Historical Fiction for Grades 3-5
Find these in Juvenile (J) Fiction, shelved alphabetically by the author's last name. Click here for a print-friendly version of this list.
| Author | Title | Call Number |
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| Armstrong | Patrick Doyle Is Full of Blarney In 1915 New York City, Patrick promises that his baseball hero will come to their playground. (69 pp.) | J Armstrong |
| Avi | The Barn Ben constructs a barn on their land in the Oregon Territory in 1855. (106 pp.) | J Avi |
| Curtis | The Miss Mighty Malone Deza Malone and her family endure tough times during the Great Depression. (307 pp.) | J Curtis |
| Denenberg | When Will This Cruel War Be Over? The diary of a girl living in Gordonsville, Virginia, during 1864. (156 pp.) | J Denenberg |
| Giff | Lily's Crossing In 1944, Lily forms a friendship with a young Hungarian refugee. (200 pp.) | J Giff |
| Giff | Willow Run During World War II, American girl Meggie learns about different kinds of bravery. (149 pp.) | J Giff |
| Gilson | Stink Alley Living in Holland in 1614, a spirited orphan girl struggles to do what is right. (183 pp.) | J Gilson |
| Herman | A Summer on Thirteenth Street World War II affects Shirley Frances and other people in her Chicago neighborhood. (181 pp.) | J Herman |
| Hill | Bo at Ballard Creek It's the 1920s, and Bo is heading for an Alaska orphanage when she finds an unlikely family. (278 pp.) | J Hill |
| Hill | The Year of Miss Agnes Fred narrates about school and village life among the Athapascans in Alaska in 1948. (115 pp.) | J Hill |
| Holm | Turtle in Paradise In 1935, Turtle is sent to stay with relatives in Key West, Florida. (191 pp.) | J Holm |
| Holt | Dear Hank Williams In Louisiana, in 1948, Tate writes letters to her favorite country singer. (220 pp.) | J Holt |
| Kimmel | A Horn for Louis An introduction to the childhood of jazz musician Louis Armstrong, who was born in the early 1900s. (86 pp.) | J Kimmel |
| Lai | Inside Out and Back Again In 1975, a girl and her family leave Vietnam and resettle in Alabama. (262 pp.) | J Lai |
| Lasky | Journey to the New World Mem presents a diary account of the trip on the Mayflower in 1620. (173 pp.) | J Lasky |
| Lindquist | Summer Soldiers In California, during the summer of 1918, Joe tries to figure out the meaning of courage. (178 pp.) | J Lindquist |
| Lowry | Number the Stars During the German occupation of Denmark during World War II, Annemarie helps her Jewish friend. (137 pp.) | J Lowry |
| MacLachlan | Sarah, Plain and Tall On the prairie in the late 1800s, Caleb and Anna are captivated by their new mother and hope that she will stay. (58 pp.) | J MacLachlan |
| McSwigan | Snow Treasure In 1940, Peter and his friends transport gold bullion past the German soldiers in Norway. (196 pp.) | J McSwigan |
| Meyer | Anastasia: The Last Grand Duchess A novel in diary form about the youngest daughter of Russian Czar Nicholas II. (220 pp.) | J Meyer |
| Moss | Hannah's Journal: The Story of an Immigrant Girl Hannah gets a diary for her birthday, just before her family journeys from Russia to America. (52 pp.) | J Moss |
| Osborne | My Secret War: The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck Madeline's diaries reveal her experiences living in New York during World War II. (181 pp.) | J Osborne |
| Peck | Fair Weather: A Novel Rosie and her family travel to Chicago for the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893. (139 pp.) | J Peck |
| Robinet | Children of the Fire A young black girl named Hallelujah lives through the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. (134 pp.) | J Robinet |
| Taylor | The Cay A boy and an old man get stranded on a Caribbean island during World War II. (137 pp.) | J Taylor |
| Van Leeuwen | Hannah of Fairfield Hannah Perley of Fairfield, Connecticut, faces new challenges during the American Revolution. (87 pp.) | J Van Leeuwen |
| Vanderpool | Navigating Early At the end of World War II, Jack is placed in a boys' boarding school in Maine. (306 pp.) | J Vanderpool |
| Wilder | Little House on the Prairie The Ingalls family travels from Wisconsin to Kansas Territory. (335 pp.) | J Wilder |
| Wisler | Mr. Lincoln's Drummer Recounts the courageous exploits of young Civil War drummer Willie Johnston. (131 pp.) | J Wisler |
| Yep | The Earth Dragon Awakes: The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 Henry and Chin witness the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. (117 pp.) | J Yep |
Last Updated: 8/15
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