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 The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George SpeareIn this Newbery Medal-winning novel, Daniel bar Jamin is fired by only one passion: to avenge his father's death by crucifixion by driving... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.00 |  | Classical 500BC-600AD | Elem | Historical Fiction |
 Johnny Tremain by Esther ForbesThis story of a tragically injured young silversmith who ends up hip-deep in the American Revolution is inspiring, exciting, and sad.... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.00 | | Discovery/ Colonial | Elem | Historical Fiction |
 The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice DalglieshIn 1707, young Sarah Noble and her father traveled through the wilderness to build a new home for their family. "Keep up your courage,... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.99 | | Discovery/ Colonial | Elem | Historical Fiction |
 The Matchlock Gun by Walter EdmondsIn 1756, New York State was still a British colony, and the French and the Indians were constant threats to Edward and his family. When his... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $6.99 | | Discovery/ Colonial | Elem | Historical Fiction |
 The Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis McGrawRanofer struggles to thwart the plottings of his evil brother, Gebu, so he can become master goldsmith like their father in this exciting... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.00 | | Ancient before 500BC | Elem | Historical Fiction |
 The Door in the Wall by Marguerite De AngeliSet in the fourteenth century, the classic story of one boy's personal heroism when he loses the use of his legs. Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $5.50 | | Middle Ages 600-1300 | Elem | Historical Fiction |
 The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George SpeareWhen his father returns East to collect the rest of the family, 13-year-old Matt is left alone to guard his family's newly built... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.00 | | Discovery/ Colonial | Elem | Historical Fiction |
 Across Five Aprils by Irene HuntIf you are looking for a war adventure story with lots of explosions, forget it. If you are interested in what war does to a loving... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $5.99 | | 1800's | Elem | Historical Fiction |
 Shh! We're Writing the Constitution by Jean FritzThis book points out that America had to be dragged kicking and screaming into becoming a new nation. Fifty-five delegates gathered in Philadelphia in the summer of 1787 to attempt to draw up a plan for the future of the United States. At: Local Library Amazon $6.99 | | Discovery/ Colonial | Elem | Historical Fiction |
 Ben and Me by Robert LawsonIn A New and Astonishing Life Of Benjamin Franklin As Written by His Good Mouse AMOS, young readers will discover that while the good Mr.... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.00 | | Discovery/ Colonial | Elem | Historical Fiction |
 And then What Happened Paul Revere? by Jean FritzAuthentic Paul Revere. Young readers find the information appealing. Not only does Fritz give authentic accounts of Revere's ride through Boston, Concord and Lexington, but she adds specific details to each. At: Local Library Amazon $4.92 | | Discovery/ Colonial | Elem | Historical Fiction |
 Where Was Patrick Henry on the 29th of May? by Jean FritzJean Fritz makes history intersting for all ages. She has an uncanny way of seeing a historical figure as a real person with a... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $6.99 | | Discovery/ Colonial | Elem | Historical Fiction |
| Can't You Make Them Behave King George? by Jean Fritz Jean Fritz has created many fabulous books for children. "Can't You Make Them Behave, King George?" is one of my favorites. It shows the... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $5.26 | | Discovery/ Colonial | Elem | Historical Fiction |
| Eleanor by Kristiana Gregory Fourteen-year-old Eleanor of Aquitaine lives in a castle in Poitier, France, with her father Count William of Aquitaine (son of William the... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.01 | | Middle Ages 600-1300 | Elem | Historical Fiction |
| King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry He was named "Sham" for the sun, this golden-red stallion born in the Sultan of Morocco's stone stables. Upon his heel was a small white... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.00 |  | Discovery/ Colonial | Elem | Historical Fiction |
| Detectives in Togas by Henry Winterfeld In these two delightful history-mysteries, seven boys in Ancient Rome solve strange crimes . . . thanks to some help from their cranky... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.87 | | Ancient before 500BC | Elem | Historical Fiction |
| Pedro's Journal by Pam Conrad I read selections of this book out loud to my fifth grade Hispanic students who were intrigued with the young sailor and his experiences. ... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.00 | | Renaissance/ Reformation | Elem | Historical Fiction |
| Pocahontas and the Strangers by Clyde Bulla Pocahontas & the Strangers was a hit with my 5th grade class! What a joy to hear the kids say, "Can we keep reading?"! Bulla has done his... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.99 | | Discovery/ Colonial | Elem | Historical Fiction |
| The Long Way to a New Land by Joan Sandin "We will go to America!" It is 1868, and Carl Erik's family faces starvation in Sweden. As their hopes fade, they must endure a journey... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $3.99 | | 1800's | Elem | Historical Fiction |
| Sam the Minuteman by Nathaniel Benchley "Get your gun!" Sam's father said. "The British soldiers are coming this way!" Sam's father was a Minuteman. Sam was ready in a... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $3.99 | | Discovery/ Colonial | Elem | Historical Fiction |
| Keep the Lights Burning Abbie by Peter and Connie Roop Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie is a well-written piece of historical fiction based on Abbie Burgess' own accounts and other historical... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.00 | | 1800's | Elem | Historical Fiction |
| Bears on Hemlock Mountain by Alice Dalgliesh "There are no bears on Hemlock Mountain, No bears, no bears at all..."Or so young Jonathan is told by the grown-ups as he sets out alone... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.99 | | 1800's | Elem | Historical Fiction |
| Brady by Jean Fritz Brady has never been trusted with secrets, until now. When he discovers an Underground Railroad station near his family's farm, he is... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.64 | | 1800's | Elem | Historical Fiction |
| The Cabin Faced West by Jean Fritz For Ann Hamilton, life out west was anything but adventurous. In fact, she had never been lonelier. She longed for the ease and comfort of... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.99 | | Discovery/ Colonial | Elem | Historical Fiction |
| Calico Bush by Rachel Field This book was a 1932 Newbery Honor Book (i.e., a runner-up to the Medal winner) for best contribution to American children's literature. It... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.61 | | Discovery/ Colonial | Elem | Historical Fiction |
| Mr. Revere and I by Robert Lawson This book is such fun for adults to read to kids! The hors-ey perspective on American history is a hoot, the vocabulary is challenging,... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.00 | | Discovery/ Colonial | Elem | Historical Fiction |
| The Perilous Road by William O. Steele The heartbreaking, bitter view of the Civil War as experienced by Chris Brabson, whose brother is fighting for the "wrong" side. Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.08 | | 1800's | Elem | Historical Fiction |
| The Winged Watchman by Hilda Van Stockum The Nazi occupations of neighboring European countries is not a subject that is well addressed in children's literature. Here is a chance... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $8.88 | | Modern 1900-present | Elem | Historical Fiction |
| Augustine Came to Kent by Barbara Willard This book centres around Wolf, a boy whose father was a Briton, brought to Rome as a slave in the 6th century, and set free by Pope... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $7.48 | | Middle Ages 600-1300 | Elem | Historical Fiction |
| Paddle to the Sea by Holling C. Holling A young Indian boy carves a little canoe with a figure inside and names him Paddle-to-the-Sea. Paddle's journey, in text and pictures,... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $5.49 | | 1800's | Elem | Historical Fiction |
| Tree in the Trail by Holling C. Holling The history of the Great Plains and the Santa Fe Trail is told in text and pictures by focusing on a cottonwood tree and the events that... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $5.94 | | 1800's | Elem | Historical Fiction |
| The Great Wall of China by Leonard Everett Fisher Leonard Everett Fisher has created such a beautiful set of portraits of this ancient and mysterious culture. My elementary students laughed... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $7.99 | | Ancient before 500BC | Elem | Historical Fiction |
| The Sword in the Tree by Clyde Bulla In the days of King Arthur there stood a mighty oak tree within the walls of a castle. Peace reigned in the castle until the fearsome night... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.99 | | Middle Ages 600-1300 | Elem | Historical Fiction |
| Castle Diary by Richard Platt "Not many, if any, children’s books on the Middle Ages and castles contain the wealth of information found in this fresh, appealing... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $5.47 | | Middle Ages 600-1300 | Elem | Historical Fiction |
| The Secret of the Andes by Ann Clark Secret of the Andes by Ann Nolan Clark is a marvelous children's novel which can be very important reading for children. The beautiful... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.00 | | Middle Ages 600-1300 | Elem | Historical Fiction |
| Winter at Valley Forge by James Knight Through dramatic depictions of significant moments in American history, this informative series gives young readers a vivid sense of... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $7.98 | | Discovery/ Colonial | Elem | Historical Fiction |
| Twenty and Ten by Claire Bishop I read this book to my six year old son this year. Somehow, from the time he first heard about WWII a year ago, he has been fascinated by... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.00 | | Modern 1900-present | Elem | Historical Fiction |
| Will You Sign Here, John Hancock? by Jean Fritz John Hancock was a true American patriot. This is a well-researched biography of the first signer of the Declaration of Independence... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.96 | | Discovery/ Colonial | Elem | Historical Fiction |
| Minstrel in the Tower by Gloria Skurzynski In this gripping medieval page-turner, Roger and his sister Alice are kidnapped and held for ransom in an ancient tower. To escape and find... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $3.99 | | Middle Ages 600-1300 | Elem | Historical Fiction |
| Making of a Knight by Patrick O'Brien I bought this book because my son (James) is very interested in the Middle Ages, King Arthur, etc. Since he is 7 years old and the book... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $7.95 | | Middle Ages 600-1300 | Elem | Historical Fiction |
| Three Young Pilgrims by Cheryl Harness When Bartholemew, Remember, and Mary Allerton and their parents first step down from the Mayflower after sixty days at sea, they never... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.00 | | Discovery/ Colonial | Elem | Historical Fiction |
| Fire! by Barbara Goldin At: Local Library Amazon $5.24 | | Modern 1900-present | Elem | Historical Fiction |
| Turn Homeward Hannalee by Patricia Beatty During the closing days of the Civil War, plucky 12-year-old Hannalee Reed, sent north to work in a Yankee mill, struggles to return to the... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $5.99 |  | 1800's | Elem | Historical Fiction |
| The Sword in the Stone by T. H. White "Sword in the Stone" is the must-read book of Arthuriana, an imaginative fantasy romp that has inspired all our ideas about the venerable... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $11.13 | | Middle Ages 600-1300 | Elem | Historical Fiction |
| Toliver's Secret by Esther Wood Brady When her grandfather is injured, 10-year-old Ellen Toliver replaces him on a top-secret patriotic mission. Disguised as a boy, she manages... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.98 | | Discovery/ Colonial | Elem | Historical Fiction |
| A Lion to Guard Us by Clyde Bulla ”?A favorite author uses an actual incident from 1609 to base a story of three impoverished children left alone in London who make... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.99 | | Discovery/ Colonial | Elem | Historical Fiction |
| The Long Way Westward by Joan Sandin This lively sequel to The Long Way to a New Land follows the fortunes of Carl Erik’s family from New York City to the farmlands of... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $3.99 | | 1800's | Elem | Historical Fiction |
| Theras and his Town by Caroline Dale Snedeker New reprint of 1924 novel by Caroline Dale Snedeker, including all original text. Grades 5+. Young Theras, born an Athenian, is taken to... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $11.49 | | Ancient before 500BC | Elem | Historical Fiction |
| Daniel's Duck by Clyde Bulla Daniel is hurt when others laugh at his wood carving, until he learns that giving people pleasure takes a very special gift. ”?Good,... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $3.99 | | Discovery/ Colonial | Elem | Historical Fiction |
| George Washington's Breakfast by Jean Fritz This book is wonderful and engaging. It is about a little boy, George W. Allen who shares his name and his birthday with George... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $6.99 | | Discovery/ Colonial | Elem | Historical Fiction |
| Yankee Doodle Boy by Joseph Plumb Martin After reading this book, I know that the best way to learn about something is to get the viewpoint from someone who experienced it. Joseph... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.00 | | Discovery/ Colonial | Elem | Historical Fiction |
| Wagon Wheels by Barbara Brenner Free people,Free landThe Muldie boys and their father have come a long way to Kansas. But when Daddy moves on, the three boys must begin... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $3.99 | | 1800's | Elem | Historical Fiction |
| The Drinking Gourd by F. N. Monjo The stars of the Big Dipper have led a runaway slave family to Deacon Fuller's house, a stop on the underground railroad. Will Tommy Fuller... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $3.99 | | 1800's | Elem | Historical Fiction |
| The Drummer Boy's Battle by Dave and Neta Jackson Trying to provide for his family after his father dies, Robbie Robinson is thrust into the Crimean War as a drummer boy. Ages 8-12. Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.00 | | 1800's | Elem | Historical Fiction |
| Brighty of the Grand Canyon by Marguerite Henry Long ago, a lone little burro roamed the high cliffs of the Grand Canyon and touched the hearts of all who knew him: a grizzled old miner,... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.00 | | Modern 1900-present | Elem | Historical Fiction |
| Sing Down the Moon by Scott O'Dell The Spanish Slavers were an ever-present threat to the Navaho way of life.  One lovely spring day, fourteen-year-old Bright Morning and... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.00 | | 1800's | Elem | Historical Fiction |
| Skippack School by De Angeli This is a good book. My seven year old daughter read it. The story is great, but it is written in a dialect that I found a little... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $10.87 | | Discovery/ Colonial | Elem | Historical Fiction |
| In Grandma's Attic by Arleta Richardson Pieces of MagicRemember when you were a child and #151;when all the world was new, and the smallest object a thing of wonder? Arleta... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $5.01 | | 1800's | Elem | Historical Fiction |
| The Wheel on the School by Meindert de Jong Why do the storks no longer come to the little Dutch fishing village of Shora to nest? It was Lina, one of the six schoolchildren who first... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.00 | | Modern 1900-present | Elem | Historical Fiction |
| Om-kas-toe by Thomasma I have fond memories of curling up with this book and a few potato chips (yes, potato chips). I think this is a wonderful, educational... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $5.98 | | Discovery/ Colonial | Elem | Historical Fiction |
| Naya Nuki by Thomasma When my teacher told the class that we were reading Naya Nuki: Girl who Ran I thought it was just going to be another ordinary book. ... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.00 | | Discovery/ Colonial | Elem | Historical Fiction |
| The Journeyman by Elizabeth Yates The boy isn't much to look at: thin, pale, and undersized for his age. Neighbors shake their heads over Jared Austin's odd ways. His... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $8.99 | | Discovery/ Colonial | Elem | Historical Fiction |
| Shades of Gray by Reeder COURAGE WEARS MANY FACESThe Civil War may be over, but for twelve-year-old Will Page, the pain and bitterness haven't ended. How could they... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.00 | | 1800's | Elem | Historical Fiction |
| The Great Wheel by Robert Lawson Your fortune lies to the west. Keep your face to the sunset . . . and one day you’ll ride the greatest wheel in all the... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.08 | | 1800's | Elem | Historical Fiction |
| Moccasin Trail by Eloise Jarvis McGraw The book I read is titled Moccasin Trail, it was written by Eloise Jarvis Mcgraw. It is a book about a young man Jim Keath who was... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.00 | | 1800's | Elem | Historical Fiction |
| By the Great Horn Spoon by Sid Fleischman By the Great Horn Spoon is such an exciting book! Jack Flagg and his butler Praiseworthy set out to the gold fields to save his Aunt... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.00 | | 1800's | Elem | Historical Fiction |
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| The Great Turkey Walk by Kathleen Karr Yeeeeeee-haw! Git along, little . . . turkeys?Big, brawny Simon Green, who's just completed third grade (for the fourth time), may not be... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.00 | | Modern 1900-present | Elem | Historical Fiction |
| Soft Rain by Cornelia Cornelissen In Soft Rain, a 9-year-old Cherokee girl finds herself in the same situation as Sweet Leaf as soldiers arrive one day to take her and her... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.00 | | 1800's | Elem | Historical Fiction |