Historical Fiction
Historical Fiction (HF) Book List
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| Title | Author | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | Mosley, Walter | U.S. | 1832, Georgia, slave boy on plantation wants freedom |
| Book Thief, The | Zusak, Markus | World War II | 1938, Nazi Germany, resiliency of humans |
| Bound | Napoli, Donna | Female Hero | 1400, China, Ming Dynasty, footbinding |
| Boy with the Striped Pajamas, The | Boyne, John | World War II | 1942, Auschwitz concentration camp, 2 boys, 2 sides |
| Bull Run | Fleischman, Paul | War Story | 1861, Civil War, 1st battle (Battle of Bull Run) |
| Catherine Called Birdy | Cushman, Karen | Female Hero | 1200s, England, life of knight's daughter |
| Chain of Fire | Naidoo, Beverley | World | 1950s, South Africa, effects of Apartheid |
| Clay Marble, The | Ho, Minfong | Female Hero | 1970s, Cambodia, girl in refugee camp during Vietnam War |
| Code Talker | Bruchac, Joseph | World War II | 1941, Navajo Marines in WWII Pacific |
| Copper Sun | Draper, Sharon | U.S. |
1738, slave trade and plantation life of 2 girls |
| Day of Tears | Lester, Julius | U.S. |
1959, Savannah, Georgia, slave auction |
| Empress | Shan, Sa | Female Hero |
600s, Empress Wu is the only female ruler from China, Tang |
| Fallen Angels | Myers, Walter Dean | War Story | 1967, Vietnam War, African-American soldier |
| Fever, 1793 | Anderson, L. | U.S. | 1793, Philadelphia, Yellow Fever Outbreak |
| Fire from the Rock | Draper, Sharon | U.S. | 1957, Central High School in Little Rock, AK is desegregated |
| Forgotten Fire, The | Bagdasarian, Adam | World | 1915, Turkey, Armenian genocide |
| Girl in Hyacinth Blue | Vreeland, Susan | Female Hero | 1600s, Europe, why is famous painting hidden? |
| Girl with a Pearl Earring | Chevalier, Tracy | Female Hero | 1600s, girl works for artist, Velazquez |
| Glory Field, The | Myers, Walter Dean | U.S. | 1750-2000, 200+ year history of Black family from slavery to today |
| Goodbye, Vietnam | Whelan, Gloria | World | 1960s, Mai's family must flee Vietnam during the war there |
| I, Juan de Pareja | Trevino, Elizabeth | World | 1600, Spain, slave works for artist, Velazquez |
| Killer Angels | Shaara, Michael | War Story | 1863, Civil War, Battle of Gettysburg |
| Kitchen Boy, The | Alexander, Robert | World | 1917, Romanovs killed, Russian Revolution |
| Kite Runner, The | Hosseini, Khalad | World | 1970s-2000, Afghanistan, two boys in Kabul are friends for life |
| Last Mission, The | Mazer, Harry | World War II | 1944, American/Jewish boy is a POW in German camp |
| Long Season of Rain, The | Kim, Helen | World | 1969, Korea, family adopts young orphan and favors him as male |
| March | Brooks, Geraldine | War Story | 1861, Civil War, cruelty/racism on both sides |
| Maus I and II | Spiegelman, Art | World War II | 1948, Holocaust survivors, humorous/serious, graphic novels |
| Milkweed | Spinelli, Jerry | World War II | 1939, Warsaw Ghetto, orphan boy tries to survive |
| Mississippi Trial, 1955 | Crowe, Chris | U.S. |
1955, Mississippi, who killed Emmett Till? |
| My Brother Sam is Dead | Collier, James | War Story | 1775, American Revolution, brothers disagree |
| Nightjohn | Paulsen, Gary | Female Hero | 1850s, young slave girl wants to learn to read |
| Other Side of Truth, The | Naidoo, Beverley | World | 1990s, Nigeria, political refugees smuggled out of the country |
| Persepolis I and II | Satrapi, Marjane | Female Hero | 1970s-80s, girl in Iranian Revolution, graphic novels |
| Pillars of the Earth | Follett, Ken | World | 1100s, England, building a Gothic cathedral |
| Power of One, The | Courtenay, Bryce | World | 1939, South Africa, boy becomes boxing champion, Apartheid |
| Private Peaceful | Morpurgo, Michael | War Story | 1911, 14-year old boy joins the British Army in WWI |
| Rice Without Rain | Ho, Minfong | Female Hero | 1970s, Thailand, class struggle, love war |
| Schindler's List | Keneally, Thomas | World War II | 1941, German man saves Polish Jews during Holocaust |
| Single Shard, A | Park, Linda | World | 1300s, poor Korean boy wants to learn to make fine pottery |
| Slave Dancer, The | Fox, Paula | U.S. | 1840, New Orleans, musician on slave ship |
| Snow Falling on Cedars | Guterson, David | U.S. | 1950s, Puget Sound, Japanese Relocation |
| Snow Flower and the Secret Fan | See, Lisa | Female Hero | 1800s, China, sisters in arranged marriages |
| Soldier Boys | Hughes, Dean | World War II | 1944, Battle of the Bulge, 1 American and 1 German |
| Soldier X | Wulffson, Don | World War II | 1944, American who fought for Germany in WWII, loyalty |
| Soldier's Heart | Paulsen, Gary | War Story | 1861, Civil War, 15-year old lies about age to fight |
| Sunrise Over Fallujah | Myers, Walter Dean | War Story | 2003, Operation Iraqi Freedom, US troops in Iraq |
| Taste of Salt | Temple, Frances | World | 1991, Haiti, teen boy is working to fight repression |
| Testimony of an Irish Slave Girl | McCafferty, Kate | Female hero | 1500s, Britain sent thousands of Irish to Barbados as slaves |
| Things Fall Apart | Achebe, Chinua | World | 1990s, tribal Ibo life in Nigeria under British colonial take-over |
| Things They Carried, The | O'Brien, Tim | War Story | 1960s, Vietnam War, experiences of US soldiers |
| Thousand Pieces of Gold | McCunn, Ruthann | Female hero | 1871, Chinese girl is sold into slavery and sent to the US |
| Thread of Grace, A | Russell, Mary | World War II | 1943, Jewish refugees hoping for safety in Italy |
| Under a War-Torn Sky | Elliott, L. M. | World War II | 1944, American pilot shot down in Europe during WWII |
| Underdogs, The | Azuela, Mariano | World | 1910, definitive novel of the Mexican Revolution |
| Year of Wonders | Brooks, Geraldine | World | 1600, England, trying to survive the Plague |
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