Historical Fiction

BASED ON A TRUE STORY

• The Friendship Doll by Kirby Larson (age 8+)
• Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder (Little House Series, age 8-12)
• Riding Freedom by Pam Munoz Ryan (age 9+)
• Heart of a Samurai by Margi Preus (age 10+)
• Threads and Flames by Esther Friesner (age 10+)
• The Legend of Bass Reeves: Being the True and Fictional Account of the Most Valiant Marshal in the West by Gary Paulsen (age 12+)
• Annexed by Sharon Dogar (age 13+, mature content)
• Betsy and the Emperor by Staton Rabin (age 13+)

ANCIENT…

Greece

• The Pig Scrolls by Paul Shipton (age 10+)
• Nobody’s Princess by Esther Friesner (Helen of Troy Duolgy, age 12+)

AGE OF EXPLORATION AND SURVIVAL

• Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell (age 8-12)
• The King’s Fifth by Scott O’Dell (age 10+)

HISTORICAL FANTASY

• The Dragon’s Tooth by N. D. Wilson (Ashtown Burials Series, age 9-14)
• Operation Red Jericho by Joshua Mowll (The Guild of Specialists Trilogy, age 10+)
• The Pig Scrolls by Paul Shipton (age 10+)
• A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray (Gemma Doyle Series, age 12+)
• Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld (Leviathan Trilogy, age 12+)
• Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers (His Fair Assassin Trilogy, age 13+)

GOD BLESS THE QUEEN (ENGLAND)

• The True Adventures of Charlotte Doyle by Avi (age 8-12)
• The Diamond of Drury Lane by Julia Golding (Cat Royal Adventures, age 10+)
• A Spy in the House by Y.S. Lee (The Agency Series, age 11+)
• Montmorency: thief, liar, gentleman by Eleanor Updale (Montmorency Series, age 12+)
• The Season by Sarah MacLean (age 12+)

ERA OF WITCH HUNTING

• The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare (age 8-12)

EUROPE

• The Midwife’s Apprentice by Karen Cushman (age 8-12)
• Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman (age 8-12)
• Annexed by Sharon Dogar (age 13+, mature content)
• Betsy and the Emperor by Staton Rabin (age 13+)
• Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers (His Fair Assassin Trilogy, age 13+)
• Aurelia by Anne Osterlund (age 13+)
• Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly (age 14+, mature content)
• Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys (age 13+, mature content

ASIA

• Heart of a Samurai by Margi Preus (age 10+)
• Year of Impossible Goodbyes by Sook Nyul Choi (age 11+)

AFRICA

• Out of Shadows by Jason Wallace (age 14+, mature content)

FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA (U.S.A.)

• Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli (age 8-12)
• Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George (age 8-12)

AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR

• Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes (age 8-13)

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR

• The Root Cellar by Janet Lunn (age 8-12)
• The Last Silk Dress by Ann Rinaldi (age 11+)

THE WILD, WILD WEST

• Emily’s Fortune by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (age 8-12)
• The Legend of Bass Reeves: Being the True and Fictional Account of the Most Valiant Marshal in the West by Gary Paulsen (age 12+)

WORLD WAR I

GREAT DEPRESSION

• The Friendship Doll by Kirby Larson (age 8+)
• Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer L. Holm (age 9+)
• Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool (age 10+)
• Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko (Al Capone Does…Series, age 10+)

WORLD WAR II

• Elephant Run by Roland Smith (age 10+)
• Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys (age 13+, mature content)

Holocaust

• Number the Stars by Lois Lowry (age 8-12)
• The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne (age 10+)
• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (age 12+)
• Annexed by Sharon Dogar (age 13+, mature content)
• Briar Rose by Jane Yolen (age 13+)

On the Homefront

• What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell (age 12+)
• Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson (12+)
• The Gadget by Paul Zindel (age 13+)
• Flygirl by Sherri L. Smith (age 13+)
• Summer of My German Soldier (age 13+)

CIVIL RIGHTS

• Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor (age 9-13)

ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE (1960s AND VIETNAM)

• Once Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia (age 10+
• The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt (age 11+)
• Cracker! The Best Dog in Vietnam! by Cynthia Kadohata (age 13+)