 | Historical Fiction |
| Good reading from the Junior High collection. Books are filed in Y Fiction under the author's last name.
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| Anderson | Chains: Seeds of America (U.S. Slavery) |
| Auch | Ashes of Roses (Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire) |
| Avi | Crispin, the Cross of Lead (England - 14th Century) |
| Barrett | Anna of Byzantium (Byzantine Empire – 11th Century) |
| Bartoletti | The Boy Who Dared (World War II) |
| Berry | Ajeemah and His Son (African Slave Trade) |
| Blackwood | The Shakespeare Stealer (Shakespeare's England) |
| Bruchac | Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War II |
| Bunting | S.O.S. Titanic (Titanic) |
| Burgess | Burning Issy (Witchcraft – 1600s) |
| Choldenko | Al Capone Does My Shirts (Alcatraz - 1935) |
| Collier | My Brother Sam Is Dead (American Revolution) |
| Compestine | Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party: A Novel (China - Cultural Revolution) |
| Conrad | My Daniel (Frontier Life) |
| Cooper | King of Shadows (Shakespeare's England – 1599) |
| Couloumbis | The Misadventures of Maude March, or, Trouble Rides a Fast Horse (Frontier Life) |
| Curtis | The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963 (Civil Rights) |
| Cushman | The Loud Silence of Francine Green (Hollywood Blacklist - 1950s) |
| DeFelice | Weasel (Frontier Life) |
| Dowell | Shooting the Moon (Vietnam War) |
| Erdrich | Birchbark House (Ojibwa Family - 1847) |
| Fleischman | Bull Run (Civil War) |
| Forbes | Johnny Tremain: A Novel for Young and Old (American Revolution) |
| Fox | The Slave Dancer (African Slave Trade) |
| Garden | Dove and Sword: A Novel of Joan of Arc |
| Giff | Nory Ryan's Song (Irish Potato Famine) |
| Gregory | Jimmy Spoon and the Pony Express (U.S. Frontier) |
| Gutman | Race For the Sky: The Kitty Hawk Diaries of Johnny Moore (Wright Brothers) |
| Hahn | The Gentleman Outlaw and Me – Eli: A Story of the Old West (Frontier Life) |
| Hesse | Letters from Rifka (U.S. Immigration) |
| Hobbs | Jason's Gold (Alaskan Gold Rush) |
| Holm | Penny From Heaven (New Jersey - 1953) |
| Hoobler | The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn (Japan - 18th Century ) |
| Hughes | Soldier Boys (World War II) |
| Hunt | Across Five Aprils (Civil War) |
| Kadohata | Cracker!: The Best Dog in Vietnam (Vietnam War) |
| Kadohata | Kira-Kira (Japanese-Americans - 1950s) |
| Keehn | I Am Regina (French and Indian War) |
| Klages | The Green Glass Sea (Los Alamos - 1940s) |
| Konigsburg | The Second Mrs. Giaconda (Leonardo Da Vinci) |
| Laird | Shadow of the Wall (World War II) |
| Larson | Hattie Big Sky (Montana - 1917) |
| Lester | Pharaoh's Daughter: A Novel of Ancient Egypt |
| Levine | Dave at Night (Harlem Renaissance – 1926) |
| Lisle | Black Duck (Prohibition) |
| Lynch | Gold Dust (Race Relations, Boston - 1976) |
| Lyons | Letters from a Slave Girl: The Story of Harriet Jacobs (Slavery – 1800s) |
| Matas | Daniel's Story (Holocaust) |
| Mazer | A Boy at War: A Novel of Pearl Harbor (World War II) |
| Myers | Harlem Summer (Harlem Renaissance) |
| Napoli | Daughter of Venice (16th Century) |
| O'Dell | Streams to the River, River to the Sea: A Novel of Sacagawea |
| Orgel | The Devil in Vienna (1938) |
| Orlev | The Island on Bird Street (World War II) |
| Park | When My Name Was Keoko (Japan-occupied Korea - 1940) |
| Patneaude | Thin Wood Walls (Japanese Internment Camps) |
| Paulsen | Soldier's Heart: A Novel of the Civil War |
| Pausewang | The Final Journey (Holocaust) |
| Peck | Here Lies the Librarian (Indiana - 1914) |
| Perkins | Criss Cross (U.S. - 1960s) |
| Reuter | The Boys from St. Petri (World War II) |
| Ryan | Esperanza Rising (California - 1880s) |
| Salisbury | Under the Blood-Red Sun (World War II) |
| Schlitz | A Drowned Maiden's Hair: A Melodrama (New England - Early 20th Century) |
| Schmidt | The Wednesday Wars (1960s) |
| Sherlock | Letters From Wolfie (Vietnam War) |
| Sheth | Keeping Corner (India - 1918) |
| Smith | Elephant Run (Burma - World War II) |
| Speare | The Witch of Blackbird Pond (Colonial Life) |
| Sturtevant | A True and Faithful Narrative (London - 17th Century) |
| Temple | The Beduins' Gazelle (Middle East - 1300s) |
| Updale | Montmorency: Thief, Liar, Gentleman? (London - 19th Century) |
| Veciana-Suarez | Flight to Freedom (U.S. Immigration) |
| Vos | Hide and Seek (World War II) |
| Whelan | Listening for Lions (Africa - 1919) |
| Wilson | Black Storm Comin' (Pony Express) |
| Wisler | Caleb's Choice (Slavery – 1850s) |
| Yep | Dragonwings (Chinese-Americans in San Francisco) |
Last Updated: 1/09
