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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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Cousins in the Time of Magic
by Emma Otheguy
Three cousins venture through time to 1862 where they must deliver their aunt's mysterious sword to General Ignacio Zaragoza in time for the Battle of Puebla in Mexico.
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Code Name Kingfisher
by Liz Kessler
While helping her father empty her beloved grandmother's house, 13-year-old Liv finds an old chest that reveals Oma's involvement in the Dutch resistance during WWII and learns what it means to be brave and go above and beyond to offer someone else a life of dignity, happiness, and freedom.
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What Fell from the Sky
by Adrianna Cuevas
Pineda, a Cuban American boy, must join forces with his friends to help reunite an alien girl with her parents while their Texas town is swarming with military officers, in a story based on true events from 1950s America.
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Light and Air
by Mindy Nichols Wendell
Halle and her mother find unexpected solace on a tuberculosis ward in 1930s upstate New York.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Echo Mountain
by Lauren Wolk
When twelve-year-old Ellie and her family lose their 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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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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