Historical Fiction for Kids
Chickadee (Birchbark House Series) – Louise Erdrich
One Came Home – Amy Timberlake
Maniac Magee – Jerry Spinelli
The Broken Blade and Blackwater Ben – William Durbin
Little House on the Prairie (Series) – Laura Ingalls Wilder
Number the Stars – Lois Lowry
Kaspar the Titanic Cat – Michael Morpurgo
Caddie Woodlawn – Carol Ryrie Brink
Once On This Island (Trilogy) – Gloria Whelan
Miracles on Maple Hill – Virginia Sorensen
Elijah of Buxton – Christopher Paul Curtis
Walk Two Moons – Sharon Creech
A Gathering of Days – Joan W. Blos
An Eagle to the Wind – Mel Ellis
Bronze Bow and
Witch of Blackbird Pond – Elizabeth George Speare
The King’s Fifth – Scott O’Dell
Calico Bush – Rachel Field
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry – Mildred Taylor
Rifles for Watie – Harrold Keith
Stowaway – Karen Hesse
Sarah Plain and Tall (Series) – Patricia MacLachlan
Maggie’s Door and Nory Ryan’s Song – Patricia Reilly Giff