Parental Compass

Genre

Historical Fiction books

Stories set in the past.

98 books

A Little Princess
Safe
A Little Princess

Frances Hodgson Burnett

Ages 8–12

Anne of Green Gables
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Anne of Green Gables

L. M. Montgomery

Ages 9–14

The evolution of Calpurnia Tate
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The evolution of Calpurnia Tate

Jacqueline Kelly

Ages 9–12

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Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon

Steve Sheinkin

Ages 10–14

The Diary of a Young Girl
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The Diary of a Young Girl

Anne Frank

Ages 12–18

The Eagle of the Ninth
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The Eagle of the Ninth

Rosemary Sutcliff

Ages 12–16

Caution
My Brother Sam Is Dead

James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier

Ages 12–16

The Color Purple
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The Color Purple

Alice Walker

Ages 16–18

The Race to Save the Lord God Bird
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The Race to Save the Lord God Bird

Phillip Hoose

Ages 11–15

A Long Walk to Water
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A Long Walk to Water

Linda Sue Park

Ages 10–14

Across Five Aprils
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Across Five Aprils

Irene Hunt

Ages 11–15

The Shakespeare Stealer
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The Shakespeare Stealer

Gary Blackwood

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

The Ides of March
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The Ides of March

Thornton Wilder

Ages 16–18

The Bronze Bow
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The Bronze Bow

Elizabeth George Speare

Ages 12–16

Salt to the Sea
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Salt to the Sea

Ruta Sepetys

Ages 14–18

Walk Two Moons
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Walk Two Moons

Sharon Creech

Ages 10–14

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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

White Fang
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White Fang

Jack London

Ages 12–18

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

Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Ages 14–18

The Grapes of Wrath
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The Grapes of Wrath

John Steinbeck

Ages 16–18

Pharaoh's Daughter
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Pharaoh's Daughter

Julius Lester

Ages 12–16

Uprising
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Uprising

Margaret Peterson Haddix

Ages 12–16

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