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Here are some of our favorite historical fiction books for kids. These titles can be found in the Juvenile section of the library, unless otherwise noted.
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The Sky Over Rebecca
by Matthew Fox
Ten-year-old Kara follows mysterious tracks in the snow that lead her across time and space from modern-day Sweden to 1942 Germany where two siblings are hiding from the Nazis.
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The Night Diary
by Veera Hiranandani
Shy twelve-year-old Nisha, forced to flee her home with her Hindu family during the 1947 partition of India, tries to find her voice and make sense of the world falling apart around her by writing to her deceased Muslim mother in the pages of her diary.
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We Dream Of Space
by Erin Entrada Kelly
Seventh-grade siblings Cash, Fitch, and Bird Nelson Thomas, each dealing differently with their tense and unpredictable household, are changed and united in unexpected ways by the fateful launch of the space shuttle Challenger in 1986.
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Max In the House Of Spies: A Tale Of World War II
by Adam Gidwitz
To find his way back home to his family in Germany during WWII, Max Bretzfeld, with a kobold named Berg on one shoulder and a dybbuk named Stein on the other, sets out to do the impossible: become a British spy.
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Freewater
by Amina Luqman-Dawson
Fleeing Southerland Plantation with his little sister, 12-year-old Homer finds a secret community called Freewater, created by formerly enslaved people, but when he learns of a threat that could destroy this place, he crafts a plan to help his new home.
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Code Name Bananas
by David Walliams
As German bombs rain down on London, 11-year-old Eric and his zookeeper uncle Sid escape with Gertrude the gorilla, but while hiding out at the seaside, they uncover a Nazi plot that changes everything.
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The Puffin Keeper
by Michael Morpurgo
In prison camp during World War II, Allen recalls his fond memories of his friendship with lighthouse keeper Benjamin Postlewaite and the young puffin they nursed back to health.
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A Sky Full Of Song
by Susan Meyer
Starting a new life on the American frontier after fleeing persecution in the Russian Empire, 11-year-old Shoshana finds herself hiding her Jewish identity in the face of prejudice until her older sister makes her see that their family's difference is their greatest strength.
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Bea and the New Deal Horse
by Laura Elliott
When her father abandons her and her sister during the Great Depression, Bea sets out to convince the imposing Mrs. Scott to take in two stray children by gaining the trust of her dangerous chestnut horse to save her farm.
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Singing With Elephants
by Margarita Engle
When an award-winning poet moves to town, Oriol learns that it takes courage to stay true to herself and do what she thinks is right at attempting to rescue a baby elephant in need even if it means keeping secrets from those she loves.
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The Lucky Ones
by Linda Williams Jackson
In 1967, when his teacher loans him a copy of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, 11-year-old Ellis Earl Brown is amazed to encounter a family worse off than his own and wonders if happy endings only come in books.
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Echo Mountain
by Lauren Wolk
When twelve-year-old Ellie and her family lose livelihood and move to a mountain cabin in 1934, she quickly learns to be an outdoors woman and, when needed, a healer.
This book can be found in the Teen Middle section of the library.
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Number the Stars
by Lois Lowry
In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie learns how to be brave and courageous when she helps shelter her Jewish friend from the Nazis.
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Grasping Mysteries: Girls Who Loved Math
by Jeannine Atkins
A novel-in-verse profiles the important achievements of seven groundbreaking women in math and science, including Caroline Herschel, Florence Nightingale and Katherine Johnson.
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Maddy and the Monstrous Storm: A Schoolhouse Blizzard Survival Story
by Julie Gilbert
Thirteen-year-old Maddy Rollag struggles with prairie life on her aunt and uncle's farm in Dakota Territory, but on January 12, 1888, when a blizzard threatens to trap Maddy and her classmates inside their damaged schoolhouse, she finds the courage and strength to lead them to safety. Includes historical notes, a glossary, and discussion questions.
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Starting From Seneca Falls
by Karen Schwabach
A centennial celebration of the 19th Amendment follows the story of an orphaned survivor of the Irish Potato Famine who runs away from abusive caretakers to 1848 Seneca Falls, New York, where her prospects are shaped by the suffrage activism of Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
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A Place To Hang the Moon
by Kate Albus
In World War II England, orphaned siblings William, Edmund, and Anna are evacuated from London to live in the countryside where they bounce from home to home in search of someone willing to adopt them permanently.
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View From Pagoda Hill
by Michaela MacColl
Ning, a Chinese American girl, struggles to find her place in the world and is forced to leave her home in Shanghai to go to America with a father she barely knows.
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Maria and the Plague: A Black Death Survival Story
by Natasha Deen
The people of fourteenth-century Florence, Italy, starving after years of bad weather and natural disasters, now face the Black Plague but twelve-year-old Maria is determined to survive.
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When the World Was Ours
by Liz Kessler
Torn apart by the historical events leading up to World War II, three friends from 1936 Vienna are scattered to different countries as darkness spreads throughout Europe, impacting their families and their bonds with each other.
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