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Bangor Public Library ~ Bibliographies for Children |
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Historical Fiction |
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Avi to steer the ship up the Hudson River from New Jersey to New York City. 6-8 yrs. 2002.
Patrick, Jean L.S. struck out the New York Yankees best hitters, Babe Ruth & Lou Gehrig, in an exhibition game in 1931. 6-8 yrs. 2000.
Wetterer, Margaret for his neighbors. 6-8 yrs. 1996.
Auch, Mary Jane eleven-year-old Mem experiences a flood and separation from her family. 9-12 yrs. 1997.
Collier, James Lincoln New York. 9-12 yrs. 2001.
Dorris, Michael with an old warrior to a land of mystery and beauty. 9-12 yrs. 1996.
Ernst, Kathleen apprenticeship she soon finds her family being threatened by the rebels. When her grandfather joins to fight with the British, Elspeth is left alone to protect her grandmother. 9-12 yrs. 2004.
Garland, Sherry alliances and learns some harsh truths about General Santa Ana. 9-12 yrs. 2001.
Holm, Jennifer L. little use for manners during her long sea voyage to the Pacific Northwest and while living among the American traders and Chinook Indians of Washington Territory. 9-12 yrs. 2001.
Hopkinson, Deborah as a free or a slave state. Charlie Keller's papa is an abolitionist, and he's moving the family to Kansas so he can cast his vote for freedom. 6-8 yrs. 2002.
Hostetter, Joyce Mayer JUV H7983.b With her father away at war to fight Hitler, Ann Fay Honeycutt gains strength by joining her community in battling polio, in a story based on the 1944 epidemic in Hickory, North Carolina. 10-14 yrs. 2006.
Karwoski, Gail Langer thirteen-year-old Jewish boy who lives in a boarding house with his father and younger sister. 9-12 yrs. 2004.
Peck, Richard crew are disrupted when his older sister takes over the teaching of his one-room schoolhouse after mean old Myrt Arbuckle hauls off and dies. 9-12 yrs. 2004.
Pietri, Annie JUV P617.o In the 1670s, fourteen-year-old Marion, who has a talent for making perfumes, gets the chance to serve Louis XIV's mistress at the palace of Versailles, where she gets caught up in palace intrigue. 9-12yrs. 2000.
Ransom, Candice R. himself in great danger while trying to
help with the rescue operation. 6-8 yrs. 2000. the coast of North Carolina in 1896. 6-8 yrs. 2002.
Ross, Alice ship carrying the statue to America. 6-8 yrs. 1997.
Rubalcaba, Jill JUV R8194.p In ancient Egypt, the gifted young son of a sculptor is taken into slavery when he attempts to save his father's life, and is himself almost killed before his exceptional talent leads Pharaoh to name him Royal Sculptor. 9-12 yrs. 1997.
Salisbury, Graham Japanese family in Hawaii changes drastically after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in December 1941. 9-12 yrs. 1994.
Schmidt, Gary D. his sympathy for a hedge master, a teacher devoted to teaching Irish children their forbidden language and culture, places him in conflict with the law of King George ll. 9-12 yrs. 1999.
Sommerdorf, Norma JUV S696.r In a diary covering the years 1846 to 1848, a young Metis teenager describes her journey from St. Eustace, Québec, to St. Paul, Minnesota, where she settles with her family and decides to become a teacher. 9-12 yrs. 2006.
Tingle, Rebecca must assume new responsibilities much sooner than expected when she is betrothed to Ethelred of Mercia in order to strengthen a strategic alliance against the Danes. 10 yrs.& up. 2001.
Wait, Lea JUV W1267.f When his father's Boston bank fails in 1838, causing his family to relocate to a small Maine town, twelve-year-old Jake Webber works to prepare the family for the harsh winter while also keeping the existence of his disabled younger brother a secret. 9-12 yrs. 2006.
Wait, Lea widow Chase in the seaport of Wiscassset, Maine and help her discover a way to support them. 9-12 yrs. 2001.
Yep, Laurence The Earth Dragon Awakes: The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906. JUV Y412.e Eight-year-old Henry and nine-year-old Chin love to read about heroes in popular "penny dreadful" novels, until they both witness real courage while trying to survive the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. 9-12yrs. 2006.
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