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    Historical Fiction for Children

Journey to Nowhere    Auch, Mary Jane        JF Auch
(New York Settlers, 1815)

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle    Avi        JF Avi
(Trans-Atlantic Voyage, 1832)

Jayhawker    Beatty, Patricia        JF Beatty
(Civil War Abolitionist)

The Arrow over the Door    Bruchac, Joseph   JF Bruchac
(Quakers and Indians, 1777)

The Smuggler’s Treasure    Buckey, Sarah        JF Buckey
(War of 1812, Kidnapping and Ransom)

Constance; A Story of Early Plymouth    Clapp, Patricia    J C       
(1600’s Diary of Plymouth Colony)

The Battlefield Ghost    Cuyler, Margery    JF Cuyler
(Revolutionary War Ghost)

Jacob’s Rescue: a Holocaust Story    Drucker, Malka  JF Drucker   
(Jewish Children saved from Nazi’s during WWII)

Walk Across the Sea    Fletcher, Susan        JF Fletcher
(Chinese Immigrants, California, late 1800’s)

Thunder at Gettysburg    Gauch, Patricia Lee        J G
(Civil War Battle, 1863)

Cleopatra VII, Daughter of the Nil Gregory, Kristiana  JF Gregory
(Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, 30 B.C.)

How I Became an American    Gundisch, Karin    JF Gundisch
(German Immigrants, 1902)

Out of the Dust    Hesse, Karen    JF Hesse
(Oklahoma Dust Bowl, 1929)

Witness       Hesse, Karen    JF Hesse
(Prejudices, Vermont 1920’s)

Through the Lock    Hurst, Carol Otis        JF Hurst
(Connecticut River Valley, 1800’s)

Rifles for Watie    Keith, Harold        JF Keith
(Civil War, 1860’s)

Neeluk: An Eskimo Boy in the Days of the Whaling Ships
Kitteridge, Francis        JF Kitteridge   
(Arctic/Alaska 1800s)

Elizabeth I, Red Rose of the House of Tudor  Lasky, Kathryn    JF Lasky 
(Queen of England, 1533-1603) 

Lord of the Nutcracker Men    Lawrence, Iain        JF Lawrence
(England, World War I)

Pharaoh’s Daughter    Lester, Julius    JF Lester
(Fictionalization of Biblical Moses story)

A Titanic Journey Across the Sea    Lawlor, Laurie        JF Lawlor
(Titanic Shipwreck, 1912)

In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson    Lord, Bette       JF Lord
(Chinese Immigrant, Brooklyn 1947)

Number the Stars    Lowry, Lois        JF Lowry
(World War II, Denmark, 1943)

Search for the Shadowman    Nixon, Joan Lowery        JF Nixon
(Texas Mystery, 1840’s)

When My Name was Keoko    Park, Linda Sue        JF Park
(Korea, World War II)

Lyddie    Paterson, Katherine        JF Paterson
(Lowell, Massachusetts, 1840’s)

The Rifle     Paulsen, Gary    YA F Paulsen
(Amer. Revolution, 1775)

Soldier’s Heart    Paulsen, Gary    JF Paulsen
(Civil War Soldier)

Tucket Series    Paulsen, Gary    JF Paulsen
(U.S. Frontier/Pioneer Life)

Missing from Haymarket Square    Robinet, Harriette        JF Robinet
(Haymarket Riot, Chicago, 1886)

The Witch of Blackbird Pond    Speare, Elizabeth        JF Speare
(Connecticut, Witchcraft, 1687)

Joining the Boston Tea Party    Stanley, Diane        JF Stanley
(Boston Tea Party, 1773)

Roughing it on the Oregon Trail    Stanley, Diane        JF Stanley
(Oregon Trail, Westward Movement, 1843)

Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry    Taylor, Mildred        JF Taylor
(Southern States, Prejudice, 1930’s)

The Land    Taylor, Mildred        JF Taylor
(Post Civil War, Race Relations)

Angel on the Square    Whelan, Gloria        JF Whelan
(Russian Revolution, 1913)

Dear Levi    Woodruff, Elvira        JF Woodruff
(Frontier and Pioneer Life, 1851)

Also find other great Historical Fiction choices by searching in our Library Catalog for the following series books:

  • Dear America Series

  • My Name is America Series

  • The Royal Diaries Series

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