A story that could really have happened in the past. The setting of historical fiction stories is usually real and drawn from history. Historical fiction sometimes contains actual historical persons, but the main characters tend to be fictional.
Historical Fiction Books by Time Period
Before 1700
Catherine Called Birdy by Karen Cushman (J Fiction Cus) 196 pages
The Plot to Kill the Queen by Deborah Hopkinson (J Fiction Hop) 210 pages
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare (J Newbery Spe) 249 pagesĀ
Wild Bird by Diane Zahler (J Fiction Zah) 308 pages
1700s
Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson (J Fiction And) 316 pagesĀ
Rebellion 1776 by Laurie Halse Anderson (J Fiction And) 405 pages
Loyalty by AviĀ (J Fiction Avi), 341 pagesĀ
Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes (J Newbery For) 256 pages
1800s
The Door of No Return by Kwame Alexander (J Fiction Ale) 418 pages
Gold Rush Girl by Avi (J Fiction Avi)Ā 306 pages
One Big Open Sky by Lesa Cline-Ransome (J Fiction Cli) 296 pagesĀ Ā
When Sally OāMalley Discovered the Sea by Karen Cushman (J Fiction Cus) 230 pages
Tenmile by Sandra Dallas (J Fiction Dal), 240 pages
Seabird by Michelle Kadarusman (J Fiction Kad) 199 pages
Freewater by Amina Luqman-Dawson (J Newbery Luq) 403 pages
Sarah Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan (J Newbery MacL) 64 pages
Words on Fire by Jennifer A. Nielsen (J Fiction Nie) 322 pages
Prairie Lotus by Linda Sue Park (J Fiction Par) 261 pages
Willās Race for Home by Jewell Parker Rhodes (J Fiction Rho) 196 pages
The Night Raven by Johan Rundberg (J Fiction Run), 181 pages
The Kid by Jeff Schill (J Fiction Sch) 234 pagesĀ
1900s and 1910s
The Button War by Avi (J Fiction Avi) 229 pages
The Secrets of Lovelace Academy by Marie Benedict and Courtney Sheinmel (J Fiction Ben) 295 pages
The Stars That Always Stay by Anna Rose Johnson (J Fiction Joh) 247 pages
The Luminous Life of Lucy Landry by Anna Rose Johnson (J Fiction Joh) 169 pages
Giant by Judith McQuoid (J Fiction McQ) 220 pages
Darling Darleen, Queen of the Screen by Anne Nesbet (J Fiction Nes) 357 pages
Iceberg by Jennifer A. Nielsen (J Fiction Nie) 339 pages
Lines of Courage by Jennifer A. Nielsen (J Fiction Nie) 388 pages
The Tontine Caper by Dianne K. Salerni (J Fiction Sal) 175 pages
The Nerviest Girl by Melissa Wiley (J Fiction Wil) 198 pages
Beyond the Bright Sea by Lauren Wolk (J Fiction Wol), 283 pages
1920s
Alice Athertonās Grand Tour by Lesley M.M. Blume (J Fiction Blu) 193 pages
We Own the Sky by Rodman Philbrick (J Fiction Phi), 190 pages
Rise of the Spider by Michael P. Spradlin (J Fiction Spr) 144 pages
1930s
The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (J Fiction Bra) 316 pages
Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko (J Fiction Cho), 228 pages
Bea and the New Deal Horse by L.M. Elliot (J Fiction Ell), 375 pages
The Secret of Honeycake by Kimberly Newton Fusco (J Fiction Fus) 359 pages
The Nine Moons of Han Yu and Luli by Karina Yan Glaser (J Fiction Gla) 415 pages
War Games by Alan Gratz (J Fiction Gra) 346 pages
Warrior on the Mound by Sandra W. Headen (J Fiction Hea), 194 pages
Full of Beans by Jennifer L Holm (J Fiction Hol) 195 pages
When the World Was Ours by Liz Kessler (J Fiction Kes), 337 pages
Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan (J Fiction Rya) 262 pages
Winterkill by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch (J Fiction Skr), 266 pages
Alice Eclair, Spy Extraordinaire : A Recipe For Trouble by Sarah Todd Taylor (J Fiction Tay) 204 pages
Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool (J Newbery Van) 351 pages
1940s
A Place to Hang the Moon by Kate Albus (J Fiction Alb) 309 pages
Scattergood by H.M. Bouwman (J Fiction Bou) 308 pages
War And Millie McGonigle by Karen Cushman (J Fiction Cus) 241 pages
Louisa June and the Nazis in the Waves by Laura Elliot (J Fiction Ell) 284 pages
Zarina Divided by Reem Faruqi (J Fiction Far) 326 pages
Allies by Alan Gratz (J Fiction Gra), 322 pages
Heroes by Alan Gratz (J Fiction Gra) 219 pages
Amil and the After by Veera Hiranandani (J Fiction Hir) 244 pages
The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandan (J Fiction Hir) 264 pages
When We Flew Away by Alice Hoffman (J Fiction Hof) , 282 pages
How I Became a Spy by Deborah Hopkinson (J Fiction Hop) 264 pages
The Blossoming Summer by Anna Rose Johnson (J Fiction Joh) 276 pages
Code Name Kingfisher by Liz Kessler (J Fiction Kes) 329 pages
Faceless by Kathryn Lasky (J Fiction Las), 295 pages,Ā
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry (J Newbery Low) 137 pages
Snow Treasure by Marie McSwiganou (J Fiction Mcs) 196 pages
The Teacher of Nomad Land by Daniel Nayeri (J Fiction Nay) 181 pages
Making Bombs for Hitler by Marsha Forchuk SkrypuchĀ (J Fiction Skr), 230 pages
Yonder by Ali Standish (J Fiction Sta) 348 pages
Wolves at the Door by Steve Watkins (J Fiction Wat) 274 pages
1950s
Brotherās Keeper by Julie Lee (J Fiction Lee) 314 pages
In the Tunnel by Julie Lee (J Fiction Lee) 322 pages
Indian No More by Charlene Wiling McManus with Traci Sorell (J Fiction Mcm) 211 pages
A Night Divided by Jennifer A. Nielsen (J Fiction Nie) 317 pages
Spy Runner by Eugene Yelchin (J Fiction Yel), 346 pages
1960s
Cuba in My Pocket by Adrianna Cuevas (J Fiction Cue) 275 pages
Farewell Cuba, Mi Isla by Alexandra Diaz (J Fiction Dia) 328 pagesĀ
Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos (J Newbery Gan) 341 pages
Coming Up Cuban by Sonia Manzano (J Fiction Man) 301 pages
Eyes on the Ice by Anna Rosner (JPB Ros) 193 pages
The Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt (J Fiction Sch) 264 pages
One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia (J Fiction Wil) 218 pages
1970s
Cookies and Milk by Shawn Amos (J Fiction Amo) 296 pages
Orange for the Sunsets by Tina Athaide (J Fiction Ath) 328 pages
It Aināt So Awful Falafel by Firoozeh Dumas (J Fiction Dum) 378 pages
Clouds Over California by Karyn Parsons (J Fiction Par) 314 pages
Over and Out by Jenni L. Walsh (J Fiction Wal) 337 pages
1980s
The Blackbird Girls by Anne Blankman (J Fiction Bla) 340 pages
Dream Annie Dream by Waka T. Brown (J Fiction Bro) 344 pages
The Bluest Sky by Christina Diaz Gonzalez (J Fiction Gon) 314 pages
We Dream of Space by Erin Entrada Kelly (J Fiction Kel) 391 pages
In the Beautiful Country by Jane Kuo (J Fiction Kuo) 313 pagesĀ
Red White and Whole by Rajani LaRocca (J Fiction Lar) 217 pages
Escape From Chernobyl by Andy Marino (JPB Mar) 166 pages
Planet Earth is Blue by Nicole Panteleakos (J Fiction Pan) 233 pages
We Built This City by Cat Patrick (J Fiction Pat) 259 pages
Hope in the Valley by Mitali Perkins (J Fiction Per) 291 pages
The Cricket War by Tho Pham (J Fiction Pha) 160 pages
Unsinkable Cayenne by Jessica Vitalis (J Fiction Vit) 293 pages
Front Desk by Kelly Yang (J Fiction Yan) 286 pages
1990s
The Year Maps Changed by Danielle Binks (J Fiction Bin) 368 pages
Danilo was Here by Tamika Burgess (J Fiction Bur) 298 pages
Lily Xiao Speaks Out by Nicole Chen (J Fiction Che) 304 pages
Troublemaker by John ChoĀ (J Fiction Cho) (Level Z) 214 pages
2000s
Nine, Ten by Nora Raleigh Baskin (J Fiction Bas) 197 pages
Somewhere Among by Annie Donwerth-Chikamatsu (J Fiction Don) 441 pages
Ground Zero by Alan Gratz (J Fiction Gra) 304 pages
Towers Falling by Jewell Parker Rhodes (J Fiction Rho) 228 pages
Broken Strings by Eric Walters and Kathy Kacer (J Fiction Wal) 282 pages
