 | Historical Fiction for Grades 3-5 |
| Find these in Juvenile (J) Fiction, shelved alphabetically by the author's last name. | |
| Ackerman | Night Crossing (Austria, 1938) |
| Antle | Hard Times: A Story of the Great Depression |
| Armstrong | Patrick Doyle is Full of Blarney (New York City, 1915) |
| Avi | The Barn (Oregon Territory, 1855) |
| Bergman | The Boy From Over There (Israel, 1940's) |
| Bishop | Twenty and Ten (France, WWII) |
| Bruchac | The Arrow Over the Door (U.S. Revolution, Abenaki Indians and Quakers) |
| Buchanan | Gratefully Yours (Nebraska, 1923) |
| Chang | In the Eye of War (China, WWII) |
| Coerr | Mieko and the Fifth Treasure (Japan, WWII) |
| Curry | What the Dickens! (U.S., 1840's) |
| Curtis | Bud, Not Buddy (U.S., Great Depression, 1936) |
| Cutler | My Wartime Summers (U.S., WWII) |
| De Jong | The House of Sixty Fathers (China, WWII) |
| De Young | A Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt (U.S., Great Depression, 1929) |
| DeClements | The Bite of the Gold Bug: A Story of the Alaskan Gold Rush (Alaska, 1898) |
| Denenberg | When Will This Cruel War Be Over? (Virginia, 1864) |
| Dorris | Morning Girl (Taino Indians, 1490's) |
| Fife | Destination Unknown (Norway, WWII) |
| Fritz | The Cabin Faced West (U.S., Pioneers ) |
| Giff | Lily's Crossing (U.S., WWII) |
| Gilson | Stink Alley (Puritans, Holland, 1614) |
| Goldin | Fire! The Beginnings of the Labor Movement (Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, 1911 ) |
| Gross | It's Only Goodbye (Immigration, Italy to U.S., 1890's) |
| Hahn | Anna on the Farm (U.S., Early 1900's) |
| Haseley | The Amazing Thinking Machine (U.S., Great Depression, 1929) |
| Herman | A Summer on Thirteenth Street (Chicago, 1940's) |
| Hill | The Year of Miss Agnes (U.S. Athabascan Indians, Alaska, 1948) |
| Holt | Mister and Me (Louisiana, 1940) |
| Hooks | Circle of Fire (U.S., Ku Klux Klan, 1930's) |
| Hopkinson | Into the Firestorm! A Novel of San Francisco, 1906 |
| Hotze | Summer Endings (Chicago, WWII) |
| Hughes | The Lion and the Unicorn (London Blitz, WWII) |
| Kerr | When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit (Germany to England, 1930's) |
| Kimmel | A Horn for Louis (New Orleans, Early 20th Century) |
| Kinsey-Warnock | The Night the Bells Rang (U.S., WWI) |
| Kudlinski | Pearl Harbor is Burning! A Story of World War II |
| Kurtz | I'm Sorry, Almira Ann (Oregon Trail, Pioneers) |
| Lasky | Journey to the New World (Mayflower Pilgrims, 1620) |
| Lawlor | Addie Across the Prairie (U.S., Pioneer) |
| Lindquist | Summer Soldiers (U.S., WWI) |
| Lowry | Number the Stars (Denmark, WWII) |
| MacLachlan | Sarah, Plain and Tall (U.S. Pioneer) |
| Malterre | Last Wolf of Ireland (Ireland, 1700's) |
| Mayerson | The Cat Who Escaped from Steerage: A Bubbemeiser (Poland to U.S., 1900's) |
| McCaughrean | Casting the Gods Adrift: A Tale of Ancient Egypt |
| McKissack | Abby Takes a Stand (U.S., Civil Rights Movement, 1960) |
| McSwigan | Snow Treasure (Norway, WWII) |
| Meyer | Anastasia: The Last Grand Duchess (Russia, 1914-1918) |
| Moskin | The Day of the Blizzard (N.Y., 1888) |
| Moss | Hannah's Journal: The Story of an Immigrant Girl (U.S., Russian Jews, 1901) |
| Nixon | A Family Apart (U.S., Orphan Train) |
| O'Dell | Island of the Blue Dolphins (Native Americans, California, 1800's) |
| Oneal | A Long Way to Go (U.S., Women's Suffrage, 1917) |
| Orlev | Lydia, Queen of Palestine (Romania/Israel, WWII) |
| Osborne | My Secret War: The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck (Long Island) |
| Paterson | Jip: His Story (U.S., Fugitive Slaves, 1855) |
| Peck | Fair Weather: A Novel (Chicago, World's Columbian Exposition, 1893) |
| Propp | When the Soldiers Were Gone (Jews, The Netherlands, 1940-1945) |
| Pryor | Seth of the Lion People (Prehistoric times) |
| Ransom | Fire in the Sky (New Jersey, 1937) |
| Reeder | Shades of Gray (U.S., Civil War) |
| Rinaldi | Keep Smiling Through (U.S., WWII) |
| Robinet | Children of the Fire (Chicago Fire, 1871) |
| Roop | Ahyoka and the Talking Leaves (U.S., Cherokee Indians, 1800's) |
| Shemin | The Little Riders (Holland, WWII) |
| Tamar | The Midnight Train Home (U.S., Orphan Train and Vaudeville Shows, 1920's) |
| Taylor | The Cay (Caribbean, WWII) |
| Taylor | The Friendship (U.S., 1930's) |
| Uchida | The Jar of Dreams (U.S, Great Depression, 1930's) |
| Van Leeuwen | Hannah of Fairfield (American Revolution) |
| Watkins | So Far From the Bamboo Grove (Korea, Japan, WWII) |
| Weaver | Close to Home: A Story of the Polio Epidemic (U.S., 1950's) |
| Whelan | Night of the Full Moon (Michigan, 1840's) |
| Wilder | Little House on the Prairie (Kansas, 1870's) |
| Wisler | Mr. Lincoln's Drummer (U.S., Civil War) |
| Yep | The Earth Dragon Awakes: The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 |
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Wilmette Public Library Youth Department
www.wilmettelibrary.info/kids Last Updated 4/09 |