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- Tirzah Price
- 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)
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Good Night, Mr. Tom by Michelle Magorian. London is poised on the brink of World War II. Eight-year-old Willie is evacuated to the English countryside and lands on Mr. Tom's doorstep, timid and scarred from abuse. With Mr. Tom’s help, Willie leaves behind his hateful past and learns to love a world he never knew existed, a world of friendship ...
- 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.
Feb 23, 2023 · 20+ HISTORICAL FICTION BOOKS FOR KIDS. Wolf Hollow by Lauren Holk. This one is set in World War II, with the focus on Annabelle who lives in a small town in Pennsylvania. The audio version of Wolf Hollow is terrific, and listening to it was a completely immersive experience – I felt like I was right there in the hills of Pennsylvania ...
Apr 5, 2023 · Centered around the 9/11 attacks, this book blends the stories of two teen girls from different time periods. In the present day, 16-year-old Jesse is dealing with her father’s grief and her brother’s death on 9/11. Back in 2001, Alia, a 16-year-old Muslim girl, finds herself stuck in a Manhattan building on that fateful day.
Top 10 Historical Fiction Books for 9-12 Year Olds. 7.0. 01. Refugee. Written by Alan Gratz. 7.0. #22 in Series. 02. Revolutionary War on Wednesday.
