Historical Fiction Books
Historical Fiction are realistic stories set in a real-world setting in the historical past with events that are partly historical by are largely imaginative.
More Than Anything Else
by Marie Bradby
Nine-year old Booker works with his father and brother at the saltworks but dreams of the day when he'll be able to read.
The Magic Tree House #41
Moonlight on the Magic Flute
by Mary Pope Osborn
Jack and Annie have a magic treehouse that can take them anywhere and anythime. The treehouse belonged to Morgan le Fay a magical librarian from Camalot. Their mission is to bring happiness to millions of people so they need to find someone who uses passion and imagination to create something bea utiful. They travel back to Vienna in 1762. Their magic want becomes a flute and what the person sings while someone plays the flute will come true, but they can only use it once. They attend a party at the Summer Palace with the Imperial Majesty Maria Thereas. They meet a brother and sister, Wolfie and Nannerl. Wolfie runs away and lets the anilams out of the palace zoo. Annie sings a song and all the animals go home. They find out that Wolfie is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Wolfie promises to never forget them. Mozart's last opera was called 'The Magic Flute'.
The Memory Coat
by Elvina Woodruff
Jewish cousin Grisha and Rachel live in Russia. Grisha's mother has died and the family knows they are not safe in Russia so they must travel to Ellis Island. Grisha is given a new coat because it torn and he won't pass inspection. He tells them it was a gift from his mother and he can feel her when he wears it. At Ellis Island he falls and scratches his eye and an E is writen on his coat. Rachel turns the coat inside out and this time he passes inspection.
Baseball Saved Us
by Ken Mochizuki
A boy has no friends and is never picked to play in any games. During World War II him and his family are sent to a camp. In the camp they build a baseball field where the boy gets really good. After they are released no one talks to him, but he impresses everyone with his baseball skills and he makes friends.
Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad
by Ellen Levine
Henry and his mother are slaves and Henry doesn't know how old he is. Henry is sold and meets Nancy. They marry and have kids. Nancy and their children are sold. Henry wants to be free. His friend James, a white doctor, mails Henry in a box to Philadelphia. Henry arrives on March 30, 1849 - his new birthday.
The Storm in the Barn
by Matt Phelan
In Kansas in the year 1937, eleven-year-old Jack Clark faces his share of ordinary challenges: local bullies, his father’s failed expectations, a little sister with an eye for trouble. But he also has to deal with the effects of the
Dust Bowl, including rising tensions in his small town and the spread of a shadowy illness. Certainly a case of "dust dementia" would explain who (or what) Jack has glimpsed in the Talbot’s abandoned barn — a sinister figure with a face like rain. In a land where it never rains, it’s hard to trust what you see with your own eyes — and harder still to take heart and be a hero when the time comes.
Dust Bowl, including rising tensions in his small town and the spread of a shadowy illness. Certainly a case of "dust dementia" would explain who (or what) Jack has glimpsed in the Talbot’s abandoned barn — a sinister figure with a face like rain. In a land where it never rains, it’s hard to trust what you see with your own eyes — and harder still to take heart and be a hero when the time comes.
A Picnic in October
by Eve Bunting
The narrator, his parents, Grandparents, uncle, aunt, and cousins are going on a ferry ride to the Statue of Liberty and someone is carrying a birthday cake. Grandma blows out the candles and wishes the Statue of Liberty Happy Birthday. Grandma tells the story about how she came from Italy and she thanks Lady Liberty for letting her stay. Everyone has a party for Lady Liberty.
Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-Ins
by Carole Weathford
There were signs all throughout town telling eight-year-old Connie where she could and could not go. But when Connie sees four young men take a stand for
equal rights at a Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, she realizes that things may soon change. This event sparks a movement throughout her town and region. And while Connie is too young to march or give a speech, she helps her brother and sister make signs for the cause. Changes are coming to Connie’s town, but Connie just wants to sit at the lunch counter and eat a
banana split like everyone else.
equal rights at a Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, she realizes that things may soon change. This event sparks a movement throughout her town and region. And while Connie is too young to march or give a speech, she helps her brother and sister make signs for the cause. Changes are coming to Connie’s town, but Connie just wants to sit at the lunch counter and eat a
banana split like everyone else.
Molly's Pilgrim
by Barbara Cohen
Malkeleh is a Jew from Russia. Her class reads about the first Thanksgiving and for an assignment they have to make a pilgrim. Her mom makes a pilgrim that looks like her because he is pilgrim. The kids at school make fun of her but her teacher explains that she is correct and that pilgrims are still coming to America.
Coming to America: the Story of Immigration
by Betsy Maestro
Overview of US immigration, starting with Native Americans and leading all the way to current day immigration. It includes early European settlers and immigrants coming to Ellis Island.