Children's Historical Fiction Books

The Fisherman's Children: And Edith's English Home is a novel written by Hamilton Adams and Company in 1848. The story revolves around a family of fishermen and their struggles to make ends meet in a small English village. The main characters are two...

The Fire-Eater is a novel written by James Wilson and published in 1823. The story follows the life of a young man named Henry, who is the son of a wealthy family in Scotland. Henry is passionate about the art of sword fighting and becomes obsessed with...

The Ferry Boy and the Financier is a novel written by John Townsend Trowbridge and published in 1864. The story follows the lives of two boys, one from a wealthy family and the other from a poor family. The Ferry Boy, named Tom, lives with his mother and...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

Shadow Mountain is a novel written by Dane Coolidge and published in 1919. The story takes place in the American West and follows the adventures of a young man named Jack Flatray. Jack is a skilled horseman and hunter who lives in the shadow of a...

The Jam Girl is a novel written by Frances Roberta Sterrett and published in 1914. The story follows the life of a young girl named Mary Louise, who lives in a small town in the Midwest. Mary Louise's father is a struggling farmer, and her mother is a...

The Lotus Lantern is a historical fiction novel written by Mary Imlay Taylor and published in 1911. The story is set in ancient China and revolves around the life of a young girl named Kwei-li. Kwei-li is the daughter of a wealthy merchant who lives in...

The Bell Ringer: An Old Time Village Tale is a novel written by Clara Endicott Sears and published in 1918. The story is set in a small New England village in the 1800s and revolves around the life of a young boy named Johnny. Johnny is the son of the...

Harriette Browne's School Days: A Tale is a novel written by Harriette Browne and published in 1859. The book is a coming-of-age story that follows the experiences of a young girl named Harriette as she navigates her way through the ups and downs of...

Letty's Mission: A Tale is a novel written by Lady Dunboyne and originally published in 1885. Set in Victorian England, the story follows the titular character Letty, a young woman who is determined to make a difference in the world. When she learns...

Les Petits �����migr�����s V1: Ou Correspondance De Quelques Enfants (1799) est un livre �����crit par Stephanie Felicite De Genlis. Ce livre raconte l'histoire de quelques enfants qui ont d����� quitter leur pays natal en raison de la R�����volution...

Les Petits �����migr�����s V2: ou Correspondance de quelques Enfants (1798) est un livre �����crit par St�����phanie F�����licit����� de Genlis. Il s'agit d'une correspondance fictive entre des enfants �����migr�����s pendant la R�����volution...

""Joshua James, Life-Saver"" is a book written by Sumner Increase Kimball and published in 1909. It tells the story of Joshua James, a famous American life-saver who lived in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The book describes James' life,...

Josefina is a novel written by Gerson Wolf and was first published in 1890. The story is set in the late 19th century and revolves around the life of a young girl named Josefina. She is the daughter of a wealthy family living in a small town in Europe...

The Park And The Paddock: A Tale is a novel written by Harriet Martineau and first published in 1834. The story is set in the English countryside and follows the lives of two families, the wealthy Park family who live in the grand estate of Park Hall and...

Frank Armstrong At College is a novel written by Matthew M. Colton and published in 1914. The story follows the titular character, Frank Armstrong, as he navigates his first year at college. Frank is a young man from a small town who is excited to start...

Ethelreda: A True Story For The Young is a historical fiction book written by Betty in 1884. The book revolves around the life of Ethelreda, a young girl who lived in England during the 7th century. Ethelreda was a princess who was born into a wealthy...

Fergus Morton: A Story Of A Scottish Boy is a novel written by John Ross Macduff in 1869. The story revolves around the life of Fergus Morton, a young Scottish boy who is orphaned at a young age and forced to grow up in poverty. Despite the challenges he...

Ezra Jordan's Escape From The Massacre At Fort Loyall (1895) is a historical fiction novel written by James Otis. The story is set in the 17th century during the time of the Indian Wars in America. The book follows the story of Ezra Jordan, a young boy...

1920 found Ireland at the peak of tensions that had been building for centuries. Famine, tyranny, and strife robbed the Irish of their homes, their lives, and their country. Four years after the Easter Rising, the pressure became so great, that the...

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La paisible ville de Moose Jaw est le théâtre de violentes attaques de la part d'un clown sinistre. En tentant de découvrir qui est le zozo qui rôde dans le parc Wakamow Valley, Luc et Chloé, amis inséparables, apprennent le tragique destin d'un enfant...

Some curses can't be outrun. The secret to Redd's past is locked away in a 400-year-old box that mysteriously appears every year on her birthday. For her entire life, her mother has kept them running from whatever lurks inside it. But Redd's had...

A QUEST - STAY ALIVE, KEEP FAMILY SAFE, AND ABOVE ALL ELSE, KEEP MOVING WEST. Young but determined, the man of the family too soon, Jake Zane comes of age with the help of a massive mute escaped slave. It's conquer the wilderness, protect your...

Love. Politics. War. Amidst mounting tensions between the British crown and the American colonists of Boston, Annalisa Howlett struggles with her identity and purpose as a woman. Rather than concern herself with proper womanly duties, like learning to...

Prairie Cub has returned to the world of his birth where his white heritage allows for a future in Michael's world. With help from his friend, Scot Robinson, Michael journeys east to start life again with Scot's friend, Jay Miller, a locomotive...

Lucy Ann and Dabney Walker didn't have to risk their lives to spy for the Union army. The couple had already risked everything to escape slavery themselves.But in early 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, the couple was determined to help defeat slavery...

An Epic New Fantasy of Rebellion and RedemptionI clutched the knife under my cloak and stared at the flames rising into the night, stunned at what I'd just agreed to do. Oh, dear gods.Mira is a fighter, an assassin for the elite Order. But when she's...

The I Escaped Series: The World's Favorite New Escapes. Survival Stories For Today's GenerationIn this stellar, impactful book, a young teen navigates the devastating chaos of the 2018 Paradise Wildfire. A Notable Children's Release from bestselling...

When Cassie’s family moves into a decrepit house in New Orleans, the only upside is her new best friend. Gem is witty, attractive, and sure not to abandon Cassie—after all, she’s been confined to the old house since her murder in the...

The year is 1669.  In French colonial Quebec, Paul Guibeau has won fame for his bravery in fighting the Iroquois, and now he hopes to turn this success into a military career.  When he overhears Count Frontenac commissioning Louis Joliet to...

Antonio Francisco Gomez and his twin sister, Margarita Teresa Gomez live on the great hacienda, or plantation, of Señor Fernandez, in the wonderful country of Mexico, and they are eight years old.The Twins, Tonio and Tita, think it is a fine thing to be...

"Up with ye, me brave buccaneer," said Barney, giving him a poke in the ribs with an oar he had in his hand. "If you want to make your escape from that Dutchman, ye'd better be stirring yer stumps. It's sunup and me gallant ship sails in a few minutes...

"Missy, Missy, poor little thing,Tied to Mammy's apron string."I had not a word to answer. It was only too true. Never in all my life had I been beyond our own big gate without an attendant...The "Mammy" filled an essential role in the family life on a...

New research has demonstrated that a simple text manipulation can reduce the phenomenon known as migration (letters or words seeming to move) and lead to improved comprehension when reading narrative text for students with delayed-visual-disengagement...

Vlad flea is back with another history adventure. Join him and his friend, Felix the cat, as they explore ancient Rome.They are meant to be part of the Emperor's Triumph, but become lost in their new city and are in danger of being over-shadowed by a...

When Tafren, a mischievous elf, pushes Lucy and Clementine, two Dandie Dinmont Terrier dogs into a well, they expect to drown. Instead, they do something extraordinary: they travel back through time to 1839 to meet their ancestor.'I'm the Grandfather of...

Friday Stories Learning About Haiti 2 is sure to give both children and adults a glimpse of the Haitian people and cultural heritage in a way that they will appreciate and remember. There you'll find:A blend of Haiti's history and culture explained...

Mr. Hardy has been subjugated to his decadent father's desires all his life, shadows taunting his every breath. Shattered time after time, with Mr. Allen, his cousin and best friend as sole companion, he survives. They enjoy great incomes, raised to...

The Little Jeep Who Couldn't Beep was inspired by the M151A2 Army jeep that my veteran husband is restoring. I decided to give the jeep the name Marty M.U.T.T. as Army jeeps are actually referred to as a M.U.T.T., which stands for Military Utility...

IT IS 1764 IN CHARLES TOWN, SOUTH CAROLINA, and Harry's school for enslaved children has been in full swing for twenty years, despite the Negro Act of 1740. An enslaved person himself, Harry finds an unlikely ally in Hannah, a young Jewish girl from town...

For fans of A Knight of Silence and Read My Lips comes a YA historical western full of grit and heart...In 1874, Ivy Steele's deafness is more than a handicap. It's a disease. Surrounded by a family that doesn't understand her, she's...

In a richly illustrated story set in the Asante Kingdom of 1807, Kwame, Kwaku, and Baako strive to become leaders in the Akan culture. They farm, learn spear throwing, take part in ceremonies and dances, and listen to stories while gaining an...

This is a story drenched in history. A children’s book that tells the incredible tale of three courageous Sierra Leone feral cats stowed away on a notorious slave ship. A slave ship destined for the small barrier island of Sullivan’s Island,...

Sophie was a young war wife who was anxious to be part of the war effort. Women all over were working in factories and joining the Army and Navy and Red Cross. Sophie had a skill that was very unusual; she could fly an airplane. The Army Air Corps...