Historical Fiction - JF | McKinney Public Libraries

1) Sweep: the story of a girl and her monster

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In nineteenth-century England, after her father's disappearance Nan Sparrow, ten, works as a "climbing boy," aiding chimney sweeps, but when her most treasured possessions end up in a fireplace, she unwittingly creates a golem.

2) The magical imperfect

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Baron, Chris (Christopher Leigh)

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Etan has stopped speaking since his mother left. His father and grandfather don't know how to help him. His friends have given up on him. When Etan is asked to deliver a grocery order to the outskirts of town, he realizes he's at the home of Malia Agbayani, also known as the Creature. Malia stopped going to school when her acute eczema spread to her face, and the bullying became too much. As the two become friends, other kids tease Etan for knowing...

3) The last grand adventure

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Behrens, Rebecca

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In 1967, unhappy with her newly-blended family, twelve-year-old Bea agrees to accompany Pidge, her grandmother, to Atchison, Kansas, where Pidge believes her long-lost sister, Amelia Earhart, will meet them. Includes historical notes, a brief biography, quotations from the Earharts, and resources for educators.

4) Catherine's war

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Billet, Julia

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A magnificent narrative inspired by a true survival story that asks universal questions about a young girl's coming of age story, her identity, her passions, and her first loves.

5) The war that saved my life

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Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker

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A young disabled girl and her brother are evacuated from London to the English countryside during World War II, where they find life to be much sweeter away from their abusive mother.

6) Caddie Woodlawn

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Brink, Carol Ryrie

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Chronicles the adventures of eleven-year-old Caddie growing up with her six brothers and sisters on the Wisconsin frontier in the mid-nineteenth century.

7) Peacemaker

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Bruchac, Joseph

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"A twelve-year-old Iroquois boy rethinks his calling after witnessing the arrival of a mystical figure with a message of peace in this historical novel based on the creation of the Iroquois Confederacy"-- Provided by publisher.

8) Skylark and wallcreeper

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Carelli, Anne O'Brien

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Lily and her friend Johnny search for a lost fountain pen that connects Lily's grandmother to a mysterious past in World War II France.

9) Finding Langston

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Cline-Ransome, Lesa

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Finding Langston volume 1

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Discovering a book of Langston Hughes' poetry in the library helps Langston cope with the loss of his mother, relocating from Alabama to Chicago as part of the Great Migration, and being bullied.

10) mollys pilgrim

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11) Cuba in my pocket

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Cuevas, Adrianna

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In 1961 Cuba, with the threat of military service for children looming, twelve-year-old Cumba's parents send him to Miami, where he lives with a new family and misses his homeland.

12) The quilt walk

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Dallas, Sandra

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Ten-year-old Emmy Blue learns the true meaning of friendship--and how to quilt--while making a harrowing wagon journey from Illinois to Colorado with her family in the 1860s.

13) I can make this promise

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Day, Christine

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"When twelve-year-old Edie finds letters and photographs in her attic that change everything she thought she knew about her Native American mother's adoption, she realizes she has a lot to learn about her family's history and her own identity"-- Provided by publisher.

14) Nest

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Ehrlich, Esther

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On Cape Cod in 1972, eleven-year-old Naomi, known as Chirp for her love of birds, gets help from neighbor Joey as she struggles to cope with her mother's multiple sclerosis and its effect on her father and sister.

15) Makoons

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Erdrich, Louise

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Birchbark house volume 5

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Living with their Ojibwe family on the Great Plains of Dakota Territory in 1866, twin brothers Makoons and Chickadee must learn to become buffalo hunters, but Makoons has a vision that foretells great challenges that his family may not be able to overcome.

16) Voyage of the Sparrowhawk

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Farrant, Natasha

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In the aftermath of World War I, two orphaned friends set off in a narrowboat from England as each hopes to find a missing part of themselves in France.

17) Noelle at sea: a Titanic survival story

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Smith, Nikki Shannon

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Girls survive

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In 1912, thirteen-year-old Noelle and her parents are aboard the Titanic, when she is awoken to a sinking ship and must evacuate to a lifeboat with her mother, but first she has to find and help her new friend, Pauline, who is in steerage.

18) Emmi in the city: a Great Chicago Fire survival story

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Alikhan, Salima

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Girls survive

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Emmi, a German immigrant, is living in Chicago when the Great Fire breaks out on October 8, 1871, and, separated from her father, she finds herself with her neighbors, Cara and Seamus, braving the smoke and flames trying to escape the danger of the burning city, and searching for all their parents.

19) Ann fights for freedom: an Underground Railroad survival story

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Smith, Nikki Shannon

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Girls survive

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Twelve-year-old Ann understands there is only one thing to be grateful for as a slave: having her family together. But when the master falls into debt, he plans to sell Ann and her younger brother. Ann is convinced her family must run away on the Underground railroad. Will Ann's family survive the dangerous trip and make it to freedom?

20) Molly and the Twin Towers: a 9/11 survival story

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Fleck, Jessika

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Girls survive

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When the Twin Towers fall on September 11, 2001, blocks from her school, twelve-year-old Molly, unable to reach her dads or Gran, must find her seven-year-old sister, Adi, and get her safely home. Includes author's note, glossary, and discussion questions.