Avi. Abigail Takes the Wheel. (First Chapter Books Av)
When the first mate of the freight boat Neptune falls ill, it is up to the captain's daughter Abigail to steer the ship up the Hudson River from New Jersey to New York City.
Lasky, Kathryn. Grace the Pirate. (First Chapter Books La)
Grace O'Malley finds excitement and danger when she defies Irish tradition and goes off to sea with her father, a trader and pirate.
Lightfoot, D.J. Trail Fever: The Life of a Texas Cowboy. (First Chapter Books Li)
The story of George Saunders, a real-life cowboy who endured cattle drives, stampedes, and skirmishes with Indians on the Texas frontier during and after the Civil War.
McCully, Emily Arnold. The Battle for St. Michaels. (First Chapter Books La)
In 1813, nine-year-old Caroline, a fast runner, helps the residents of Saint Michaels, Maryland, as they defend their town against the British.
Minihan, John. Abigail's Drum. (First Chapter Books Mi) During the War of 1812, when British soldiers threaten the town of Scituate, Massachusetts, young Rebecca Bates and her sister Abigail, daughters of the local lighthouse keeper, find a way to save both him and the town.
Quackenbush, Robert M. Daughter of Liberty: A True Story of the American
Revolution. (First Chapter Books Qu)
A chance encounter with General George Washington in upstate New York during the Revolutionary War leads a young woman to volunteer for a dangerous mission involving the retrieval of valuable papers.
Roop, Connie. Grace's Letter to Lincoln. (First Chapter Books Ro)
On the eve of the 1860 presidential election, as war clouds gather and the South threatens to secede, eleven-year-old Grace decides to help Abraham Lincoln get elected by writing and advising him to grow a beard.
Avi. Crispin: the Cross of Lead. (J Av)
Falsely accused of theft and murder, an orphaned peasant boy in fourteenth-century England flees his village and meets a larger-than-life mummer who helps him discover a powerful secret about his past. Winner of the Newbery Medal. Look for more historical fiction titles by this author.
Choldenko Gennifer. Al Capone Does My Shirts. (J Ch)
Twelve-year-old Moose moves to Alcatraz Island in 1935 when guards' families were housed there, and has to contend with his extraordinary new environment in addition to life with his autistic sister. A Newbery Honor Book.
Cushman, Karen. Rodzina. (J Cu)
A twelve-year-old Polish American girl is boarded onto an orphan train in Chicago with fears about traveling to the West and a life of unpaid slavery. Look for more historical fiction titles by this author. You might also like other historical novels by this author, Catherine Called Birdy or The Midwife's Apprentice.
Dorris, Michael. Morning Girl. (J Do)
Morning Girl, who loves the day, and her younger brother Star Boy, who loves the night, take turns describing their life on an island in pre-Columbian America; in Morning Girl's last narrative, she witnesses the arrival of the first Europeans to her world. Look for more historical fiction titles by this author.
Erdrich, Louise. The Birchbark House. (J Er)
Omakayas, a seven-year-old Native American girl of the Ojibwa tribe, lives through the joys of summer and the perils of winter on an island in Lake Superior in 1847.
Garfield, Leon. Smith. (J Ga)
Moments after he steals a document from a man's pocket, an illiterate young pickpocket in eighteenth-century London witnesses the man's murder by two men who want the document. Look for more historical fiction titles by this author.
Giff, Patricia Reilly. Nory Ryan's Song.* (J Gi)
When a terrible blight attacks Ireland's potato crop in 1845, twelve-year-old Nory Ryan's courage and ingenuity help her family and neighbors survive.
Hathaway, Barbara. Missy Violet & Me. (J Ha)
During the early 1900s, eleven-year-old Viney spends her summer working for the local midwife and learns firsthand about birth, death, and "catchin' babies." Winner of the Coretta Scott King Award.
Holm, Jennifer. Penny from Heaven. (J Ho)
As she turns twelve during the summer of 1953, Penny gains new insights into herself and her Italian-American family while also learning a secret about her father's death.
Levine, Ellen. Catch a Tiger by the Toe. (J Le)
In the Bronx, during the McCarthy era, twelve-year-old Jamie keeps a terrible secret about her family, but when the truth is exposed, her parents lose their jobs and she is fired from the school newspaper.
Lowry, Lois. Number the Stars. (J Lo)
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. Winner of the Newbery Medal.
McCaughrean, Geraldine. Stop the Train! (J Ma)
Despite the opposition of the owner of the Red Rock Runner railroad in 1893, the new settlers of Florence, Oklahoma, are determined to build a real town.
Park, Linda Sue. Kite Fighters. (J Pa)
In Korea in 1473, eleven-year-old Young-sup overcomes his rivalry with his older brother Kee-sup and combines his kite-flying skill with Kee-sup's kite-making skill in an attempt to win the New Year kite-fighting competition for the emperor. If you like this title you may also like A Single Shard, and When My Name was Keoko by the same author.
Paterson, Katherine. Lyddie. (J Pa)
Impoverished Vermont farm girl Lyddie Worthen is determined to gain her independence by becoming a factory worker in Lowell, Massachusetts, in the 1840s.
Peck, Richard. The Ghost Belonged to Me.* (J Pe)
Set at the turn of the 20th Century in the Midwest, a quartet of delightful characters, including the incomparable Blossom Culp, share adventures from exploding steamboats to "exorcizing" a ghost.
Ryan, Pam Munoz. Esperanza Rising. (J Ry)
Esperanza 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, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression.
Speare, Elizabeth George. The Witch of Blackbird Pond. (J Classics Sp)
In 1687 in Connecticut, Kit Tyler, feeling out of place in the Puritan household of her aunt, befriends an old woman considered a witch by the community and suddenly finds herself standing trial for witchcraft. Winner of the Newbery Medal.
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