Historical Fiction for Younger Readers

 

Armstrong

Foolish Gretel (1855, German Americans)

Armstrong

Lili the Brave (1870, Norwegian American)

Avi

Abilgail Takes the Wheel (New York, 1880's)

Avi

Prairie School (Colorado, 1880's)

Bader

East Side Story (Labor Movement, early 1900's)

Bader

Golden Quest (California Gold Rush)

Baker

Little Runner of the Longhouse (Native Americans)

Benchley

George the Drummer Boy (Revolutionary War)

Benchley

Running Owl the Hunter (Native Americans)

Benchley

Small Wolf (Native Americans)

Coerr

Buffalo Bill and the Pony Express (Wild West)

Coerr

The Josefina Story Quilt (Pioneers)

Dalgliesh

The Courage of Sarah Noble (Pioneers)

Gauch

Aaron and the Green Mountain Boys (Revolutionary War)

Greer

Billy the Ghost and Me (Wild West)

Greeson

An American Army of Two (War of 1812)

Karr

The Lighthouse Mermaid (Lighthouse era)

Karr

Spy in the Sky (Civil War)

Lasky

Grace the Pirate (Ireland, 1500's)

Laurence

Captain and Matey Set Sail (Pirates)

Levinson

Snowshoe Thompson (Pioneers)

Littlefield

Fire at the Triangle Factory (New York, 1911)

Lowrey

Six Silver Spoons (Revolutionary War)

MacBride

Missouri Bound (Missouri, 1894) #1 of the series “A Little House Chapter Book”

Monjo

The Drinking Gourd (Underground Railroad, 1850's)

Monjo

Grand Papa and Ellen Aroon (Thomas Jefferson, 1800's)

Monjo

Indian Summer (Kentucky frontier, 1700's)

Monjo

King George's Head Was Made of Lead (Revolutionary War)

Monjo

The One Bad Thing About Father (Theodore Roosevelt, early 1900's)

Monjo

Poor Richard in France (Benjamin Franklin, 1700's)

Monjo

The Vicksburg Veteran (Civil War)

Mongomery

L.M. Montomgery's Anne of Green Gables (late 1800's)

Moore

Buddy, The First Seeing Eye Dog (early 1900's)

Moskin

Lysbet and the Fire Kittens (New Amsterdam, 1600's)

Morris

Morning Sun and the Lost Girl (Native Americans)

Parish

Good Hunting, Blue Sky (Native Americans)

Penner

The True Story of Pocahontas (Native Americans)

Ransom

Danger at Sand Cave (1925)

Rappaport

The Boston Coffee Party (Revolutionary War)

Riggio

Secret Signs (Slavery & The Underground Railroad)

Roop

Grace's Letter to Lincoln (Abraham Lincoln, 1860)

Roop

Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie (Lighthouses, 1856)

Ross

The Copper Lady (The Statue of Liberty, 1885)

St. George

By George, Bloomers! (Women's Rights, 1850's)

Sandin

The Long Way to a New Land (Immigration, late 1800's)

Sandin

The Long Way Westward (Immigration, late 1800's)

Sandin

The Pioneer Bear (Pioneer)

Schick

The Remarkable Ride of Israel Bissell (Revolutionary War)

Shefelman

Young Wolf and Spirit Horse (Native Americans)

Shefelman

Young Wolf's First Hunt (Native Americans)

Siegelson

Escape South (Slavery)

Stevens

Lily and Miss Liberty (The Statue of Liberty, 1885)

Stevens

Anna, Grandpa, and the Big Storm (The Great Blizzard of 1888)

Stolz

A Ballad of the Civil War (Civil War)

Turner

Dust for Dinner (Dust Bowl and Great Depression)

Turner

Katie's Trunk (Revolutionary War)

Van Leeuwen

Hannah's Helping Hands (Revolutionary War)

Van Woerkom

Becky and the Bear (Maine, Colonial Period)

Walker

The 18 Penny Goose (Revolutionary War)

Weber

Forbidden Friendship (Prejudice, 1800's)

Welch

Danger at the Breaker (Coal Mining, 1800's)

West

Fire in the Valley (California, early 1900's)

West

Mr. Peale's Bones (New York, 1800's)

West

Voyage of the Half Moon (Hudson River, 1600's)

Wetterer

The Snow Walker (Great Blizzard of 1888)

Whelan

The Indian School (Native Americans)

Whelan

Next Spring an Oriole (Native Americans)

Whelan

Night of the Full Moon (Native Americans)

Whelan

Shadow of the Wolf (Native Americans)

Wilder

Little House Friends (Pioneers)

Wilkes

Brookfield Days (Pioneers)