Children's Book Suggestions | Historical Fiction 2025

Some of our favorite new historical fiction books that arrived at the library in 2024! Browse the library catalog for more historical fiction or take a look at last year's recommendation list. Nonfiction is also a great choice for readers interested in history. Biographies are shelved in 921 and history in 930-999.

Updated February 15, 2025
LINCC (Libraries in Clackamas County) Oregon City Public Library
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The peacock
MacLeod, Jennifer Tzivia
Paper Book

Bridging Fiction (Grades 2-4)

Paloma's song for Puerto Rico : a diary from 1898
Rivera, Adriana Erin
Paper Book

Bridging Fiction (Grades 2-4)

Max in the house of spies
Gidwitz, Adam
Paper Book

Children's Fiction (Grades 3-5)

The (mostly) true story of Cleopatra's needle
Gutman, Dan
Paper Book

Children's Fiction (Grades 3-5)

Lion of the sky
Hemnani, Ritu
Paper Book

Children's Fiction (Grades 3-5)

When we flew away : a novel of Anne Frank, before the diary
Hoffman, Alice
Paper Book

Children's Fiction (Grades 3-5)

Safiyyah's war
Khan, Hiba Noor
Paper Book

Children's Fiction (Grades 3-5)

Light and air
Wendell, Mindy Nichols
Paper Book

Children's Fiction (Grades 3-5)

Mendel the mess-up
LaBan, Terry
Paper Book

Children's Graphic Novel (Grades 3-5)

The songbird and the rambutan tree
Abendanon, Lucille
Paper Book

Young Teen Fiction (Grades 5-7)

The luminous life of Lucy Landry
Johnson, Anna Rose
Paper Book

Children's Fiction (Grades 3-5)

Lost in the Empire City
Avi
Paper Book

Young Teen Fiction (Grades 5-7)

The night war
Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker
Paper Book

Young Teen Fiction (Grades 5-7)

The selkie's daughter
Brennan, Linda Crotta
Paper Book

Young Teen Fiction (Grades 5-7)

Warrior on the mound
Headen, Sandra W.
Paper Book

Young Teen Fiction (Grades 5-7)

Code name Kingfisher
Kessler, Liz
Paper Book

Young Teen Fiction (Grades 5-7)

Swimming with spies
Lucyk-Berger, Chrystyna
Paper Book

Young Teen Fiction (Grades 5-7)

A two-placed heart : a memoir in verse
Nguyen, Doan Phuong
Paper Book

Young Teen Fiction (Grades 5-7)

Uprising
Nielsen, Jennifer A.
Paper Book

Young Teen Fiction (Grades 5-7)

The kid
Schill, Jeff
Paper Book

Young Teen Fiction (Grades 5-7)

The Bletchley riddle
Sepetys, Ruta
Paper Book

Young Teen Fiction (Grades 5-7)

Pearl
Smith, Sherri L.
Paper Book

Young Teen Fiction (Grades 5-7)


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