Witch Child
Celia Rees
PB YA REES
In 1659, Mary Newbury keeps
a journal of her voyage from
England to the New World and
her experiences living as a
witch in a community of
Puritans near Salem, MA.
The Color of Fire
Ann Rinaldi
YA RINALDI
In 1741, Phoebe watches as her
town erupts into mass hysteria
when the whites in New York
City accuse the slaves of
planning an uprising.
Finishing Becca
Ann Rinaldi
YA RINALDI
Becca takes a position as a
maid in a wealthy Philadelphia
Quaker home and witnesses
the events that lead to General
Benedict Arnold's betrayal of
the American forces during
the Revolutionary War.
Or Give Me Death
Ann Rinaldi
YA RINALDI
With their father away
advocating independence for
the American colonies, the
children of Patrick Henry try
to raise themselves.
A Ride into Morning
Ann Rinaldi
YA RINALDI
When unrest spreads at the
Revolutionary War camp in
Morristown, NJ a young woman
cleverly hides her horse from
the mutinous soldiers who have
need of it.
AMERICAN HISTORICAL FICTION
FOR TEENS
The Witch of
Blackbird Pond
Elizabeth George Speare
YA SPEARE
In 1687, Kit Tyler, feeling
out of place in the Puritan
household of her aunt,
befriends an old woman
considered a witch
by the community and
suddenly finds herself
standing trial for witchcraft.
New World, New Nation:
1600s-1799
Chains
Laurie Halse Anderson
YA ANDERSON
After being sold to a cruel couple
in New York City, a slave named
Isabel spies for the rebels during
the Revolutionary War.
Sequel: Forge
The Mourning Wars
Karen Steinmetz
YA STEINMETZ
In 1704, Mohawk Indians
attack the frontier village of
Deerfield, MA, kidnapping
over 100 residents, including
Eunice Williams. Based on
a true story.
Fever 1793
Laurie Halse Anderson
YA ANDERSON
In 1793 Philadelphia, Matilda
Cook, separated from her sick
mother, learns about perseverance
and self-reliance when she is
forced to cope with the horrors
of a yellow fever epidemic.
Father of Lies
Ann Turner
YA TURNER
In 1692 when a plague of
accusations descends on
Salem Village and "witch
fever" erupts, Lidda, who
has begun to experience
visions and hear voices,
tries to expose the lies of
the witch trials without
being hanged as a witch
herself. Includes author's
notes about the Salem Witch
Trials and bipolar disease.
The Astonishing Life of
Octavian Nothing
V. 1: The Pox Party
M. T. Anderson
YA ANDERSON
Various diaries, letters, and other
manuscripts chronicle the life of
Octavian, a young African
American, as he is brought up as
part of a science experiment in the
years leading up to and during the
Revolutionary War. Sequel: The
Kingdom on the Waves
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The Fighting Ground
Avi
YA AVI
Jonathan goes off to fight in the
Revolutionary War and discovers
the real war is being fought within
himself.
The Year of the Hangman
Gary L. Blackwood
YA BLACKWOOD
In 1777, having been
kidnapped and taken forcibly
from England to the American
colonies, Creighton becomes
part of developments in the
political unrest that may spell
defeat for the patriots and
change the course of history.
The Ransom of Mercy Carter
Caroline B. Cooney
YA COONEY
In 1704, in the English
settlement of Deerfield, MA
Mercy and her family and
neighbors are captured by
Mohawk Indians and their
French allies, and forced to
march through bitter cold to
French Canada, where some
adapt to new lives.
The Winter People
Joseph Bruchac
YA BRUCHAC
As the French and Indian War
rages in October of 1759,
Saxso, an Abenaki boy,
pursues the English rangers
who have attacked his village
and taken his mother and
sisters hostage.
Copper Sun
Sharon M. Draper
YA DRAPER
Two girls, one a slave and the
other an indentured servant,
escape their Carolina plantation
and try to make their way to
Fort Moses, FL, a Spanish
colony that gives sanctuary
to slaves.
Jump Ship to Freedom
James Lincoln Collier
and Christopher Collier
PB YA COLLIER
In 1787 a fourteen-year-old
slave, anxious to buy freedom
for himself and his mother,
escapes from his dishonest
master and tries to find help
in cashing the soldier's notes
received by his father for
fighting in the Revolution.
Five 4ths of July
Pat Hughes
YA HUGHES
On July 4th, 1777, Jake
Mallory and his friends are
celebrating their new nation's
independence, but over the
next four years Jake finds
himself in increasingly
adventurous circumstances
as he battles British forces and
barely survives captivity on
a prison ship.
My Brother Sam is Dead
James Lincoln Collier
and Christopher Collier
PB YA COLLIER
Recounts the tragedy that
strikes the Meeker family
during the Revolution when
one son joins the rebel forces
while the rest of the family
tries to stay neutral in a
Tory town.
My Lady, Pocahontas
Kathleen V. Kudlinski
YA KUDLINSKI
Nuttagwon, daughter of a
minor Pamunkey chief, is
still a girl when Pocahontas's
vision of peace between their
people and the newly-arrived
English colonists bonds the
two in a lifelong friendship
as they work together to
make the vision a reality.
Indian Captive
Lois Lenski
YA LENSKI
A fictional retelling of
the experiences of Mary
Jemison, who was captured
by a Shawnee war party
during the French and
Indian War.
Soldier’s Secret
Marissa Moss
YA MOSS
Sarah masquerades as a man
during the Civil War, serving
as a nurse on the battlefield
and a spy for the Union
Army. Based on the life of
Sarah Emma Edmonds.
The Serpent Never Sleeps
Scott O’Dell
YA O’DELL
In the early seventeenth
century, Serena Lynn,
determined to be with the
man she has loved since
childhood, travels to the
New World and comes to
know the hardships of
colonial life and the
extraordinary Princess
Pocahontas.
Woods Runner
Gary Paulsen
YA PAULSEN
From his 1776 Pennsylvania
homestead, Samuel, who is
a highly-skilled woodsman,
sets out toward New York
City to rescue his parents
from the band of British
soldiers and Indians who
kidnapped them after
slaughtering most of their
community.