World History

BC

Carter, Dorothy. His Majesty, Queen Hatshepsut.
Lester, Julius. Pharaoh’s Daughter.
Rubalcaba, Jill. A Place in the Sun.
---. The Wadjet Eye.
Service, Pamela. The Reluctant God.

1 - 500 AD

Banks, Lynne Reid. Tiger, Tiger.(Rome)
Lawrence, Caroline. The Pirates of Pompeii.
---. The Thieves of Ostia.
Speare, Elizabeth. The Bronze Bow.
Sutcliff, Rosemary. The Eagle of the Ninth.

501 - 1000 AD

Bulla, Clyde. The Sword in the Tree.
Gregory, Kristiana. Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile.
Yep, Laurence. Lady of Ch’iao Kuo.

1001 - 1300 AD

Barrett, Tracey. Anna of Byzantium.
Cushman, Karen. Catherine, Called Birdy.
---. Matilda Bone.
Gray, Elizabeth. Adam of the Road. (England)
Gregory, Kristiana. Eleanor: Crown Jewel of Aquitain
Konigsburg, E.L. A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver.
McCaughrean, Geraldine. The Kite Rider. (China)
McKinley, Robin. The Outlaws of Sherwood. (England)
Morris, Gerald. The Squire’s Tale.
---. The Squire, the Knight, and His Lady.
Park, Linda Sue. A Single Shard. (Korea, Pottery)
Paterson, Katherine. Of Nightingales That Weep.
Skurzynski, Gloria. The Minstrel in the Tower.
Sutcliff, Rosemary. Knight’s Fee.
---. Sword Song.
Weil, Sylvie. My Guardian Angel. (France, Jews)

1300s

Avi. Crispin: The Cross of Lead. (Great Britain, Orphans)
Branford, Henrietta. Fire, Bed and Bone. (Great Britain, Tyler’s Insurrection)
DeAngeli, Marguerite. The Door in the Wall.
Ellis, Deborah. A Company of Fools. (Plague, France)
Wilson, Diane. I Rode a Horse of Milk White Jade. (Mongolia)

1400s

Conrad, Pam. Pedro’s Journal: a Voyage with Christopher Columbus.
Haugaard, Erik. Hakon of Rogen’s Saga. (Vikings, Norway)
Kelly, Eric. The Trumpeter of Krakow.
Meyer, Carolyn. Isabel: Jewel of Castilla.
Park, Linda Sue. The Kite Fighters.
Whitesel, Cheryl Aylward. Blue Fingers: A Ninja’s Tale

1500s

Blackwood, Gary. The Shakespeare Stealer.
Cushman, Karen. The Midwife’s Apprentice.
Dalton, Annie. Isabel, Taking Wing.
Graham, Harriet. A Boy and His Bear.
Haugaard, Eric. Boy and the Samurai. (Feudal Japan)
Horowitz, Anthony. The Devil and His Boy.
Lasky, Kathryn. Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor.
Namioka, Lensey. The Coming of the Bear.
Napoli, Donna Jo. Daughter of Venice.

1600s

Burgess, Melvin. Burning Issy.
Gilson, Jamie. Stink Alley.
Hersom, Kathleen. The Half Child.
Hoobler, Dorothy. The Demon in the Teahouse.
---. The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn.
Lasky, Kathryn. Jahanara, Princess of Princesses. (India)
McAllister, Margaret. Hold My Hand and Run.
Park, Linda Sue. Seesaw Girl.
Richardson, V. A. The House of Windjammer.
Sturtevant, Katherine. At the Sign of the Star.

1700s

Casanova, Mary. Cecile: Gates of Gold.
Croutier, Alev. Leyla: The Black Tulip. (Turkey, Slavery)
Garfield, Leon. Black Jack.
Hesse, Karen. Stowaway.
Lasky, Kathryn. Marie Antoinette, Princess of Versailles.
Lawrence, Iain. The Smugglers.
---. The Wreckers.
O’Dell, Scott. My Name is Not Angelica. (St. John, slavery)
Paterson, Katherine. The Master Puppeteer. (Japan)
Woodruff, Elvira. The Ravenmaster’s Secret.

1800s

Anderson, Rachel. Black Water.
Dexter, Catherine. Safe Return.
Doherty, Berlie. Street Child.
Eckert, Allan. Incident at Hawk Hill. (Canada, frontier life, badger)
---. Return to Hawk’s Hill. (Canada, frontier life)
Giff, Patricia Reilly. Nory Ryan’s Song.
---. Maggie’s Door.
Hausman, Gerald. Tom Cringle: Battle on the High Sea. (Great Britain, pirates)
---. Tom Cringle: The Pirate and the Patriot. (Jamaica, War of 1812, slavery, pirates)
Heneghan, James. The Grave.
Howard, Ellen. The Gate in the Wall.
Kehret, Peg. The Secret Journey.
Lunn, Janet. Laura Secord. (Canada)
Lawrence, Iain. The Buccaneers.
Schur, Maxine. The Circlemaker. (Russian Jews)
Yep, Laurence. Spring Pearl: the Last Flower.

1900 -1909

Jocelyn, Marthe. Mable Riley: A Reliable Record of Humdrum Peril and Romance. (Canada)

1910 - 1919

Havill, Juanita. Eyes Like Willy’s (World War I)
McKernan, Victoria. Shakleton's Stowaway (Antarctica)
Meyer, Carolyn. Anastasia, the Last Grand Duchess. (Russia, World War I)
Whelan, Gloria. Angel on the Square. (Russia, World War I)

1920 - 1930

Namioka, Lensey. Ties that Bind, Ties that Break. (China)
Newman, Leslea. Hachiko Waits. (Japan, Dogs)
Yolen, Jane. Children of the Wolf. (India, feral children)

1930 - 1939

Divakaruni, Chitra. Neela, Victory Song. (India, British Occupation)
Parkinson, Siobhan. Kathleen: The Celtic Knot. (Ireland, dancing)
Whelan, Gloria. Impossible Journey. (Soviet Union, Siberia, Political Prisoners)

1940 - 1945

Ackerman, Karen. Night Crossing.
Anderson, Margaret. Searching for Shona.
Anderson, Rachel. Paper Faces.
Bishop, Claire. Twenty and Ten.
Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker. For Freedom.
Bunting, Eve. Spying on Miss Muller.
Chang, Margaret. In the Eye of War.
Cheng, Andrea. Marika.
Choi, Sook Nyul. The Year of Impossible Goodbyes. (Korea)
DeJong, Meindert. The House of Sixty Fathers.
Garrigue, Sheila. All the Children Were Sent Away. (World War II, British evacuees, Canada)
---. The Eternal Spring of Mr. Ito. (World War II, British evacuees, Canada, Japenese)
Harrison, Barbara. Theo.
Hartling, Peter. Crutches.
Hautzig, Esther. The Endlss Steppe. (World War II, Siberia, Poland)
Hertenstein, Jane. Beyond Paradise.
Heuck, Sigrid. The Hideout.
Isaacs, Anne. Torn Thread.
Kerr, Judith. When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit.
Kositsky, Lynne. The Thought of High Windows.
Laird, Christa. Shadow of the Wall.
Lowry, Lois. Number the Stars.
Maguire, Gregory. The Good Liar.
Manley, Joan. She Flew No Flags.
Mazer, Norma. Good Night, Maman.
McSwigan, Marie. Snow Treasure.
Morpurgo, Michael. Waiting for Anya.
Napoli, Donna Jo. Stones in the Water.
Orlev, Uri. The Island on Bird Street. (Warsaw Ghetto)
Park, Linda Sue. When My Name Was Keoko. (Korea, Japanese Occupation)
Prince, Alison. How’s Business.
Propp, Vera. When the Soldiers Were Gone.
Radin, Ruth. Escape to the Forest.
Shemin, Margaretha. The Little Riders.
Spinelli, Jerry. Milkweed. (World War II, Poland, Jews)
Vande Velde, Vivian. A Coming Evil.
Vos, Ida. Hide and Seek.
Watkins, Yoko. So Far from the Bamboo Grove.
Westall, Robert. The Kingdom by the Sea.
---. The Machine Gunners.
Winter, Kathryn. Katarina.
Yolen, Jane. The Devil’s Arithmetic.

1946 - 1959

Bergman, Tamar. The Boy from Over There.
Pressler, Mirjam. Halinka.

1960 - 1979

Whelan, Gloria. Chu Ju’s House.

1980 - 1999

Kurtz, Jane. The Storyteller’s Beads.
Lutzeier, Elizabeth. The Wall. (Berlin Wall)
Mead, Alice. Girl of Kosovo.
Mooney, Bel. The Voices of Silence.
Schur, Rose Maxine. When I Left My Village. (Ethiopian Jews)

American History

Pre Columbus

Dorris, Michael. Morning Girl.
Rockwood, Joyce. To Spoil the Sun.

1500 - 1774

Avi. Night Journeys. (Indentured servants, Quakers)
Bulla, Clyde Robert. A Lion to Guard Us. (Virginia Colony, Immigration)
Bruchac, Joseph. The Winter People. (Abenaki, French and Indian War)
Clapp, Patricia. Constance.
Dalgliesh, Alice. The Courage of Sarah Noble.
Dorris, Michael. Guests. (Algonquin Indians)
Edmonds, Walter. The Matchlock Gun.
Forrester, Sandra. Wheel of the Moon.
Field, Rachel. Calico Bush. (Maine, indentured servants)
Jacobs, Paul. James Printer: A Novel of Rebellion. (King Philip’s War)
Karr, Kathleen. Worlds Apart.(South Carolina, Sewee Indians)
Keehn, Sally. I Am Regina. (French and Indian War, Indian Captives)
Kirkpatrick, Katherine. Trouble’s Daughter: The Story of Susanna Hutchinson, Indian Captive.
---. Escape Across the Wide Sea. (Slavery, Huguenots)
Krensky, Stephen. The Printer’s Apprentice.
Laird, Marnie. Water Rat. (Pirates, Pennsylvania)
Lasky, Kathryn. A Journey to the New World.
McKissack, Patricia. Look to the Hills: the Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl. (Slavery, The French and Indian War)
Osborne, Mary Pope. Standing in the Light.
Petry, Ann. Tituba of Salem Village. (Witchcraft, Salem Village)
Rosenberg, John. Young George Washington: The Making of a Hero. (George Washington, Colonial Period)
Simister, Florence. Daniel and Drum Rock. (Rhode Island)
Smith, Patricia Clark. Weetamoo: Heart of the Pocassets. (Pocasset Indians)
Speare, Elizabeth. The Witch of Blackbird Pond. (Witchcraft)

1775 - 1785

Avi. Captain Grey.
---. The Fighting Ground.
Banim, Lisa. The Hessian’s Secret Diary.
Collier, James. This Bloody Country. (Pennsylvania, Pioneer life)
---. My Brother Sam is Dead. (Revolutionary War)
---. War Comes to Willy Freeman.
Curry, Jane. A Stolen Life. (Indetured servant, immigration)
Denenberg, Barry. The Journal of William Thomas Emerson, a Revolutionary War Patriot.
Forbes, Esther. Johnny Tremain.
Fritz, Jean. Early Thunder.
Gauch, Patricia. This Time, Tempe Wick?
Gregory, Kristiana. We Are Patriots.
---. Winter of Red Snow.
Kjelgaard, James. Rebel Siege.
Lawson, Robert. Mr. Revere and I.
Lee, Beverly. The Secret of Van Rink’s Cellar.
Monjo, F.N. A Namesake for Nathan.
Moss, Marissa. Emma’s Journal: The Story of a Colonial Girl.
Myers, Anne. The Keeping Room.
O’Dell, Scott. Sarah Bishop.
Pryor, Bonnie. Thomas.
---. Thomas in Danger.
Wibberley, Leonard. Sea Captain from Salem.

1786 - 1799

Bradley, Kimberly. Weaver’s Daughter.
Fritz, Jean. The Cabin Faced West. (Pioneer life, Pennsylvania)
Moore, Robin. The Bread Sister of Sinking Creek. (Pioneer life, orphans, Pennsylvania)
Simister, Florence. Girl with a Musket.
Speare, Elizabeth. The Sign of the Beaver. (Pioneer life, Maine)

1800 - 1819

Auch, Mary Jane. Frozen Summer.
---. Journey to Nowhere.
---. The Road to Home.
Benton, Amanda. Silent Stranger. (War of 1812, New York)
Hickman, Janet. Susannah. (Shakers, Ohio)
McMullan, Kate. My Travels with Capts. Lewis and Clark by George Shannon.
Robinet, Harriette. The Twins, the Pirates and the Battle of New Orleans. (Slavery, Battle of New Orleans, Fugitive Slaves, Pirates)
---. Washington City is Burning. (War of 1812)
Wait, Lea. Stopping to Home (orphans, Maine)
Wolf, Allan. New Found Land. (Lewis and Clark)

1820 - 1829

Cullen, Lynn. Nelly in the Wilderness.
Garland, Sherry. In the Shadow of the Alamo.
Kinsey-Warnock, Natalie. Lumber Camp Library. (Logging, Literacy)
Lawlor, Laurie. School at Crooked Creek. (Pioneer life, Indiana)
Myers, Anna. Hoggee (New York, Sign Language)
Roop, Peter and Connie. Ahyoka and the Talking Leaves. (Sequoyah, Cherokee writing)

1830 - 1839

Avi. The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle. (Sea stories)
Blos, Joan. A Gathering of Days.
Bruchac, Joseph. The Journal of Jesse Smoke: a Cherokee Boy. (Trail of Tears)
Dadey, Debbie. Cherokee Sister.
deFelice, Cynthia. Weasel.
Frederick, Heather. The Education of Patience Goodspeed. (Whaling ships, Hawaii)
Garland, Sherry. A Line in the Sand.
Harrell, Beatrice O. Longwalker’s Journey: A Novel of the Choctaw Trail of Tears.
Karr, Kathleen. Skullduggery. (Phrenology, Grave robbing)
Mitchell, Elizabeth. Journey to the Bottomless Pit: The Story of Stephen Bishop & Mammoth Cave. (Mammoth Cave, Stephen Bishop, exploration)
Wait, Lea. Wintering Well. (Maine, Farming)

1840 - 1849

Clements, Bruce. A Chapel of Thieves.
Cushman, Karen. The Ballad of Lucy Whipple. (California Gold Rush)
DeFelice, Cynthia. The Apprenticeship of Lucas Whitaker. (Apprentices, Medicine)
Denenberg, Barry. So Far From Home: The Diary of Mary Driscoll, An Irish Mill Girl. (Immigration, Lowell Mills)
Erdrich, Louise. The Birchbark House. (Ojibwa Indians) Fox, Paula. The Slave Dancer. (Slave trade)
Garland, Sherry. Valley of the Moon. (California)
Gregory, Kristiana. Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie. (Oregon Trail)
Hermes, Patricia. Westward to Home.
Hurst, Carol. In Plain Sight. (Massachusetts, Gold Rush)
---. Through the Lock. (Canals, Connecticut, orphans)
Lyons, Mary. Letters from a Slave Girl: The Story of Harriet Jacobs. (slavery)
McDonald, Megan. All the Stars in the Sky: The Santa Fe Trail Diary of Florrie Mack Ryder. (Pioneer life, Santa Fe Trail)
Moses, Sheila P.I, Dred Scott. (Slavery, US law)
O’Dell, Scott. Island of the Blue Dolphins. (California Indians, survival)
Paterson, Katherine. Lyddie. (Lowell Mills)
Paulsen, Gary. Mr. Tucket. (Pioneer life, Oregon Trail, Pawnee Indians)
Philbrick, W. R. The Journal of Douglas Allen Deeds: the Donner Party Expedition.
Spooner, Michael. Daniel’s Walk. (Pioneer Life, Oregon Trail)
Van Leeuwen, Jean. Bound for Oregon. (Pioneer Life, Oregon Trail)
Wood, Frances. Daughter of Madrugada. (California)

1850 - 1859

Avi. Beyond the Western Sea. (Immigration)
Armstrong, Jennifer. Steal Away. (Slavery, Underground Railroad)
Ellsworth, Loretta. The Shrouding Woman. (Pioneer life, Minnesota)
Fleischman, Sid. Bandit’s Moon.
Gaeddert, LouAnn. Hope. (Shakers, orphans)
Guccione, Leslie. Come Morning. (Slavery, Underground Railroad)
Heisel, Sharon. Precious Gold, Precious Jade. (Chinese, discrimination, Gold Rush)
Hopkinson, Deborah. Cabin in the Snow. (Pioneer life, blizzards, Kansas)
---. Pioneer Summer. (Pioneer Life, Kansas)
Kinsey-Warnock, Natalie. Gifts from the Sea. (Lighthouses, storms)
Kurtz, Jane. I’m Sorry, Almira Ann. (Pioneer Life, Oregon Trail)
McGill, Alice. Miles’ Song. (Slavery, Literacy)
McKissack, Patricia. A Picture of Freedom.
Moss, Marissa. Rachel’s Journal: The Story of a Pioneer Girl.
Osborne, Mary Pope. Adaline Falling Star.
Paterson, Katherine. Jip: His Story. (Slavery, Fugitive Slaves)
Ruby, Lois. Soon Be Free. (Slavery, Underground Railroad, Kansas, Quakers)
---. Steal Away Home. (Slavery, Underground Railroad, Kansas, Quakers)
Ryan, Pam Munoz. Riding Freedom. (Orphans, Horses, Charlie Parkhurst, 1812-1879)
Schotter, Roni. F is for Freedom. (Slavery, Underground Railroad)
Torrey, Michele. Voyage of Ice. (whaling)
Yep, Laurence. Journal of Wong-Ming Chung, a Chinese Miner.

1860 - 1869

Armstrong, Jennifer. The Dreams of Mairhe Mehan. (Civil War)
Beatty, Patricia. Charley Skedaddle. (Civil War)
---. Jayhawker. (Civil War)
Brenaman, Miriam. Evvy’s Civil War. (Civil War)
Brink, Carol Ryrie. Caddie Woodlawn.
Calvert, Patricia. Betrayed. (Dakota Indians, Pioneer life)
Crist-Evans, Craig. Moon Over Tennessee: A Boy’s Civil War Journal. (Civil War)
Collier, James. With Every Drop of Blood. (Civil War)
Fleischman, Paul. Bull Run. (Civil War)
Garrity, Jennifer. The Bushwacker. (Civil War)
Gauch, Patricia. Thunder at Gettysburg. (Civil War)
Gipson, Fred. Old Yeller. (Texas, frontier life)
Gregory, Kristiana. The Great Railroad Race: The Diary of Libby West (railroad)
Hansen, Joyce. I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly. (Civil War)
Hesse, Karen. A Light in the Storm. (Civil War)
Hunt, Irene. Across Five Aprils. (Civil War)
Karr, Kathleen. The Great Turkey Walk.
---. Spy in the Sky. (Civil War)
Keith, Harold. Rifles for Watie. (Civil War)
Lasky, Kathryn. Alice Rose and Sam. (Nevada, Mark Twain, newspapers)
Lightfoot, D.J. Trail Fever: The Life of a Texas Cowboy. (Texas, Civil War)
Lottridge, Celia. The Wind Wagon. (Pioneer life, wagons)
Lunn, Janet. The Root Cellar. (Civil War)
McMullan, Margaret. How I Found the Strong. (Civil War)
Murphy, Jim. The Journal of James Edmond Pease: A Civil War Union Soldier. (Civil War)
O’Dell, Scott. The 290. (Civil War)
---. Sing Down the Moon. (Navajo)
Paulsen, Gary. Soldier’s Heart. (Civil War)
Reeder, Carolyn. Across the Lines. (Civil War)
---. Captain Kate. (Civil War)
---. Shades of Gray. (Civil War)
Siegelson, Kim. Trembling Earth. (Civil War)
Weinberg, Karen. Window of Time. (Civil War)
Wisler, G. Clifton. Mr. Lincoln’s Drummer. (Civil War)
---. Red Cap. (Civil War)

1870 - 1879

Arrington, Frances. Bluestem. (Pioneer life)
Avi. Punch with Judy. (Medicine Shows, Orphans)
Bauer, Marion Dane. Land of the Buffalo Bones: The Diary of Mary Ann Elizabeth Rogers, An English Girl in Minnesota. (Frontier Life, Minnesota, immigration)
Conrad, Pam. Prairie Songs. (Frontier Life)
Giff, Patricia Reilly. House of Tailors. (German Americans, immigration, sewing)
Murphy, Jim. The Journal of Brian Doyle: A Greenhorn on an Alaskan Whaling Ship.
Myers, Walter Dean. The Journal of Joshua Loper, a Black Cowboy.
Pfitsch, Patricia. Keeper of the Light.
Robinet, Harriette. Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule. (Reconstruction, Georgia)
Turner, Ann. Grasshopper Summer.
Whelan, Gloria. The Wanigan. (Logging, Pioneer life, Michigan)
Wilder, Laura Ingalls. Little House Series.

1880 - 1890

Babbit, Natalie. The Eyes of the Amaryllis. (Sea stories, grandmothers)
Beatty, Patricia. By Crumbs, It’s Mine!
Cross, Gillian. The Great American Elephant Chase.
Cushman, Karen. Rodzina. (Orphan Trains, Polish Americans)
Dahlstedt, Marden. The Terrible Wave.
Emerson, Kathy. Julia’s Mending.
Jocelyn, Marthe. Earthly Astonishments.
LaFaye, A. Worth (Pioneer Life, Nebraska, Orphans)
MacLachlan, Patricia. Sarah, Plain and Tall. (Pioneer life, mail-order brides)
---. Skylark. (Pioneer life, droughts, Maine)
McCaughrean, Geraldine. Stop That Train. (Oklahoma, Frontier life, trains)
Murphy, Jim. My Face to the Wind: The Diary of Sarah Jane Price, A Prairie Teacher. (Nebraska)
---. West to a Land of Plenty.
Myers, Walter Dean. The Righteous Revenge of Artemis Bonner.
Oswald, Nancy. Nothing Here But Stones. (immigration)
Neufeld, John. Gaps in Stone Walls.
Robinet, Harriette. Missing from Haymarket Square. (Haymarket Riot, Chicago)
Stevens, Carla. Lily and Miss Liberty. (Statue of Liberty)
Warner, Sally. Finding Hattie. (Boarding school)
Wilder, Laura Ingalls. The First Four Years.

1890 - 1899

Bartoletti, Susan. A Coal Miner’s Bride.
---. The Journal of Finn Reardon: New York City, 1899.
Carbone, Elisa. Storm Warriors.
Clark, Clara Gillow. Hill Hawk Hattie. (Logging, Mountain life)
Durbin, William. Blackwater Ben. (Logging, Minnesots, Pioneer life)
Easton, Richard. A Real American. (Immigrants, farm life, Mining, Pennsylvania)
Fletcher, Susan. Walk Across the Sea. (Chinese Americans, lighthouses)
Hill, Kirkpatrick. Minuk, Ashes in the Pathway.
Hobbs, Will. Down the Yukon. (Alaska Gold Rush)
---. Jason’s Gold. (Alaska Gold Rush)
Holland, Isabelle. The Journey Home. (Orphan Train)
Holm, Jennifer. Our Only May Amelia. (Finnish Americans, Washington)
Howard, Ellen. Edith Herself. (Epilepsy, Farm life, Orphans)
Hughes, Pat. The Breaker Boys. (Pennsylvania, Mining, Labor Movement)
Hyatt, Patricia. Coast to Coast with Alice.
Kurtz, Jane. Bicycle Madness. (Women’s Rights)
Levin, Betty. Shadow Catcher. (Photography, Maine)
MacLachlan, Patricia. Caleb’s Story.
Napoli, Donna Jo. The King of Mulberry Street.(immigration, New York City)
Paterson, Katherine. Preacher’s Boy.

1900 - 1909

Anderson, Margaret. Journey of the Shadow Bairns. (Immigration)
Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker. The President’s Daughter. (Ethel Roosevelt, Teddy Roosevelt)
DeFelice, Cynthia. Lostman’s River. (Everglades, Environmental protection)
Durbin, William. Song of Sampo Lake. (Finnish Americans, Pioneer life, Minnesota)
Gundisch, Karin. How I Became an American.
Gutman, Dan. Race for the Sky: The Kitty Hawk Diaries of Johnny Moore.
Haas, Jessie. Unbroken. (Horses, Aunts)
Howard, Ellen. Her Own Song. (Chinese Americans)
Hunt, L.J. The Abernathy Boys.
Karwoski, Gail. Quake. (San Francisco Earthquake, Chinese Americans)
Lasky, Kathryn. Dreams in the Golden Country.
MacLachlan, Patricia. More Perfect Than the Moon. (Pioneer life)
Moeri, Louise. The Devil in Ol’ Rosie. (Oregon, Ranch life)
Myers, Anna. Flying Blind(Everglades, medicine men)
Nelson, Theresa. Devil Storm.
Snyder, Zilpha Keatley. Gib Rides Home.
Tal, Eve. Double Crossing(immigration, Ellis Island)
Wallace, Barbara. Secret in St. Something. (Tenement life, New York City)
Woodruff, Elvira. The Orphan of Ellis Island. (Immigration)

1910 - 1919

Beard, Darleen. Operation Clean Sweep. (Oregon, Women Suffrage)
Bradley, Kimberly. Ruthie’s Gift. (Farm life, Indiana)
Hahn, Mary Downing. Anna All Year Round. (Maryland, Family life)
Hesse, Karen. Letters from Rifka.
---. A Time of Angels. (Flu epidemic, Boston)
Hurwitz, Johanna. Faraway Summer.
Jones, Elizabeth. The Night Flyers. (World War I, Pigeons, Spies)
Kinsey-Warnock, Natalie. A Doctor Like Papa. (Flu epidemic, Vermont, doctors)
Mayerson, Evelyn. The Cat Who Escaped from Steerage. (immigration, Polish Americans, Ellis Island)
McKissack, Pat. Color Me Dark.
Moss, Marissa. Hannah’s Journal. (immigration)
Ross, Lillian. Sarah, Also Known as Hannah. (Immigration)
Schmidt, Gary D. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy. (Maine, Race relations)
Skurzynski, Gloria. Good-bye, Billy Radish. (World War I, Steel mills, Pennsylvania)
---. Rockbuster. (Mining, Labor Movement, Utah)
Tocher, Timothy. Chief Sunrise, John McGraw, and Me. (Race relations, Baseball)
White, Ellen. Voyage on the Great Titanic.
Yep, Laurence. When the Circus Came to Town. (Chinese Americans, small pox, Montana)

1920 - 1928

Avi. The Secret School.
Brooke, Peggy. Jake’s Orphan.
Buchanan, Jane. Gratefully Yours.
---. Hank’s Story.
Dowell, Frances. Dovey Coe.
English, Karen. Francie. (Race relations)
Franklin, Kristine. Grape Thief.
Fuqua, Jonathon Scott.Darby
Darby. Karr, Kathleen. Man of the Family. (Hungarian American, New Jersey)
---. Playing with Fire. (Long Island, mothers, psychics)
Levine, Gail. Dave at Night. (Harlem Renaissance)
Tamar, Erika. The Midnight Train Home. (Orphan Train)

1929 - 1938

Alexander, Lloyd. The Gawgon and the Boy.
Armstrong, William. Sounder.
Avi. Smuggler’s Island.
Chipman, Liz. From the Lighthouse. (New York, Mothers)
Choldenka, Gennifer. Al Capone Does My Shirts (special needs, Alcatraz Island)
Cohen, Miriam. Mimmie and Sophie All Around the Town. (Depression, Brooklyn)
Cummings, Priscilla. Saving Grace. (Depression)
Curtis, Christopher. Bud, Not Buddy. (Musicians, Depression)
deFelice, Cynthia. Nowhere to Call Home.
Denenberg, Barry. One Eye Laughing, The Other Weeping: The Diary of Julie Weiss.
DeYoung, C. A Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt.
Fitz-Gibbon, Sally. Lizzie’s Storm. (Pioneer life, North Dakota)
Gates, Doris. Blue Willow.
Griffin, Adele. Hannah, Divided.
Hamilton, Virginia. Willie Bea and the Time the Martians Landed.
Hesse, Karen. Out of the Dust.
Janke, Katelan. Survival in the Storm.
Kinsey-Warnock, Natalie. If Wishes Were Horses.
Lyon, George Ella. Borrowed Children.
McDonough, Yona. The Dollhouse Magic.
Moss, Marissa. Rose’s Journal.
Myers, Anna. Red-Dirt Jessie. (Dust Bowl, Oklahoma)
O’Leary, Patsy. With Wings as Eagles.
Porter, Tracey. Treasures in the Dust.
Rabe, Berniece. The Girl Who Had No Name.
---. Hiding Mr. McMulty.
Ray, Delia. Ghost Girl: A Blue Ridge Mountain Story.
Recorvits, Helen. Goodbye, Walter Malinski.
Rossiter, Phyllis. Moxie.
Ryan, Pam Munoz. Esperanza Rising.(immigration, migrant workers)
Snyder, Zilpha. Cat Running. (Depression, Dust Bowl)
Taylor, Mildred. The Friendship. (Race Relations)
---. May the Circle Be Unbroken. (Mississippi)
---. Mississippi Bridge. (Race Relations) ---.
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. (Race Relations)
---. The Well, David’s Story. (Drought, Race Relations)
Wells, Rosemary. Mary on Horseback.
---. Wingwalker.
Willis, Patricia. The Barn Burner.

1939-1945

Avi. Don’t You Know There’s a War On?
Bruchac, Joseph. Code Talker: A Novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two.
Carey, Janet. Molly’s Fire.
Cheaney, J.B. My Friend the Enemy (World War II, Japanese Americans)
Cutler, Jane. My Wartime Summers. (World War II)
Davies, Jacqueline. Where the Ground Meets the Sky.
Denenberg, Barry. The Journal of Ben Uchida, Citizen #13559.
---. Early Sunday Morning.
Gaeddert, LouAnn. Friends and Enemies.
Giff, Patricia Reilly. All the Way Home.
---. Lily’s Crossing.
---. Willow's Run.(WWII homefrong)
Greene, Bette. Summer of My German Soldier.
Griese, Arnold. The Wind is Not a River.
Hahn, Mary Downing. Stepping on the Cracks.
---. Following My Own Footsteps.
Hesse, Karen. Aleutian Sparrow.(Alaska, Native Americans)
Hest, Amy. Love You, Soldier.
Kochenderfer, Lee. The Victory Garden.
Levitin, Sonia. Annie’s Promise. (California, Jewish Americans, World War II)
---. Silver Days. (Immigration, World War II)
Lisle, Janet Taylor. The Art of Keeping Cool. (Rhode Island, World War II)
Myers, Walter Dean. The Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins: A World War II Soldier.
Sachs, Marilyn. Lost in America(imiigration, WWII)
Paulsen, Gary. The Quilt
Salisbury, Graham. Under the Blood-Red Sun.
Savin, Marcia. The Moon Bridge.
Strickland, Brad. When Mack Came Back.

1946 - 1959

Armistead, John. The $66 Summer.
Blume, Judy. Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself. (Jews, Family life)
Collier, Kristi. Jericho Walls.
Conly, Jane. What Happened on Planet Kid.
Crowe, Chris. Mississippi Trial, 1955.
Fuqua, Jonathon Scott. The Willoughby Spit Wonder. (Virginia, illness, fathers)
Hill, Kirkpatrick. The Year of Miss Agnes. (Alaska, school)
Holt, Kimberly. My Louisiana Sky.
Kadohota, Cynthia. Kira-Kira. (Japanese Americans, Georgia)
Levine, Ellen. Catch a Tiger By the Toe(Communisim, New York)
Lord, Bette Bao. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson. (Chinese Americans, baseball)
Myers, Walter Dean. The Journal of Biddy Owens: the Negro Leagues.
Robinet, Harriette. Walking to the Bus-Rider Blues. (Bus boycott, Alabama, Race Relations)
Taylor, Mildred. The Gold Cadillac. (Segregation)
---. The Road to Memphis. (Mississippi, Race Relations)
White, Ruth. Tadpole.
Wolff, Virginia Euwer. Bat 6. (Japanese Americans, Race Relations, baseball)
Woods, Brenda. The Red Rose Box.

1960 - 1969

Bradby, Marie. Some Friend. (Civil Rights Movement)
Couloumbis, Audrey. Summer's End.(Vietnam War, draft resistors)
Curtis, Christopher. The Watsons Go to Birmingham, 1963. (Civil Rights Movement, Alabama)
Grove, Vicki. Starplace. (Segregation, prejudice)
Myers, Walter Dean. An American Soldier in Vietnam. (Vietnam War)
Rodman, Mary Ann. Yankee Girl. (Race relations, Ku Klux Klan, Mississippi)
Talbert, Marc. Purple Heart. (Vietnam War)
Testa, Maria. Almost Forever. (Vietnam War)
White, Ellen. The Journal of Patrick Seamus Flaherty, U.S. Marine Corp. (Vietnam War, Marines)

1970 - 1979

Brown, Jackie. Little Cricket. (Laos, immigration, Minnesota)
Going, K.L. The Liberation of Gabriel King(Georgia, race relations)
Griffin, Adele. Rainy Season. (Panama, Military base)
Holt, Kimberly. When Zachary Beaver Came to Town.
Paterson, Katherine. Park’s Quest. (Vietnamese Americans, bi-racial)

1980 - 1989

Cottonwood, Joe. Quake. (Earthquakes, California)

1990 - 1999

Mead, Alice. Soldier Mom. (Persian Gulf War, 1991)
Shea, Pegi Deitz. Tangled Threads: A Hmong Girl’s Story. (Hmong, refugees, Rhode Island)
Westall, Robert. Gulf. (Persian Gulf War, 1991

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