revolution is also a touching tale of two friends torn apart by class and the …
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No Shame, No Fear
by Ann Turnbull
A young Quaker girl and the son of a wealthy merchant face intolerance and persecution in 1662 England in this gripping historical novel that evokes …
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Keturah and Lord Death
by Martine Leavitt
When Lord Death comes to claim sixteen-year-old Keturah while she is lost in the King's Forest, she charms him with her story and is granted …
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The Minister's Daughter
by Julie Hearn
Set during the tumultuous era of the Civil War in England, this stunning debut by a student of Philip Pullman ("His Dark Materials") captures the …
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Star-crossed
by Linda Collison
Having been discovered as a stowaway as she tries to reach Barbados in 1760 to claim her father's estate, teenaged English orphan Patricia Kelley struggles …
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The Misadventures of Maude March
by Audrey Couloumbis
Eleven-year-old Sallie March is a whip-smart tomboy and voracious reader of Western adventure novels. When she and her sister Maude escape their self-serving guardians for …
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Maude March on the Run!, Or, Trouble is Her Middle Name
by Audrey Couloumbis
Due to a misunderstanding over her involvement in a botched robbery, Maude, with younger sister Sallie, hides out at the home of an uncle, but …
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Duchessina, a Novel of Catherine de Medici
by Carolyn Meyer
While her tyrannical family is out of favor in Italy, young Catherine de Medici is raised in convents, then in 1533, when she is fourteen, …
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Mary, Bloody Mary
by Carolyn Meyer
Mary Tudor, who would reign briefly as Queen of England during the mid sixteenth century, tells the story of her troubled childhood as daughter of …
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Marie, Dancing
by Carolyn Meyer
The life, dreams, and struggles of the fourteen-year-old dancer who posed for Degas's most famous sculpture
