U.S. History
The following is a list of historical fiction books for middle school students (with a few information books snuck in). This list is provided by Gene Nelson, Provo City Library. Pre-1500's Before Columbus: The Americas of 1491 by Charles C. Mann Who Was First? Discovering the Americas by Russell Freedman 1500's The Lost Colony of Roanoke by Jean Fritz 1600's 1607: A New Look at Jamestown by Karen Lange Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland by Sally Walker Blood on the River: James Town 1607 by Elisa Carbone The Double Life of Pocahontas by Jean Fritz Witch-Hunt: Mysteries of the Salem Witch Trials by Marc Aronson The Sacrifice by Kathleen Duble Wicked Girls: A Novel of the Salem Witch Trials by Stephanie Hamphill The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth Speare 1700's The Ransom of Mercy Carter by Caroline Cooney Birchbark Brigade: A Fur Trade History by Cris Peterson The Winter People by Joseph Bruchac Ben Franklin's Almanac: Being a True Account of the Good Gentleman's Life by Candace Fleming An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 by Jim Murphy Fever 1793 by Laurie Anderson Revolutionary War Johnny Tremain: The Story of Boston in Revolt Against the British by Esther Forbes My Brother Sam is Dead: Tim Was Caught in the Middle of War by James Collier George Washington, Spymaster: How the Americans Outspied the British and Won the Revolutionary War by Thomas Allen Give Me Liberty!: The Story of the Declaration of Independence by Russell Freedman The Many Rides of Paul Revere by James Giblin Everybody's Revolution: A New Look at the People Who Won America's Freedom by Thomas Fleming Bushnell's Submarine: The Best Kept Secret of the American Revolution by Arthur Lefkowitz Lafayette and the American Revolution by Russell Freedman The Real Benedict Arnold by Jim Murphy The Secret of Sarah Revere by Ann Rinaldi Chains by Laurie Anderson Forge by Laurie Anderson The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing: Traitor to the Nation by M.T. Anderson Woods Runner by Gary Paulsen The Fighting Ground by Avi Hang a Thousand Trees with Ribbons: The Story of Phillis Wheatley by Ann Rinaldi |
World History
The following list includes fiction and nonfiction books for middle school students. This list is from Goodreads and Public Library lists for middle schoolers. |