Middle Grade Historical Fiction Recommendations
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The Finest Hours (Young Readers Edition): The True Story of a Heroic Sea Rescue (True Rescue Series)
- ASIN: 1250044235
- ISBN: 1250044235
- Brand: Tougias Michael J
- Manufacturer: Square Fish
This adaptation for young readers of The Finest Hours: The True Story of the US Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue by Michael J. Tougias and Casey Sherman tells the story of the shipwreck of two oil tankers and the harrowing Coast Guard rescue when four men in a tiny lifeboat overcame insurmountable odds and saved more than 30 stranded sailors. N... [Read More]
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The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club (Bccb Blue Ribbon Nonfiction Book Award (Awards))
- ASIN: 0374300224
- ISBN: 0374300224
- Brand: Farrar Straus Giroux
- Manufacturer: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
A Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor WinnerAt the outset of World War II, Denmark did not resist German occupation. Deeply ashamed of his nation's leaders, fifteen-year-old Knud Pedersen resolved with his brother and a handful of schoolmates to take action against the Nazis if the adults would not. Naming their secret club after the fiery Br... [Read More]
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A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story
- ASIN: 0547577311
- ISBN: 0547577311
- Brand: Clarion Books
- Manufacturer: HMH Books for Young Readers
The New York Times bestseller A Long Walk to Water begins as two stories, told in alternating sections, about two eleven-year-olds in Sudan, a girl in 2008 and a boy in 1985. The girl, Nya, is fetching water from a pond that is two hours’ walk from her home: she makes two trips to the pond every day. The boy, Salva, becomes one of the "lost boys"... [Read More]
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Middle School, The Worst Years of My Life
- UPC: 000316101699
- ASIN: 0316101699
- ISBN: 0316101699
- Brand: Little Brown and Company
- Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company
Discover the #1 bestselling middle-grade comic that inspired a major motion picture: Children's Choice Award winner James Patterson has never been more hilarious and heartwarming.Rafe Khatchadorian has enough problems at home without throwing his first year of middle school into the mix. Luckily, he's got an ace plan for the best year ever: to brea... [Read More]
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Case Closed?: Nine Mysteries Unlocked by Modern Science
- ASIN: 1554533635
- ISBN: 1554533635
- Manufacturer: Kids Can Press
Egypt's first female pharaoh disappears around 1457 BCE --- was she murdered? Find out how DNA closes the case. The ancient Arabian Peninsula city of Ubar vanishes, seemingly without trace. Find out how old maps and modern space shuttles help solve the mystery. Sir John Franklin's 1845 expedition to find the Northwest Passage is never heard from ag... [Read More]
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Dance of the Broken
- ASIN: 0991063368
- ISBN: 0991063368
- Manufacturer: Global Genius Society
Passionately written by Jacob Grovey, 'Dance of the Broken' tells the poignant and inspirational story of a young black girl who dreams of being a ballerina, despite society's opinion that she's cut from the wrong cloth. Elise's story is a microcosm of the adversity and negative messages that plague the minds of millions of young girls; leaving the... [Read More]
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The Mansion Mystery: A Detective Story About ... (whoops - almost gave it away! Let's just say it's a children's mystery for preteen boys and girls, ages 9-12) (The Sen Kids)
- ASIN: 198315945X
- ISBN: 198315945X
- Manufacturer: Independently published
Nick and Neel are playing cricket on the terrace of their ancestral home when they stumble across an old riddle written by someone identified only as Mrs -. Who is this mysterious lady? Where does the riddle lead? And is Neel simply the most annoying little brother ever? It will take all of Nick's ingenuity, Neel's quick-wittedness and maybe a teen... [Read More]
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children)
- ASIN: 1594746036
- ISBN: 9781594746031
- Brand: Quirk Books
- Manufacturer: Quirk Books
Read the #1 New York Times best-selling series before it continues in A Map of Days. Includes an excerpt from Hollow City and an interview with author Ransom Riggs A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of very curious photographs. It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine’s Home for Pec... [Read More]
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The House on Cooper Lane: Based on a True Story
- ASIN: 0989601234
- ISBN: 0989601234
- Manufacturer: Oliver Phipps
It’s 1984 and all Bud Fisher wants to do is find a place to live in Madison Louisiana. With his dog Badger, they come across a beautiful old mansion that was converted into apartments.Something should have felt odd when he found out nobody lived in any of the apartments. To make matters worse, the owner is reluctant to let him rent one. Eventuall... [Read More]
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Truthmarked (The Fatemarked Epic Book 2)
- ASIN: B01MUR5CM4
The Hundred Years War rages on, with tensions between kingdoms growing ever more strained.While Annise Gäric and her forces march on Castle Hill to retake the northern throne, her cousin, Rhea Loren, wages a naval war against Blackstone. Meanwhile, Roan Loren and Gwendolyn Storm struggle to breach the gnarled, vine-choked undergr... [Read More]
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Be Confident in Who You Are (Middle School Confidential Series) (Bk. 1)
- ASIN: 1575423022
- ISBN: 1575423022
- Brand: Brand: Free Spirit Publishing
- Manufacturer: Free Spirit Publishing
“Hey. We go to Milldale Middle School. We’re very different in lots of ways, but we’re all good friends. A couple months ago, we were just hanging out when these kids came over . . .” So begins the journey of Jack, Jen, Chris, Abby, Mateo, and Michelle—six students just trying to figure it all out in middle school. Be Confident in Who You... [Read More]
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Bud, Not Buddy
- ASIN: 0440413281
- ISBN: 0440413281
- Brand: Yearling Books
- Manufacturer: Yearling
The Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award-winning classic about a boy who decides to hit the road to find his father—from Christopher Paul Curtis, author of The Watsons Go To Birmingham—1963, a Newbery and Coretta Scott King Honoree. It’s 1936, in Flint Michigan. Times may be hard, and ten-year-old Bud may be a motherless boy on the r... [Read More]
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Chasing Lincoln's Killer
- ASIN: 0439903548
- ISBN: 9780439903547
- Brand: Scholastic Press
- Manufacturer: Scholastic Press
NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author James Swanson delivers a riveting account of the chase for Abraham Lincoln's assassin.Based on rare archival material, obscure trial manuscripts, and interviews with relatives of the conspirators and the manhunters, CHASING LINCOLN'S KILLER is a fast-paced thriller about the pursuit and capture of John Wilkes Booth... [Read More]
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Through the Fire: Based on a True Story About a Young Girl That Was Maliciously Burned in a House Fire
- ASIN: 152078080X
- ISBN: 152078080X
- Manufacturer: Independently published
A childhood tragedy cost her more than she could've imagined, but it also gave a gift far worth more than she could've hoped for... Theresa holds nothing back as she retraces her traumatic childhood in the countryside of North Carolina in one of the most inspirational books you’ve read yet. Between unstable, alcoholic parents and the ever-present... [Read More]
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Chains (The Seeds of America Trilogy)
- ASIN: 1416905863
- ISBN: 1416905863
- Brand: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
- Manufacturer: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
If an entire nation could seek its freedom, why not a girl? As the Revolutionary War begins, thirteen-year-old Isabel wages her own fight...for freedom. Promised freedom upon the death of their owner, she and her sister, Ruth, in a cruel twist of fate become the property of a malicious New York City couple, the Locktons, who have no sympathy fo... [Read More]
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The Westing Game (Puffin Modern Classics)
- ASIN: 014240120X
- ISBN: 014240120X
- Brand: Puffin
- Manufacturer: Puffin Books
A Newbery Medal Winner"A supersharp mystery...confoundingly clever, and very funny." —Booklist, starred review A bizarre chain of events begins when sixteen unlikely people gather for the reading of Samuel W. Westing’s will. And though no one knows why the eccentric, game-loving millionaire has chosen a virtual stranger—and a possible murder... [Read More]
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A Night Divided (Scholastic Gold)
- ASIN: 0545682444
- ISBN: 0545682444
- Manufacturer: Scholastic Inc.
A Night Divided joins the Scholastic Gold line, which features award-winning and beloved novels. Includes exclusive bonus content!With the rise of the Berlin Wall, Gerta finds her family suddenly divided. She, her mother, and her brother Fritz live on the eastern side, controlled by the Soviets. Her father and middle brother, who had gone west in s... [Read More]
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The League and the Lantern
- ASIN: 0997227001
- ISBN: 0997227001
- Manufacturer: SuperSonic Republic
Synopsis:Epic adventure meets mystery as Jake Herndon and unlikely new friends, Lucy and TJ, unravel incredible family secrets, discover links to the Civil War, and fight for survival on the streets of Chicago. Full of unforgettable characters, unexpected twists, and laugh-out-loud humor. After a disastrous sixth grade, Jake Herndon is anxiously aw... [Read More]
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I'm 12 Years Old And I Saved The World
- ASIN: B011A9B6AC
- Manufacturer: Sir Brody Books
As if middle school isn't hard enough, Dad loses his job and Mom and Dad's marriage is on the rocks. Now it's up to me to fix everything. That's right—I'm 12 years old, and I'm about to save the world.From the Publisher: Parents do their best to shield children from financial or relational hardships. But kids are smart. They notice when the peopl... [Read More]
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Teaching Reading Strategies With Literature That Matters to Middle Schoolers
- ASIN: 0439465907
- ISBN: 0439465907
- Brand: Scholastic
- Manufacturer: Scholastic
Standards-based lessons help students learn and apply key reading strategies and also explore different themes commonly taught in middle school—such as Forging One’s Identity, Friendship, Making Choices, and the Pioneering Spirit. The engaging lessons provide teachers with ways to scaffold students before, during, and after reading, and show ho... [Read More]
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