Historical Fiction

Authors to look for

Karen Cushman, Katherine Paterson, Ann Rinaldii

Titles to try

Armstrong, Jennifer    Steal Away
Avi            Beyond the Western Sea,  Crispin,  The Fighting Ground
Barrett, Tracy        Anna of Byzantium
Bartoletti, Susan Campbell     No Man’s Land
Bosse, Malcolm          The Examination, Tusk and Stone 
Chevalier, Tracy        Girl With a Pearl Earring
Collier, James Lincoln    My Brother Sam is Dead, War Comes to Willy Freeman, With Every Drop of Blood
Edmonds, Walter D.    Drums Along the Mowhawk
Cooney, Caroline B.    The Ransom of Mercy Carter
Cormier, Robert        Heroes
Cushman, Karen        Catherine, Called Birdy, Matilda Bone, The Midwife’s Apprentince
Dickinson, Peter        A Bone from a Dry Sea
Fleischman, Paul        Bull Run
Forbes, Esther        Johnny Tremain
Frazier, Charles        Cold Mountain
Fritz, Jean        Early Thunder
Greene, Bette        Summer of My German Soldier
Haugaard, Erik Christian    The Samurais Tale
Hesse, Karen        Out of the Dust
Hobbs, Will        Jason’s Gold, Down the Yukon
Karr, Kathleen        The Great Turkey Walk
Konigsburg E.L.        A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver,  The Second Mrs. Giaconda
Lewin, Waldtraut        Freedom Beyond the Sea
Lowry, Lois        Number the Stars
Matas, Carol        In My Enemies House
Mazer, Harry        The Last Mission
Meyer, Carolyn        White Lilacs
Myers, Walter Dean    Fallen Angels,  The Righteous Revenge of Artemis Bonner
Napoli, Donna Jo        Stones in Water, Daughter of Venice
O’Dell, Scott        Sarah Bishop
Paterson, Katherine    Lyddie,  Sign of the Chrysanthemum
Paulsen, Gary        The Haymeadow,  Mr. Tucket,  The Rifle,  Soldier’s Heart
Peck, Richard        Amanda/Miranda
Reeder, Carolyn        Across the Lines
Rinaldi, Ann        Finishing Becca, In My Father’s House
Rylant, Cynthia        I Had Seen Castles
Salisbury, Graham     Under the Blood-Red Sun
Shaara, Michael        The Killer Angels
Temple, Francis        The Beduin’s Gazelle, The Ramsay Scallop
Wilson, Diane Lee    I Rode a Horse of White Milk Jade
Westall, Robert        Blitzcat,  The Machine-Gunners
Wisler, G.Clifton        The Drummer Boy of Vicksburg ,  Red Cap
Wolff, Virginia Euwer    Bat 6
Yolen, Jane        The Queen’s Own Fool