For Children

Transport Yourself Through Time: Historical Fiction

The Middle Ages 
Avi. Crispin (series): The Cross of Lead, At the Edge of the World, & The End of Time
Chaucer, Geoffrey. The Canterbury Tales
Cushman, Karen. Catherine, Called Birdy
Cushman, Karen. The Midwife’s Apprentice
De Angeli, Marguerite. Door in the Wall 
DiCamillo, Kate. The Beatryce Prophecy
Doyle, Arthur Conan. The White Company
Elliott, David. Voices: The Final Hours of Joan of Arc (YA)
Gidwitz, Adam. The Inquisitor's Tale
Gray, Elizabeth Janet. Adam of the Road 
Love, D. Anne. The Puppeteer’s Apprentice
McCaugrean, Geraldine. The Kite Rider
Murdock, Catherine Gilbert. The Book of Boy
Park, Linda Sue. A Single Shard
Thomas, Shelley Moore. The Seven Tales of Trinket

Colonial Times 
Avi. Encounter at EastonNight Journeysand The Unexpected Life of Oliver Cromwell Pitts
Behrens, Rebecca. Summer of Lost and Found (YA)
Dobler, Lavinia. Glass House at Jamestown
McDonald, Megan. Shadows in the Glasshouse 
Monjo, F.N. The Secret of the Sachem’s Tree
Osborne, Mary Pope. Standing in the Light
Speare, Elizabeth George. The Witch of Blackbird Pond

Frontier and Pioneer Life
Avi. The Barn
Bohner, Charles. Bold Journey: West with Lewis and Clark
Brink, Carol Ryrie. Caddie Woodlawn
Conrad, Pam. Prairie Songs
Cushman, Karen. The Ballad of Lucy Whipple 
Dalgliesh, Alice. The Courage of Sarah Noble
Field, Rachel. Calico Bush 
Fritz, Jean. The Cabin Faced West
Hale, Nathan. Donner Dinner Party (graphic novel)
Holland, Isabelle. The Promised Land
Holling, Holling C. Tree in the Trail
Holm, Jennifer L. Boston Jane
Lawlor, Laurie. The School at Crooked Creek
MacLachlan, Patricia. Sarah, Plain, and Tall 
Meigs, Cornelia. Swift Rivers
Park, Linda Sue. Prairie Lotus
Preus, Margi. The Littlest Voyageur
Speare, Elizabeth George. Sign of the Beaver
Timberlake, Amy. One Came Home (YA)
Yates, Elizabeth. Carolina's Courage

The American Revolution
Anderson, Laurie Halse. Chains, Forge, & Ashes (YA)
Avi. Sophia's War (YA) 
Borden, Louise.  Sleds on Boston Common
Clapp, Patricia.  I'm Deborah Sampson
Collier, James Lincoln.  My Brother Sam is Dead  (YA) and War Comes to Willy Freeman
Forbes, Esther.  Johnny Tremain
Fritz, Jean.  Early Thunder
Frost, Helen. Salt
Gauch, Patricia Lee. This Time, Tempe Wick? 
Hale, Nathan. Lafayette! (graphic novel)
Monjo, F.N.  A Namesake for Nathan
O'Dell, Scott.  Sarah Bishop
Orgill, Roxane. Siege (YA)
Paulsen, Gary. Woods Runner (YA)
Quackenbush, Robert.  Daughter of Liberty 
Reit, Seymour.  Guns for General Washington

Civil War 
Beatty, Patricia. Jayhawker 
Denenberg, Barry. When Will This Cruel War Be Over?
Hale, Nathan. Big Bad Ironclad! and The Underground Abductor (graphic novels)
Keith, Harold. Rifles for Watie
Monjo, F.N. The Vicksburg Veteran
Murphy, Jim. The Journal of James Edmond Pease
Myers, Walter Dean. Riot (YA)
Peck, Richard. The River Between Us (YA)
Philbrick, Rodman. The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg
Reit, Seymour. Ironclad: A True Story of the Civil War
Steele, William. The Perilous Road 

Victorian England
Bunce, Elizabeth C. Premeditated Myrtle
Carey, Edward. Heap House (YA)
Deedy, Carmen. The Cheshire Cheese Cat 
Jinks, Catherine. How To Catch a Bogle
Peck, Richard. The Mouse with the Question Mark Tail  
Pratchett, Terry. Dodger (YA) 
Schlitz, Laura Amy. Splendors and Glooms

The Great Depression
Alexander, Lloyd. Gawgon and The Boy
Curtis, Christopher Paul. Bud, Not Buddy
Curtis, Christopher Paul. The Mighty Miss Malone
Draper, Sharon M.  Stella by Starlight (YA)
Giff, Patricia Reilly. R My Name is Rachel 
Hesse, Karen. Out of the Dust 
Hoberman, Mary Ann. Strawberry Hill 
Holm, Jennifer L. Turtle in Paradise 
McCall, Guadalupe Garcia. All the Stars Denied (YA)
Neri, G. Tru & Nelle
Peck, Richard. A Long Way from Chicago 
Pinkney, Andrea Davis. Bird in a Box 
Rundell, Katherine. The Good Thieves 
Taylor, Mildred D. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry 
Vanderpool, Clare Moon over Manifest (YA)
Wells, Rosemary. On the Blue Comet
Winthrop, Elizabeth. Franklin D. Roosevelt: Letters from a Mill Town Girl
Wolk, Lauren. Echo Mountain

World War I
Avi. The Button War (YA)
Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker. Ruthie’s Gift
Hale, Nathan. Treaties, Trenches, Mud, and Blood (graphic novel)
Jones, Elizabeth McDavid. The Night Flyers 
McDonough, Yona Z. The Doll Shop Downstairs and The Cats in the Doll Shop
Morpugo, Michael. War Horse 
Seredy, Kate. The Singing Tree
Wolk, Lauren. Wolf Hollow and My Own Lightning

World War II 
Billet, Julia. Catherine's War (graphic novel)
Bishop, Claire Huchet. Twenty and Ten
Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker. The War That Saved My Life and The War I Finally Won
Bruchac, Joseph. Code Talker (YA)
Cushman, Karen. War and Millie McGonigle
De Jong, Meindert. The House of Sixty Fathers
Dumon Tak, Bibi. Soldier Bear
Gardam, Jane. A Long Way from Verona 
Giff, Patricia Reilly. Lily's CrossingWillow Runand Genevieve's War
Gratz, Alan. Projekt 1065 (YA)
Hughes, Shirley. Hero on a Bicycle (YA)
Larson, Kirby. Dash
Lawrence, Iain. B for Buster (YA)
Lowry, Lois. Number the Stars
Macdonald, Maryann. Odette’s Secret 
Park, Linda Sue. When My Name was Keoko 
Peck, Richard. On the Wings of Heroes 
Roy, Jennifer. Yellow Star (YA)
Ryan, Pam Mũnoz. Echo (YA)
Spinelli, Jerry. Milkweed  (YA) 
Stamper, Vesper. What the Night Sings (YA)
Strange, Lucy. Our Castle by the Sea (YA)
Thor, Annika. A Faraway Island
Wolff, Virginia Euwer. Bat 6
Yolen, Jane. Mapping the Bones

Civil Rights Era
Curtis, Christopher Paul. The Watsons go to Birmingham-1963
Hilton, Marilyn. Full Cicada Moon (YA)
Hiranandani, Veera. How to Find What You're Not Looking For
Kidd, Ronald. Night on Fire (YA)
Magoon, Kekla. The Rock and the River (YA)
Martin, Ann M. Belle Teal Here Today
Patterson, James & Alexander, Kwame. Becoming Muhammad Ali
Pinkney, Andrea Davis. Loretta Little Looks Back
Scattergood, Augusta.  Glory Be
Taylor, Mildred D.  The Gold Cadillac
Vawter, Vince. Paperboy (YA)
Williams-Garcia, Rita. One Crazy Summer, P.S. Be Eleven, & Gone Crazy in Alabama (series)
Woods, Brenda. The Unsung Hero of Birdsong, USA