Historical Fiction for Teens
Teens have lived through amazing times all around the world. MS=Books for middle school readers.
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The Weight of Our Sky
In 1969 Kuala Lumpur, the Chinese-Malay conflict has hit a breaking point. Melati, a sixteen year old with OCD and a love of music, braves the violence in the streets to find her mother.
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Kent State
On May 4, 1970 at Kent State University, an anti-war protest led to four students being killed and nine wounded by the National Guard. Told in verse, multiple voices grapple with their experiences that day, and what they believe led to the tragic event.
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The Blossom and the Firefly
In World War II Japan, Hana serves young kamikaze pilots before they leave on their final mission. Taro's skill on the violin catches her attention, but what can they share in the days they have together?
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Echo Mountain
In 1930s Echo Mountain, Ellie feels she is to blame for her father's coma. There is nothing she won't do to wake him, including following a dog up the mountain to the local outcast witch, who has problems of her own. MS
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Lovely War
Aphrodite tells the tale of her two favorite love stories, both set during the terrors of World War 1, to prove the power of love over war.
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Luck Of The Titanic
In 1912 England, when British-Chinese acrobat Valora Luck sneaks aboard the Titanic, a luxury steam ship headed to New York, her dreams seem to finally be coming true.
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You Bring the Distant Near
From 1965 through the present, an Indian family adjusts to life in New York City, alternately fending off and welcoming challenges to their own traditions.
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They Went Left
In 1945 Germany, 18-year-old Zofia Lederman is liberated from the Gross-Rosen concentration camp. She sets out on a journey to find the last remaining survivor of her family, her younger brother Abek, whom she swore to protect.
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The Angel of Greenwood
In 1921 Tulsa, Oklahoma, Isaiah and Angel work together at a mobile library in Greenwood, an affluent black neighborhood known as the "Black Wall Street". But life changes when a white mob storms Greenwood, leaving the town destroyed.
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The Enigma Game
In a small Scottish village during WWII, Jamaican-British teen Louisa Aldair's life changes when she finds an Enigma machine that could change the course of the war.
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