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Teen Historical Fiction Books
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Ida, in love and in trouble by Veronica ChambersAfter the Civil War, Ida B. Wells, the first child of newly freed parents, tries to make friends in a society that has no place for a woman who speaks her own mind—and find a love that will let her be the woman she dreams of becoming.
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Medici heist by Caitlin SchneiderhanIn 1517 Florence, 17-year-old con-woman Rosa Cellini and her team of skilled misfits are planning to pull off the Renaissance's greatest robbery—stealing the corrupt Medici pope's mountain of money—realizing their daring mission could save the city if they don't destroy each other first.
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The Queen's spade by Sarah RaughleyNineteen-year-old Sarah, a princess of the Egbado Clan until the British Crown kidnapped her, wants revenge against her godmother, Queen Victoria, so she aligns herself with a crime lord, in a historical thriller inspired by true events.
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To the bone by Alena BruzasSet in Jamestown in 1609, indentured servant Ellis suffers through the winter, bearing witness to the horrors committed by starving settlers
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Under the same stars : a novel by Libba BrayThree timelines converge to unveil truths behind the disappearance of two girls during World War II, in a historical mystery exploring the cyclical nature of fascism and genocide and how teens have always been part of the resistance against it.
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Westfallen by Ann BrasharesHenry, Frances, and Lukas are neighbors, and they used to be best friends. But in middle school Frances got emo, Lukas went to private school, and Henry just felt left behind. When they come together again for the funeral of a pet gerbil, the three ex-friends make a mind-blowing discovery: a radio, buried in Henry’s backyard, that allows them to talk to another group of kids in the same town...in the same backyard...eighty years in the past. The kids in 1944 want to know about the future: Are there laser guns? Flying cars? Jetpacks, at least? Most of all, they want to know about the outcome of the world war their dad and brothers are fighting in. Though Henry is cautious—he’s seen movies about what happens when you disrupt the fabric of time—soon the present-day kids are sending their new friends on a mission to rescue a doomed candy store. What harm could that do? But one change leads to another, and when the six friends alter history in the biggest way possible, it’s up to them to change it back.
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When we flew away : a novel of Anne Frank, before the diary by Alice HoffmanAfter the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, and as prejudice, loss and terror runs rampant, young Anne Frank learns who she truly is in the face of impossible danger while bearing witness as ordinary people become monsters, and children and families are caught up in the inescapable violence.
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Where the heart should be by Sarah CrossanIn 1846 Ireland, where starvation abounds, 16-year-old Nell, a poor Irish scullery maid, falls in love with a British heir, a romance Nell tries to keep hidden and her family together and alive.
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