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Middle School Historical Fiction
Historical fiction is an imaginative story
anchored by some historical event. Though
set in a time prior to the one in which we live, historical fiction is like
contemporary realism in that it relates human experiences in the natural world.
Literature and the Child, 2nd. Edition, by Bernice E. Cullinan
Prehistory
Garcia,
Ann O'Neal SPIRIT ON THE WALL
Howarth, Lesley
THE PITS
Ancient
Carter, Dorothy
Sharp HIS MAJESTY, QUEEN
HATSHEPSUT
Davis, Lindsey SILVER PIGS
Speare,
Elizabeth THE BRONZE BOW
Middle ages
Blackwood, Gary. THE SHAKESPEARE STEALER.
Bosse, Malcolm CAPTIVES OF TIME
Cushman, Karen CATHERINE, CALLED BIRDY
Cushman, Karen THE MIDWIFE'S APPRENTICE
Dorris, Michael.
MORNING GIRL
Dorris, Michael. SEES BEHIND TREES
Graham, Harriet.
A BOY AND HIS BEAR.
Kirwan, Anna JULIET : A DREAM TAKES
FLIGHT, ENGLAND, 1339 (GIRLHOOD JOURNEYS)
Konigsburg, E.
L. A PROUD TASTE FOR
SCARLET AND MINEVER
Laker, Rosalind CIRCLE OF PEARLS
Merino, Jose
Maria THE GOLD OF DREAMS
Morris, Gerald THE SQUIRE'S TALE
Napoli, Donna Jo
ZEL
Pierce, Tamora ALANNA: THE FIRST ADVENTURE
Sutcliffe,
Rosemary THE SHINING COMPANY
Temple, Frances THE BEDUIN'S GAZELLE
Temple, Frances. THE RAMSAY SCALLOP
Thomas, Dawn C.
Gill KAI : A MISSION
FOR HER VILLAGE, AFRICA, 1440 (GIRLHOOD JOURNEYS)
Colonial
Allen, Hervey THE FOREST AND THE FORT
Clapp, Patricia CONSTANCE : A STORY OF EARLY PLYMOUTH
Clapp, Patricia WITCHES' CHILDREN : A STORY OF SALEM
Clifford, Mary
Louise. WHEN THE GREAT
CANOES CAME.
Duey, Kathleen SARAH ANNE HARTFORD, Massachesetts, 1631
Field, Rachel CALICO BUSH
Hawthorne,
Nathaniel THE SCARLET LETTER
Jacobs, Paul
Samuel JAMES PRINTER : A
NOVEL OF REBELLION
Keehn, Sally M. I AM REGINA
Koller, Jackie
French THE PRIMROSE WAY
Kudlinski,
Kathleen V MARIE : AN
INVITATION TO DANCE, PARIS, 1775 (GIRLHOOD JOURNEYS)
Lasky, Kathryn A JOURNEY TO THE NEW WORLD : THE DIARY OF REMEMBER
PATIENCE WHIPPLE (DEAR AMERICA SERIES)
Latham, Jean Lee
THIS DEAR-BOUGHT LAND
Ruemmler, John SMOKE ON THE WATER : A NOVEL OF JAMESTOWN AND THE
POWHATANS
Speare,
Elizabeth THE WITCH OF
BLACKBIRD POND
American Revolution
Anderson, Joan 1787
Avi FIGHTING GROUND
Berleth,
Richard. SAMUEL'S CHOICE
Boyd, James. DRUMS
Cavanna, Betty RUFFLES AND DRUMS
Collier, James
Lincoln JUMP SHIP TO
FREEDOM
Collier, James
Lincoln MY BROTHER SAM IS
DEAD
Colllier, James
Lincoln and Christopher Collier THE WINTER HERO
Denenberg, Barry
THE JOURNAL OF WILLIAM THOMAS EMERSON : A
REVOLUTIONARY WAR PATRIOT, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS,1774 (MY NAME IS AMERICA
SERIES)
Duey, Kathleen MARY ALICE PEALE, Philadelphia, 1779
Gregory,
Kristiana THE WINTER OF RED
SNOW : THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR DIARY OF ABIGAIL JANE STEWART (DEAR AMERICA SERIES)
Latham, Jean Lee
CARRY ON, MR. BOWDITCH
Lawrence, Iain. THE WRECKERS.
Rinaldi, Ann A RIDE INTO MORNING : THE STORY OF TEMPE WICK
Rinaldi, Ann A STITCH IN TIME (THE QUILT TRILOGY, 1)
1800's
Austen, Jane PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
Berry, James. AJEEMAH AND HIS SON
Durbin, William. THE BROKEN BLADE
Johnson, Delores
NOW LET ME FLY : THE STORY OF A SLAVE FAMILY
Lyons, Mary E. LETTERS FROM A SLAVE GIRL : THE STORY OF HARRIET E. JACOBS
O'Dell, Scott STREAMS OF THE RIVER, RIVER TO THE SEA : A NOVEL OF
SACAJAWEA
Rinaldi, Ann BROKEN DAYS (THE QUILT TRILOGY, 2)
1830's
Blos, Joan A GATHERING OF DAYS : A NEW ENGLAND GIRL'S JOURNAL,
1830-1832.
Hugo, Victor LES MISERABLES
Wunderli,
Stephen THE BLUE BETWEEN
THE CLOUDS
1840's
DeFelice,
Cynthia THE APPRENTICESHIP
OF LUCAS WHITAKER
Denenberg, Barry
SO FAR FROM HOME : THE DIARY OF MARY DRISCOLL,
AN IRISH MILL GIRL (DEAR AMERICA SERIES)
Duey, Kathleen HURRICANE : OPEN SEAS, 1844
Fox, Paula THE SLAVE DANCER
Gregory,
Kristiana ACROSS THE WIDE AND LONESOME PRAIRIE : THE OREGON TRAIL DIARY
OF HATTIE CAMPBELL (DEAR AMERICA SERIES)
Hahn, Mary
Downing. THE GENTLEMAN
OUTLAW AND ME -- ELI : A STORY OF THE OLD WEST
Hotze, Sollace A CIRCLE UNBROKEN
Morrow, Honore SEVEN ALONE
Paterson, Katherine LYDDIE
Paulsen, Gary MR. TUCKET
Rinaldi, Ann THE BLUE DOOR (THE QUILT TRILOGY, 3)
1850's
Aldrich, Bess S.A LANTERN IN HER HAND
Crichton, Michael THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY
Crofford, Emily.
BORN IN THE YEAR OF COURAGE
Duey, Kathleen ANISETT LUNDBERG, California Gold Fields, 1851
Duey, Kathleen EVIE PEACH, St. Louis, 1857
Duey, Kathleen WILLOW CHASE, Kansas territory 1857
Fleischman, Sid BANDIT'S MOON
Meyer, Carolyn WHERE THE BROKEN HEART STILL BEATS : THE STORY OF CYNTHIA
ANN PARKER
Paterson,
Katherine JIP, HIS STORY
Winter, Jeanette
FOLLOW THE DRINKING GOURD
Civil War
Armstrong, Jennifer
STEAL AWAY
Beatty,
Patricia. JAYHAWKER
Beatty, Patricia
TURN HOMEWARD, HANNALEE
Bradley, David THE CHANEYSVILLE INCIDENT
Brown, Rita Mae HIGH HEARTS
Clapp, Patricia THE TAMARACK TREE
Denenberg, Barry WHEN WILL THIS CRUEL WAR
BE OVER? : THE CIVIL WAR DIARY OF EMMA SIMPSON (DEAR AMERICA SERIES)
Duey, Kathleen EMMA EILEEN GROVE, Mississippi River, 1865
Everett, Gwen JOHN BROWN : ONE MAN AGAINST SLAVERY
Fleischman, Paul
BULL RUN
Hansen, Joyce I THOUGHT MY SOUL WOULD
RISE AND FLY : THE RECONSTRUCTION ERA DIARY OF PATSY (DEAR AMERICA SERIES)
Hansen, Joyce OUT FROM THIS PLACE
Hopkinson,
Deborah SWEET CLARA AND
THE FREEDOM QUILT
Hunt, Irene ACROSS FIVE APRILS
Karr, Kathleen.THE GREAT TURKEY WALK.
McKissack, Pat A PICTURE OF FREEDOM : THE DIARY OF CLOTEE, A SLAVE GIRL
(DEAR AMERICA SERIES)
Murphy, Jim. THE JOURNAL OF JAMES
EDMOND PEASE : A CIVIL WAR UNION SOLDIER (MY NAME IS AMERICA SERIES)
Nixon, Joan
Lowery KEEPING SECRETS :
THE ORPHAN TRAIN ADVENTURES
O'Dell, Scott THE 290
Rinaldi, Ann AN ACQUAINTANCE WITH DARKNESS
Rinaldi, Ann MINE EYES HAVE SEEN
Stolz, Mary CEZANNE PINTO : A MEMOIR
Verne, Jules TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA
Westward Expansion
Aldrich, Bess S. A LANTERN IN HER HAND
Arnold, Elliott THE CAMP GRANT MASSACRE
Blos, Joan BROTHERS OF THE HEART : A STORY OF THE OLD NORTHWEST
1837-1838.
Bohner, Charles BOLD JOURNEY : WEST WITH LEWIS AND CLARK
MacLachlan,
Patricia SARAH, PLAIN AND
TALL
1870's
Nixon, Joan
Lowery CIRCLE OF LOVE :
THE ORPHAN TRAIN ADVENTURES
O'Dell, Scott
and Elizabeth Hall THUNDER ROLLING IN
THE MOUNTAIN
Yep, Laurence DRAGON'S GATE
1880's
Duey, Kathleen ELLEN ELIZABETH HAWKINS, Mobeetie Texas, 1886
Kudlinski,
Kathleen V SHANNON : A
CHINATOWN ADVENTURE, SAN FRANCISCO, 1880 (GIRLHOOD JOURNEYS)
Montgomery, Lucy
Maud ANNE OF AVONLEA
Murphy, Jim WEST TO A LAND OF PLENTY
: DIARY OF TERESA ANGELINO VIS CARDI (DEAR AMERICA SERIES)
Myers, Walter
Dean THE RIGHTEOUS
REVENGE OF ARTEMIS BONNER
1890's
Fleischman, Sid JIM UGLY
Hobbs, Will JASON'S GOLD
Mazzio, Joann LEAVING ELDORADO
1900's
Duey, KathleenALEXA ELLERY FINSDALE, San Francisco, 1905
Johnston, Julie THE ONLY OUTCAST
Lasky, Kathryn DREAMS IN THE GOLDEN COUNTRY : THE DIARY OF ZIPPORAH
FELDMAN, A JEWISH IMMIGRANT GIRL (DEAR AMERICA SERIES)
Medearis, Angela
Shelf DANCING WITH THE
INDIANS
Snyder, Zilpha
Keatley GIB RIDES HOME
1910's
Brewster, Hugh ANASTASIA'S ALBUM
Bunting, Eve.