Historical Fiction
Avi – The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle L740; Crispin
Bartiletti -- The Boy Who Dared L760(World War II -- a teenage boy stands up to the Nazis)
Boyne -- The Boy in the Striped Pajamas L1080 (World War II -- about the young son of a Nazi officer)
Bruchac – Sacajawea L840
Collier – My Brother Sam is Dead L770
Crowe – Mississippi Trial, 1955 (Utah author) Don't read his books for this, since you'll read them in eighth grade.
Cushman, Karen – Catherine Called Birdy L1170,
Midwife’s Apprentice L1240 (class book)
Edmunds and Lanz – The Matchlock Gun (80 pages)
Fox - The Slave Dancer L970
Greene – Summer of My German Soldier L800
Hesse – Out of the Dust or Witness-- if approved by teacher -- see me.
Lowry, Lois – Number the Stars L670, The Giver L760]
Paterson – Lyddie L860
Selden, Bernice – The Mill Girls: Lucy Larcom, Harriet Hanson Robinson, Sarah G. Bagley
Uchida– Journey to Topaz L970 (Reading Class Book)
Houston – Farewell to Manzanar L1040 (Reading Class Book)
Young Royals Series, My Name is America Series, etc.
