Historical Fiction
for Junior High

Book List created by the Schaumburg Township District Library

FICTION ALMOND The Fire-Eaters by David Almond.   (Cuban Missile Crisis)
FICTION BRUCHAC Hidden Roots by Joseph Bruchac.   (Native American Indians)
FICTION JR HI CADNUM Blood Gold by Michael Cadnum.   (California Gold Rush)
FICTION JR HI CARBONE Last Dance on Holladay Street by Elisa Carbone.   (Colorado 1878)
FICTION JR HI DAVIES Where the Ground Meets the Sky by Jacqueline Davies.   (World War II)
FICTION JR HI DUBLE The Sacrifice by Kathleen Duble.   (Salem Witch Trials)
FICTION JR HI HEARN The Minister’s Daughter by Julie Hearn.   (Great Britain / Witch Trials)
FICTION JR HI HUNT No Promises in the Wind by Irene Hunt.   (Great Depression)
FICTION JR HI INGOLD Hitch by Jeanette Ingold.   (Great Depression)
FICTION JR HI LAWLOR Dead Reckoning: a Pirate Voyage with Captain Drake by Laurie Lawlor.
(Sir France Drake / Survival)
FICTION JR HI LASKY Blood Secret by Kathryn Lasky.   (Spanish Inquisition)
FICTION JR HI MAH Chinese Cinderella and the Secret Dragon Society by Adeline Yen Mah.
(World War II)
FICTION JR HI MCKERNAN Shackleton’s Stowaway by Victoria McKernan.   (Arctic Expedition)
FICTION MCMULLAN How I Found the Strong by Margaret McMullan.   (Civil War)
FICTION JR HI MOSLEY 47 by Walter Mosley.   (Slavery)
FICTION NAPOLI The King of Mulberry Street by Donna Jo Napoli.   (New York / Jews / Immigration)
FICTION JR HI RINALDI Sarah’s Ground by Ann Rinaldi.   (Civil War)
FICTION JR HI SACHS Lost in America by Marilyn Sachs.   (Holocaust / Immigration)
FICTION JR HI SALISBURY Eyes of the Emperor by Graham Salisbury.   (World War II / Japanese Americans)
FICTION JR HI SHERLOCK Letters from Wolfie by Patti Sherlock.   (Vietnam War)
FICTION JR HI TORREY To the Edge of the World by Michele Torrey.  (Ferdinand Magellan /  Exploration)
FICTION JR HI WYATT Poor is Just a Starting Place by Leslie Wyatt.  (Great Depression)