Children's Book Suggestions | Historical FictionUnpublished

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A fast-paced fantasy epic set in ancient Rome that fuses archaeology, history, and mythological magic. (Young Teen Fiction Grades 5-7)

Ancient Rome

A baby with a powerful destiny is adopted by an abbey full of monks in this modern classic from beloved author Kate DiCamillo. (Children's Fiction Grades 3-5)

Medieval Europe

The first book in the popular I Survived series about surviving famous historical disasters from a child's point of view features one of the most dramatic moments in modern history: the sinking of the Titanic. (Children's Fiction Grades 3-5)

Twentieth Century US | 1912

LAFAYETTE! Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales, written by a modern graphic novel artist who shares his name with a famous revolutionary war spy, tells engaging true stories from US history--including this tale of the Marquis de Lafayette, French solider and Revolutionary War hero.

American Revolution | 1777

A girl with a clubfoot blossoms when she's evacuated to the country as part of a World War II effort to move British children out of London during the Blitz. (Young Teen Fiction Grades 3-5)

World War II

The author of Wonder crafts a masterful horse story about a boy's search for his missing father. (Young Teen Fiction Grades 5-7)

Nineteenth Century US | 1860

National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Louise Erdrich draws on her Ojibwe heritage in this series of books inspired by 19th-century Indigenous communities in northern Minnesota. (Children's Fiction Grades 3-5)

Nineteenth Century US | 1847

Two girls escape the Chernobyl disaster in Communist-era Soviet Ukraine, sheltering with one girl's grandmother who secretly practices Jewish traditions. For another take on escaping Pripyat following the disaster, try Escape from Chernobyl by Andy Marino. (Young Teen Fiction Grades 5-7)

Twentieth Century | 1986

A family road trip to Birmingham in September 1963 brings a Michigan family a little too close to one of the most devastating tragedies of the Civil Rights Era. Introduces kids to a difficult historical era with humor and grace. (Children's Fiction Grades 3-5)

Civil Rights Era | 1963

A young girl separated from her father with the rise of the Berlin wall makes a daring escape to join him in West Berlin in one of many gripping historical fiction adventures by Jennifer A. Nielsen. (Young Teen Fiction Grades 5-7)

Cold War | 1965

A Jewish girl feels caught in the middle when her older sister elopes with an Indian American man after interracial marriage is legalized in the US. (Young Teen Fiction Grades 5-7)

Twentieth Century | 1967

A classic novel from Gary D. Schmidt about a Protestant boy who learns to love Shakespeare during an independent study class held while his Catholic and Jewish classmates take religious studies classes. (Young Teen Fiction Grades 5-7)

Twentieth Century | 1967

A tween girl spends the summer at her grandparents' retirement community in Florida in this graphic novel series starter about a middle schooler in the mid-1970s. (Young Teen Graphic Novels Grades 5-7)

Twentieth Century | 1970s

A young girl moves through grief and finds her voice after her dad dies of AIDS at the height of the mid-1980s AIDS epidemic. (Young Teen Fiction Grades 5-7)

Twentieth Century | 1987

Based on the author's childhood experiences, a Muslim boy escapes to the US after ethnic tensions erupt into genocide in his Bosnian homeland in this rare exploration of Balkan history in children's literature. (Young Teen Fiction Grades 5-7)

Twentieth Century | 1992

A middle school girl finds herself journeying back to 1993 to join her parents in their middle school years in this updated twist on Back to the Future. (Young Teen Grades 5-7)

Twentieth Century | 1993