Historical Fiction--Middle School

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Beatty. Jayhawker

I liked this book because it has lots of action and a good storyline. Hugh K.

Brickhill. The Great Escape

This is a World War II story about a POW camp and a tunnel to escape. Elias M.

Coerr. Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes

Hospitalized with the dreaded atom bomb disease, leukemia, a child in Hiroshima races against time to fold one thousand paper cranes to verify the legend that by doing so a sick person will become healthy. short book

Cushman. The Ballad of Lucy Whipple

In 1849, a 12-year-old girl who calls herself Lucy is distraught when her mother moves the family from Massachusetts to a small California mining town, where Lucy helps run a rough boarding house and looks for comfort in books while trying to find a way to get home.

DeClements. Bite of the Gold Bug: A story of the Alaskan Gold Rush

Bucky and his father, prospecting for gold in Alaska in 1898, must overcome storms, dangerous mountain trails, and wilderness predators before confronting the final challenge of human treachery. short book

Edmonds. The Matchlock Gun

In spring 1756, during the French and Indian War in upper New York state, 10-year-old Edward id determined to protect his home and family with the ancient, and much too heavy, Spanish gun that his father had given him before leaving home to fight the enemy. short book

Giff. Lily's Crossing

During a summer spent at Rockaway Beach in 1944, Lily's friendshhip with a young Hungarian refugee causes her to see the war and her own world differently.

This was a great book and I would recommend it to anyone. Nicole A.

Haugaard. The Samurai's Tale

The challente, Taro, a young sonota Samurai is adopted by a great lord of Japan as a servant. Brian M.

Hest. Love you, Soldier.

Katie, a Jewish girl living in New York City during World War II, sees many dynamic changes in her world as she ages from seven to ten waiting for her f ather to return from the war. short book

Hobbs. Jason’s Gold.

When news of the discovery of gold in Canada’s Yukon Territory in 1897 reaches 15-year-old Jason, he embarks on a 10,000 mile journey to strike it rich.

Kudlinsky. Facing West: A Story of the Oregon Trail

As his family sets out from Missouri to Oregon, young Ben wonders whether he will have more trouble with the dangers of the journey or his debilitating asthma. short book

Myers. Fallen Angels

Very good details. I liked how they described the Vietnam War. The whole book had a lot of action.

Napoli. Daughter of Venice

Frustrated with the restrictions her gender imposes on her life, 14-year-old Donata, disguised as a boy, sneaks out of her noble family’s house to roam the streets of late sixteenth-century Venice and then must confront the repercussions of her actions.

Napoli. Stones in Water

After being taken by German soldiers from a local movie theater along with other Italian boys including his Jewish friend, Roberto is forced to work in Germany, escapes into the Ukrainian winter, before desperately trying to make his way back home to Venice.

Peck. A Year Down Yonder

During the recession of 1937, fifteen-year-old Mary Alice is sent to live with her feisty, larger-than-life grandmother in rural Illinois and comes to a better understanding of this interesting woman.

Ryan. Esperanza Rising

A story about the author's grandmother who's father, a wealthy Mexican landowner, was killed by bandits. Esperanza and her mother fled Mexico and settled in a farm labor camp in California during the 1930s.

I love that when you're reading and some of the words are in English and some are in Spanish. Hallie C.

Sturtevant. At the Sign of the Star

In 17^th century London, Meg, who has little interest in cooling, needlework, or other homemaking skills, dreams of becoming a bookseller and someday inheriting her widowed father’s book store.