LibGuides: High School: HIstorical Fiction

Early U.S. History

The Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen Kent
Call Number: FIC Ken
ISBN: 0316024481
Publication Date: 2008-09-03

United States History - Colonial Period ca. 1600 - 1775

A Break with Charity by Ann Rinaldi
Call Number: JF Rin
ISBN: 0152003533
Publication Date: 1992-09-15
The Fifth of March by Ann Rinaldi
Call Number: JF Rin
ISBN: 0152003436
Publication Date: 1993-11-30
Copper Sun by Sharon M. Draper
Call Number: JF DRA
ISBN: 0689821816
Publication Date: 2006-01-01
This New Land by G. Clifton Wisler
Call Number: JF WIS
ISBN: 0802767265
Publication Date: 1987-11-01

United States History - Revolutionary War - 1775-1783

Fighting Ground by Avi
Call Number: JF AVI
ISBN: 0064401855
Publication Date: 2009-01-27
My Brother Sam Is Dead by James Lincoln Collier; Christopher Collier
Call Number: JF COL
ISBN: 059042792X
Publication Date: 1985-05-01
Or Give Me Death by Ann Rinaldi
Call Number: JF RIN
ISBN: 0152166874
Publication Date: 2003-07-04
Year of the Hangman by Gary L. Blackwood; Gary Blackwood
Call Number: YA FIC BLA
ISBN: 0142400785
Publication Date: 2004-02-09
Drums by James Boyd; N. C. Wyeth (Illustrator)
Call Number: YA FIC BOY
ISBN: 0689801769
Publication Date: 1995-10-30

United States 1800's - Frontier and Pioneer Life

Letters from the Corrugated Castle by Joan W. Blos
Call Number: JF BLO
ISBN: 0689870779
Publication Date: 2007-05-08
Sweetgrass Basket by Marlene Carvell
Call Number: JF CAR
ISBN: 0525475478
Publication Date: 2005-09-22
One Came Home by Amy Timberlake
Call Number: JF TIM
ISBN: 0375873457
Publication Date: 2014-01-07
Sister to the Wolf by Maxine Trottier
Call Number: JF TRO
ISBN: 155337519X
Publication Date: 2004-08-01
The Devil's Paintbox by Victoria McKernan
Call Number: YA FIC MCK
ISBN: 0375937501
Publication Date: 2009-01-13
Swift Rivers by Cornelia Meigs; Forrest W. Orr (Illustrator)
Call Number: JF MEI
ISBN: 0802774199
Publication Date: 1994-05-01
The Winter People by Joseph Bruchac
Call Number: JF BRU
ISBN: 014240229X
Publication Date: 2004-10-21

Ancient History

Legacy of Blood by Michael Ford
Call Number: JF FOR
ISBN: 0802798446
Publication Date: 2009-05-12
Lost in the Labyrinth by Patrice Kindl
Call Number: JF KIN
ISBN: 9780618394029
Publication Date: 2005-09-26
Not the End of the World by Geraldine McCaughrean
Call Number: YA FIC MCC
ISBN: 0060760303
Publication Date: 2005-07-01
Inside the Walls of Troy by Clemence McLaren
Call Number: YA FIC MCL
ISBN: 0689873972
Publication Date: 2004-09-01
Song of the Magdalene by Donna Jo Napoli
Call Number: YA FIC NAP
ISBN: 0689873964
Publication Date: 2004-05-01
An Echo in the Darkness by Francine Rivers
Call Number: YA FIC RIV
ISBN: 0842313079
Publication Date: 1998-02-18
Quiver by Stephanie Spinner
Call Number: YA FIC SPI
ISBN: 0375814892
Publication Date: 2002-10-08
Silver Branch by Rosemary Sutcliff; Roasem Sutcliff
Call Number: YA FIC SUT
ISBN: 0374466483
Publication Date: 1993-09-01
The Edge on the Sword by Rebecca Tingle
Call Number: YA FIC TIN
ISBN: 0399235809
Publication Date: 2001-06-25

England

Ship of Fire by Michael Cadnum
Call Number: YA FIC CAD
ISBN: 0670899070
Publication Date: 2003-09-15
Enter Three Witches by Caroline B. Cooney
Call Number: YA FIC COO
ISBN: 0439711568
Publication Date: 2007-04-01
The Stolen One by Suzanne Carlisle Crowley; Suzanne Crowley
Call Number: YA FIC CRO
ISBN: 0061232017
Publication Date: 2009-06-30
The Red Queen's Daughter by Jacqueline Kolosov
Call Number: YA FIC KOL
ISBN: 9781423107972
Publication Date: 2007-10-02
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
Call Number: FIC Man
ISBN: 0805080686
Publication Date: 2009-10-13

Historical Fiction - Great Britain , 1800's

Montmorency and the Assassins by Eleanor Updale
Call Number: JF UPD
ISBN: 0439683432
Publication Date: 2006-02-01

World War I, 1914 - 1918

War Horse by Michael Morpurgo
Call Number: JF MOR
ISBN: 9780439796637
Publication Date: 2007-04-01
The Night of the Burning by Linda Press Wulf; Linda P. Wulf
Call Number: JF WUL
ISBN: 0374364192
Publication Date: 2006-09-05
Forgotten Fire by Adam Bagdasarian
Call Number: YA FIC BAG
ISBN: 0440229170
Publication Date: 2002-04-09
Crossing Stones by Helen Frost
Call Number: YA FIC FRO
ISBN: 0374316538
Publication Date: 2009-09-29
Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo
Call Number: YA FIC MOR
ISBN: 0439636485
Publication Date: 2004-10-01
Daughter of War by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
Call Number: YA FIC SKR
ISBN: 1554550440
Publication Date: 2008-04-04

Historical Fiction - Asia

Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party by Ying Chang Compestine
Call Number: JF COM
ISBN: 0805082077
Publication Date: 2007-08-21
Bound by Donna Jo Napoli
Call Number: JF NAP
ISBN: 9780689861758
Publication Date: 2004-11-02
Single Shard by Linda Sue Park
Call Number: JF PAR
ISBN: 9781606868416
Publication Date: 2010-09-20
Blue Fingers by Cheryl Aylward Whitesel
Call Number: JF WHI
ISBN: 0618381392
Publication Date: 2004-03-22
Never Fall Down by Patricia McCormick
Call Number: YA FIC MCC
ISBN: 9780061730931
Publication Date: 2012-05-08
Climbing the Stairs by Padma Venkatraman
Call Number: Y FIC VEN
ISBN: 0399247467
Publication Date: 2008-05-01
Becoming Madame Mao by Anchee Min
Call Number: FIC Min
ISBN: 0618004076
Publication Date: 2000-06-01
Empress Orchid by Anchee Min
Call Number: FIC Min
ISBN: 0618068872
Publication Date: 2004-02-03
Beneath a Marble Sky by John Shors
Call Number: FIC Sho
ISBN: 0451218469
Publication Date: 2006-06-06

United States History, Civil War 1861-1865

Jayhawker by Patricia Beatty; Stephen Marchesi (Illustrator); Patricia B. Uhr
Call Number: JF BEA
ISBN: 9780688144227
Publication Date: 1995-10-19
The Journal of James Edmond Pease by Jim Murphy
Call Number: JF MUR
ISBN: 059043814X
Publication Date: 1998-09-01
Bull Run by Paul Fleischman; David Frampton (Contribution by)
Call Number: JF FLE
ISBN: 0060214465
Publication Date: 1993-03-20
Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt
Call Number: JF HUN
ISBN: 9780425182789
Publication Date: 2002-01-08
The River Between Us by Richard Peck
Call Number: JF PEC
ISBN: 0439686997
Publication Date: 2004-01-01
An Acquaintance with Darkness by Ann Rinaldi
Call Number: JF RIN
ISBN: 0152053875
Publication Date: 2005-03-01
Numbering All the Bones by Ann Rinaldi
Call Number: JF RIN
ISBN: 0786805331
Publication Date: 2002-04-01
Annie, Between the States by Laura Malone Elliott
Call Number: YA FIC ELL
ISBN: 0060012110
Publication Date: 2004-11-01

Slavery

Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
Call Number: JF AND
ISBN: 1416905863
Publication Date: 2010-01-05
Middle Passage by Charles R. Johnson
Call Number: YA FIC JOH
ISBN: 0452266386
Publication Date: 1991-07-01
The Castaways by Iain Lawrence
Call Number: YA FIC LAW
ISBN: 9780385901123
Publication Date: 2007-11-13

Historical Fiction - Disasters & Diseases

Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
Call Number: JF AND
ISBN: 9780689848919
Publication Date: 2002-03-01
In Darkness by Nick Lake
Call Number: YA FIC LAK
ISBN: 1599907437
Publication Date: 2012-01-17
The Great Trouble by Deborah Hopkinson
Call Number: JF HOP
ISBN: 0375848185
Publication Date: 2013-09-10
Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
Call Number: FIC Bro
ISBN: 0142001430
Publication Date: 2002-04-30

Historical Fiction - 1950s - 1960s (Civil Rights; Racism, Cold War)

The Rock and the River by Kekla Magoon
Call Number: JF MAG
ISBN: 1416975829
Publication Date: 2009-01-06
Sources of Light by Margaret McMullan
Call Number: JF MCM
ISBN: 0547076592
Publication Date: 2010-04-28
Fire from the Rock by Sharon M. Draper
Call Number: YA FIC DRA
ISBN: 0525477209
Publication Date: 2007-08-16
Mississippi Trial 1955 by Chris Crowe; Tim Okamura (Illustrator)
Call Number: JF CRO
ISBN: 0803727453
Publication Date: 2002-05-27
Stormwitch by Susan Vaught
Call Number: YA FIC VAU
ISBN: 1582349525
Publication Date: 2005-01-03
My Mother the Cheerleader by Robert Sharenow
Call Number: YA FIC SHA
ISBN: 9780061148972
Publication Date: 2007-05-01
Bone by Bone by Bone by Tony Johnston
Call Number: YA FIC JOH
ISBN: 9781596431133
Publication Date: 2007-08-07
Alligator Bayou by Donna Jo Napoli
Call Number: YA FIC NAP
ISBN: 0385908911
Publication Date: 2009-03-10
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Call Number: FI Sto
ISBN: 0399155341
Publication Date: 2009-02-10

Historical Fiction - Scotland

The Queen's Own Fool by Jane Yolen; Robert J. Harris
Call Number: JF YOL
ISBN: 0698119185
Publication Date: 2001-11-12
The Rogues by Jane Yolen; Robert J. Harris
Call Number: JF YOL
ISBN: 0399238980
Publication Date: 2007-09-20

Historical Fiction - Famous People

The Fool's Girl by Celia Rees
Call Number: YA FIC REE
ISBN: 1599904861
Publication Date: 2010-07-20
I Am Rembrandt's Daughter by Lynn Cullen
Call Number: YA FIC CUL
ISBN: 9781599900469
Publication Date: 2007-05-29
Secrets of the Cirque Medrano by Elaine Scott
Call Number: JF SCO
ISBN: 9781570917127
Publication Date: 2008-02-01
The Dreamer by Pam Muñoz Ryan; Peter Sís (Illustrator)
Call Number: JF RYA
ISBN: 0439269709
Publication Date: 2010-04-01

World War II, 1939 - 1945

Code Talker by Joseph Bruchac
Call Number: JF BRU
ISBN: 0142405965
Publication Date: 2006-07-06
War Games by Audrey Couloumbis; Akila Couloumbis
Call Number: JF COU
ISBN: 0375856285
Publication Date: 2009-10-27
The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay
Call Number: JF COU
ISBN: 9780385732543
Publication Date: 2005-09-13
War Games by Audrey Couloumbis; Akila Couloumbis
Call Number: JF COU
ISBN: 0375856285
Publication Date: 2009-10-27
Ashes by Kathryn Lasky
Call Number: JF LAS
ISBN: 0670011576
Publication Date: 2010-02-04
Man from the Other Side by Uri Orlev; Hillel Halkin (Translator)
Call Number: JF ORL
ISBN: 0140370889
Publication Date: 1995-01-01
Soldier X by Don L. Wulffson; Don Wulffson
Call Number: JF WUL
ISBN: 0142500739
Publication Date: 2003-07-14
Two Suns in the Sky by Miriam Bat-Ami; Ami Bat
Call Number: YA FIC BAR
ISBN: 0142300365
Publication Date: 2001-11-12
What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell
Call Number: YA FIC BLU
ISBN: 0439903467
Publication Date: 2008-11-01
Postcards from No Man's Land by Aidan Chambers
Call Number: YA FIC CHA
ISBN: 0142401455
Publication Date: 2004-06-17
A Brief History of Montmaray by Michelle Cooper
Call Number: YA FIC COO
ISBN: 0375958649
Publication Date: 2009-10-13
Mare's War by Tanita S. Davis
Call Number: YA FIC DAV
ISBN: 0375857141
Publication Date: 2009-06-09
The Winter War by William Durbin
Call Number: YA FIC DUR
ISBN: 0385746520
Publication Date: 2008-02-12
Ten Cents a Dance by Christine Fletcher
Call Number: YA FIC FLE
ISBN: 1599901641
Publication Date: 2008-04-01
Room in the Heart by Sonia Levitin
Call Number: YA FIC LEV
ISBN: 0525468714
Publication Date: 2003-10-13
Fire in the Hills by Donna Jo Napoli
Call Number: YA FIC NAP
ISBN: 9780525477518
Publication Date: 2006-08-17
The Berlin Boxing Club by Robert Sharenow
Call Number: YA FIC SHA
ISBN: 006157970X
Publication Date: 2012-10-23
Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli
Call Number: YA FIC SPI
ISBN: 9780375813740
Publication Date: 2003-09-09
My Family for the War by Anne G. Voorhoere; Anne C. Voorhoeve
Call Number: YA FIC VOO
ISBN: 0803733607
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
Call Number: YA FIC WEI
ISBN: 1423152190
Publication Date: 2012-05-15
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Call Number: YA FIC ZUS
ISBN: 9780375831003
Publication Date: 2006-03-14
Jackdaws by Ken Follett
Call Number: FIC FOL
ISBN: 0451207521
Publication Date: 2002-11-26
The Dark Room by Rachel Seiffert
Call Number: FIC Sei
ISBN: 0375421041
Publication Date: 2001-05-01

Historical Fiction - Italy

The Falconer's Knot by Mary Hoffman
Call Number: YA FIC HOF
ISBN: 9781599900568
Publication Date: 2007-04-03
Duchessina by Carolyn Meyer
Call Number: YA FIC MEY
ISBN: 9780152055882
Publication Date: 2007-06-01
Daughter of Venice by Donna Jo Napoli
Call Number: YA FIC NAP
ISBN: 9780440229285
Publication Date: 2003-12-09
The Smile by Donna Jo Napoli
Call Number: YA FIC NAP
ISBN: 0142414921
Publication Date: 2009-09-03
The Madman of Venice by Sophie Masson
Call Number: YA FIC MAS
ISBN: 0385738439
Publication Date: 2010-08-10

Historical Fiction - Middle Ages

Crispin by Avi
Call Number: JF AVI
ISBN: 0786826479
Publication Date: 2002-06-03
Keeping the Castle by Patrice Kindl
Call Number: YA FIC KIN
ISBN: 0670014389
Publication Date: 2012-06-14
The King's Arrow by Michael Cadnum
ISBN: 0670063312
Publication Date: 2008-02-14
Blood Red Horse by K. M. Grant
Call Number: JF GRA
ISBN: 0802777341
Publication Date: 2006-04-04
Anna of Byzantium by Tracy Barrett
Call Number: YA FIC BAR
ISBN: 0385326262
Publication Date: 1999-05-11

United States History

The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
Call Number: FIC McL
ISBN: 9780345521309
Publication Date: 2011-02-22

Historical FIction - France

Abundance by Sena Jeter Naslund
Call Number: FIC NAS
ISBN: 0060825405
Publication Date: 2007-05-22
Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
Call Number: FIC os
ISBN: 0312370849
Publication Date: 2008-09-30