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Rebellion 1776by Laurie Halse AndersonIn the spring of 1776, Elsbeth Culpepper wakes up to the cannons of the Siege of Boston and finds that her father is missing. Alone in a broken town, Elsbeth must find work to avoid being sent to the orphanage. While a smallpox outbreak begins to spread and fear divides the population, Elsbeth takes work with a wealthy family and continues the search for her father. TEEN HISTORICAL ANDERSON LAURIE |
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New Teen Historical Books
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by S. Isabelle
Eighteen-year-old Stella Sedgwick dreams of independence, but in 1860s England, her future is expected to begin and end with marriage. When an unexpected inheritance pulls her into London high society, she is reunited with her childhood friend-turned-stranger Nathaniel Fitzroy. Caught between her ambition, romance, and the rigid rules of the time, Stella must decide what kind of life she is willing to claim. TEEN HISTORICAL ISABELLE S. |
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by Brooks Whitney Phillips
Pip and her older sister Sissy are best friends trapped in a hard life on their family’s Florida orange grove. Weighed down by poverty and their parents’ despair, they see the traveling carnival as their only escape. After it leaves, Sissy grows distant, leaving Pip to confide in her friend Silas. When Sissy’s shocking secret is revealed, Pip is forced to confront her family’s regrets and find a way to break free of the grove. TEEN HISTORICAL PHILLIPS BROOKS |
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by Heather HerrmanWhen nineteen-year-old Belle King turns herself in for murder, she expects prison, not the sight of her abusive husband alive outside her jail cell. He was the first man she ever meant to kill, and his return threatens the plans she has been quietly setting in motion. This is the story of how Alice Springer, a shy mountain girl from Kentucky, became the infamous killer Belle King. TEEN HISTORICAL HERRMAN HEATHER |
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by Jennie Liu
In 1924 Los Angeles, sixteen-year-old Ruby Chan’s life unravels when her secret relationship with a white boy is exposed and her parents decide to hire a matchmaker to secure her a husband. As she resists, Ruby befriends film star Anna May Wong, whose defiance shows her that another path is possible. TEEN HISTORICAL LIU JENNIE |
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by Hailey Alcaraz
Rosa Capistrano passes herself as white at her posh high school to secure a college education and a future in journalism. When her best friend Ramon and her classmate Julianne fall in love, her carefully separated worlds collide and spark a town-wide scandal. Rosa must choose between protecting her future or risking everything to seek justice for those she loves. TEEN HISTORICAL ALCARAZ HAILEY |
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by Candy Gourlay
1904 in the Philippines, sixteen-year-old Luki is the village’s best hunter but must keep it secret, expected instead to become a homemaker. Chafing against these limits, she travels to the U.S. World’s Fair, where Indigenous peoples are exhibited in a replica village. As she faces friendships, new experiences, and danger, she must decide what kind of future she wants for herself. TEEN HISTORICAL GOURLAY CANDY |
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by Emily Inouye Huey
Sam Sakamoto is focused on saving her family’s farm, with no room for her dream of becoming a photographer. When the attack on Pearl Harbor sparks hostilities toward Japanese Americans, Sam faces prejudice. Her neighbor, Hiro Tanaka, helps her capture this hatred through her lens. When families are forced into relocation camps, Sam must risk everything to protect her voice, identity, and family. TEEN HISTORICAL INOUYE EMILY |
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The Bletchley riddle by Ruta SepetysSummer, 1940. Jakob Novis and his quirky younger sister Lizzie find themselves at Bletchley Park, the home of England’s WWII code-breakers. While Lizzie investigates their mother’s mysterious disappearance, cryptic messages arrive and danger closes in. It’s up to the siblings to untangle a web of secrets that might connect the war’s greatest riddle to their own family. TEEN HISTORICAL SEPETYS RUTA |
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Code Name Verity by Elizabeth WeinIn Nazi-occupied France, captured British spy "Verity" faces interrogation and a harrowing choice: reveal her mission or face execution. As she writes her confession, she reflects on her friendship with pilot Maddie, her mission's risks, and her struggle to survive against all odds. TEEN HISTORICAL WEIN ELIZABETH |
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The Door of No Return by Kwame AlexanderWhen his brother represents Upper Kwanta in a wrestling contest, a terrible accident results in 11-year-old Kofi fighting for his life. This novel in verse follows Kofi on a dangerous journey across land and sea, far away from everything he loves. TEEN HISTORICAL ALEXANDER KWAME |
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Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz RyanEsperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California. There they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression. TEEN HISTORICAL RYAN PAM |
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Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha LaiHà has always cherished the vibrant markets, traditions, and close friendships that marked her life in Saigon. When the Vietnam War reaches her doorstep, she and her family are forced to flee as the city falls. In this novel in verse, embark on a perilous journey to America with Hà and her family. TEEN HISTORICAL LAI THANHHA |
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Warrior on the Mound by Sandra W. HeadenTwelve-year-old Cato wants nothing more than to play baseball, perfect his pitch, and meet Mr. Satchel Paige––the best pitcher in Negro League baseball. But when he and his teammates “trespass” on their town’s whites-only field for practice, the resulting racial outrage burns through the entire community. TEEN HISTORICAL HEADON SANDRA |
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When We Flew Away : a Novel of Anne Frank, Before the Diary by Alice HoffmanSet during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. As prejudice, loss and terror run rampant, young Anne Frank learns who she truly is in the face of impossible danger. She witnesses ordinary people become monsters, while children and families become caught up in inescapable violence. TEEN HISTORICAL HOFFMAN ALICE |
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Classic Teen Historical Books
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All the Days Past, All the Days to Come by Mildred D. TaylorCassie Logan searches for her place in the world, traveling from California to Boston before returning home to Mississippi in the 1960s. Along the way, she witnesses defining events of the era, from the Great Migration north to the rise of the civil rights movement. Confronted by America’s racism and the violent struggles for change, Cassie experiences firsthand the challenges and courage of a pivotal time in history. TEEN HISTORICAL TAYLOR MILDRED |
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Artifice by Sharon CameronIsa de Smit grew up in her parents' art gallery in Amsterdam. During the war, she survives by selling fake paintings to the Nazis while trying to help her friend, Truus, smuggle Jewish babies to safety - but in 1943, it’s hard to know who you can and can’t trust. TEEN HISTORICAL CAMERON SHARON |
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The Book Thief by Markus ZusakIt’s 1939, Nazi Germany, and Death has never been busier. Liesel Meminger, a foster girl near Munich, copes by stealing books. She finds solace in their pages as her accordion-playing foster father teaches her to read. Sharing her stolen treasures with neighbors and a hidden Jewish man in their basement, Liesel discovers the power of words amid the horrors of war. TEEN HS LIST ZUSAK MARKUS |
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by Jean Alicia Elster
Born in Tennessee in 1890, Dorothy May is the middle daughter of Addie Jackson, an African American housekeeper, and Tom Mitchell, a white attorney. Addie, Dorothy May, and her daughter Jean must navigate family, career, and society while building on each other’s resilience to claim their place in the world. TEEN HISTORICAL ELSTER JEAN |
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by Susan Azim Boyer
It’s 1979, and Jasmine Zumideh is desperate to leave her California suburb for NYU. A small fib about being Senior Class President-Elect spirals out of control when her opponent exploits rising anti-Iranian sentiment after a global crisis, putting both her election and her dreams at risk. Now Jasmine must navigate her identity, her brother, and the high-stakes election to decide what she’s truly willing to fight for. TEEN HISTORICAL BOYER SUSAN |
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Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda LoSan Francisco, 1954. Seventeen-year-old Lily Hu, a Chinese American teenager, is trying to navigate her identity and the budding feelings she has for her classmate Kath. Meanwhile, she faces societal pressures, family expectations, and the pervasive fear of the Red Scare. TEEN HISTORICAL LO MALINDA |
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The Librarian of Auschwitz by Antonio IturbeFourteen-year-old Dita is one of the many prisoners at Auschwitz. Taken, along with her family, from the Terezín ghetto in Prague, Dita is struggling to adjust to the constant terror that is life in the camp. When Jewish leader Freddy Hirsch asks Dita to take charge of the eight precious books the prisoners have managed to sneak past the guards, she agrees. And so, Dita becomes the librarian of Auschwitz. TEEN HISTORICAL ITURBE ANTONIO |
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