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- Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich. This is the book I hand kids and parents who tell me they love Little House on the Prairie. Set in the 1840s, it’s about an Ojibway family living near Lake Superior.
- Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan. When Esperanza and her family are forced to flee their privileged lives on a ranch in Mexico to a farm camp in California during the Great Depression, Esperanza must adapt to a new life of hard work and rise to meet the challenges of her new home.
- Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer L. Holm. Jobs are scarce in the 1930s, so when Turtle’s mama gets a job as a housekeeper for a lady who doesn’t like children, she’s sent to live with family she’s never met in Key West, Florida.
- One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia. When sisters Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern are sent to stay with their mother, Cecile, in Oakland, California, for the summer, they’re excited for Disneyland and reconnecting with their mother.
- Prairie Lotus by Linda Sue Park (ages 8 – 12)
- Park writes a wonderfully touching multilayered story about a young half-Asian girl’s life during western expansion, frontier times. After Hana’s mother dies, her father moves the two of them to a small midwestern town.
- The War I Finally Won by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (ages 8 – 12)
- Gladiator School Book 1 Blood Oath by Dan Scott (ages 8 – 12)
- Little House on the Prairie (Little House, #3) Laura Ingalls Wilder.
- Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1) L.M. Montgomery.
- Little Women Louisa May Alcott.
- The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson Burnett.
Explore the past with these historical fiction books for readers 8+, from the Holocaust to the Civil War to the Gold Rush. Discover stories of adventure, courage, and friendship in different times and places.
- The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare.
- Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1) by L.M. Montgomery.
- Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes.
- Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1) by Carol Ryrie Brink.
Apr 5, 2023 · Explore 16 historical fiction books for students of different levels, from elementary to middle school. These books transport readers to different times and places and show the perspectives and experiences of others.
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