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Children's books by topic: Historical Fiction

Historical fiction is a literary genre in which the plot takes place in a setting located in the past. An essential element of historical fiction is that it is set in the past and pays attention to the manners, social conditions and other details of the depicted period.

Link to The Ambassador of Nowhere Texas, Companion Book k to When Zachary Beaver Came to Town by Kimberly Willis Holt in the catalog.

Link to Beyond the Bright Sea by Lauren Wolk in the catalog.

Link to Born to Fly byh Michael Ferrari in the catalog.

Link to Seeds of American Series by Laurie Halse Anderson in the catalog.

Link to The Sixties Trilogy by Deborah Wiles in the catalog.

Link to Cuba in My Pocket by Adrianna Cuevas in the catalog.

Link to Duke by Kirby Larson in the catalog.

Link to Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Curtis in the catalog.

Link to A Faraway Island by Annika Thor in the catalog.

Link to Finding Langston by Lesa Cline-Ransome in the catalog.

Link to Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm in the catalog.

Link to Good Night, Mr. Tom by Michelle Magorian in the catalgo.

Link to Genevieve's War by Patricia Reilly Giff in the catalog.

Link to In A Flash by Donna Jo Napoli in the catalog.

Link to Jacob I Have Loved by Katherine Patterson in the catalog.

Link to The Land by Mildred D. Taylor in the catalog.

Love to Everyone by Hillary Knight in the catalog.

Link to Making Bombs for Hitler: a novel by Marsha Skrypuch Forchuk in the catalog.

Link to the Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman in the catalog.

Link to On the Wings of Heroes by Richard Peck in the catalog.

Link to One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams=Garcia in the catalog.

Link to Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse in the catalog.

Link to Refugee by Alan Gratz in the catalog.

Link to Sarah, Plain and Tall Series by Patricia Mac Lachlan in the catalog.

Link to the Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare in the catalog.

Link to Sweet Home Alaska by Carole Estby Dagg in the catalog.

Link to Trouble Don't Last by Shelley Pearsall in the catalog.

Link to Under the Blood-Red Sun by Graham Salisbury in the catalog.

Link to War and Millie McGonigle by Karen Cushman in the catalog.

Link to the Warden's Daughter by Jerry Spinelli in the catalog.

Link to the War that Saved My Life Series by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley in the catalog.

Link to Wolf Hollow: a novel by Lauren Wolk in the catalog.

Link to Woods Runner by Gary Paulsen in the catalog.

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