Parental Compass

Genre

Historical Fiction books

Stories set in the past.

98 books

The Witch of Blackbird Pond
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond

Elizabeth George Speare

Ages 10–14

Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights
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Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights

Steve Sheinkin

Ages 10–14

Bud, Not Buddy
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Bud, Not Buddy

Christopher Paul Curtis

Ages 9–12

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
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The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle

Avi

Ages 11–15

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The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club

Phillip Hoose

Ages 12–18

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The Great and Only Barnum: The Tremendous, Stupendous Life of Showman P. T. Barnum

Candace Fleming

Ages 10–14

Heidi
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Heidi

Johanna Spyri

Ages 8–12

The Killer Angels
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The Killer Angels

Michael Shaara

Ages 15–18

The Color Purple
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The Color Purple

Alice Walker

Ages 16–18

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They Called Themselves the K.K.K.: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group

Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Ages 14–18

The War That Saved My Life
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The War That Saved My Life

Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Ages 9–12

The Mayflower and the Pilgrims' New World
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The Mayflower and the Pilgrims' New World

Nathaniel Philbrick

Ages 14–18

We've Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children's March
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We've Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children's March

Cynthia Levinson

Ages 10–14

The Mighty Miss Malone
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The Mighty Miss Malone

Christopher Paul Curtis

Ages 9–12

Anne of Green Gables
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Anne of Green Gables

L. M. Montgomery

Ages 9–14

The Help
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The Help

Kathryn Stockett

Ages 15–18

Chains
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Chains

Laurie Halse Anderson

Ages 10–14

The House on Mango Street
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The House on Mango Street

Sandra Cisneros

Ages 14–18

The Slave Dancer
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The Slave Dancer

Paula Fox

Ages 12–16

The Ides of March
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The Ides of March

Thornton Wilder

Ages 16–18

The Secret Garden
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The Secret Garden

Frances Hodgson Burnett

Ages 8–12

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The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary

Candace Fleming

Ages 10–14

Moon Over Manifest
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Moon Over Manifest

Clare Vanderpool

Ages 9–12

All the Light We Cannot See
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All the Light We Cannot See

Anthony Doerr

Ages 15–18

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