Author: MO, ELIZABETH

Brigid of Kildare: a novel by Heather Terrel
(FIC TER) (Historical)
Alexandra Patterson, an appraiser of medieval relics, travels to Kildare to examine a reliquary box believed to have belonged to the revolutionary Saint Brigid, a fifth-century Irish priest and bishop, and finds inside a beautiful illuminated manuscript, the contents of which could alter the history of Christianity.
Broken Memory: a Novel of Rwanda by Élisabeth Combres
(FIC COM) (Historical)
Five-year-old Emma witnesses the brutal murder of her mother during the 1994 genocide massacres in Rwanda and seeks shelter with an aging Hutu woman; but years later when war ends, Emma's fears continue to haunt her as she finds the courage to begin her healing.
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
(FIC STO) (Historical)
Skeeter returns home to Mississippi from college in 1962 and begins to write stories about the African-American women that are found working in white households, which includes Aibileen, who grieves for the loss of her son while caring for her seventeenth white child, and Minny, Aibileen's sassy friend, the hired cook for a secretive woman who is new to town.
Distant Waves: a Novel of the Titanic by Suzanne Weyn
(FIC WEY) (Historical)
In the early twentieth century, four sisters and their widowed mother, a famed spiritualist, travel from New York to London, and as the Titanic conveys them and their acquaintances, journalist W.T. Stead, scientist Nikola Tesla, and industrialist John Jacob Astor, home, Tesla's inventions will either doom or save them all.
The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien
(FIC OBR) (Historical)
A collection of related short fiction stories with recurring characters and an interwoven plot and theme, which recreate the Vietnam War experiences of an American foot soldier.
A Troubled Peace by L.M. Elliott
(FIC ELL) (Historical)
Nineteen-year-old pilot Henry Forester, having returned home to Virginia after fighting in World War II, is consumed by worry over the well-being of the people who helped him escape Nazi-occupied Germany and returns to France, where he is shocked to see the ravages of war and tries to regain internal peace.

Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
(FIC AND) (Historical)
After being sold to a cruel couple in New York City, a slave named Isabel spies for the rebels during the Revolutionary War.
Daughter of the War by Marsha F. Skrypuch
(FIC SKR) (Historical)
Marta, a young Armenian refugee, survives the Armenian genocide in Turkey during World War I, and disguises herself as a Muslim in order to locate her betrothed and her sister, who were sold into
slavery.
Flygirl by Sherri Smith
(FIC SMI) (Historical)
During World War II, a light-skinned African American girl "passes" for white in order to join the Women Airforce Service Pilots.
The Boy Who Dared by Susan C. Bartoletti
(FIC BAR) (Historical)
In October, 1942, seventeen-year-old Helmuth Hübener, imprisoned for distributing anti-Nazi leaflets, recalls his past life and how he came to dedicate himself to bring the truth about Hitler and the war to the German people.
The Red Necklace by Sally Gardner
(FIC GAR) (Historical)
In the late eighteenth-century, Sido, the twelve-year-old daughter of a self-indulgent marquis, and Yann, a fourteen-year-old Gypsy orphan raised to perform in a magic show, face a common enemy at the start of the French Revolution.

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Historical Fiction

We have a lot of historical fiction books that will not fit in this
brochure, so don’t forget to use our genre stickers found on the edges of our books which will help you find more
historical
fiction books.

47 by Walter Mosley
( FIC MOS) (Historical)
Number 47, a fourteen-year-old slave boy growing up under the watchful eye of a brutal master in 1832, meets the mysterious Tall John, who introduces him to a magical science and also teaches him the meaning of freedom.
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Afrika– by Colleen Craig
(FIC CRA) (Historical)
Thirteen-year-old Kim learns the truth about her father and her mother’s homeland after visiting South Africa, where she meets relatives and other children her age and witnesses the Truth and Reconciliation Hearings.
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Ajeemah and his son by James Berry
(FIC BER) (Historical)
A father and his eighteen-year-old son are each affected differently by their experiences as slaves in Jamaica in the early nineteenth century.
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Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie: the Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell by Kristiana Gregory
(FIC GRE) (Historical)
In her diary, thirteen-year-old Hattie chronicles her family's arduous journey from Missouri to Oregon.
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Black Duck by Janet Lisle
(FIC LIS) (Historical)
Years afterward, Ruben Hart tells the story of how, in 1929 Newport, Rhode Island, hi s family and his best friend’s family were caught up in the violent competition among groups trying to control the local rum-smuggling trade.
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The Book of the Maidservant by R. Barnhouse
(FIC BAR) (Historical)
In 1413, a young maidservant accompanies her deeply religious mistress, Dame Margery Kempe, on a pilgrimage to Rome. Includes author's note on Kempe, writer of "The Book of Margery Kempe," considered by some to be the first autobiography in the English language.
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Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
(FIC SEP) (Historical)
In 1941, fifteen-year-old Lina, her mother, and brother are pulled from their Lithuanian home by Soviet guards and sent to Siberia, where her father is sentenced to death in a prison camp while she fights for her life, vowing to honor her family and the thousands like hers by burying her story in a jar on Lithuanian soil. Based on the author's family, includes a historical note.
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Woods Runner by Gary Paulsen
(FIC PAU) (Historical)
From his 1776 Pennsylvania homestead, thirteen-year-old Samuel, who is a highly-skilled woodsman, sets out toward New York City to rescue his parents from the band of British soldiers and Native Americans who kidnapped them after slaughtering most of their community. Includes historical notes.

Like historical fiction? Try the book series by Harry Turtledove (FIC TUR) or
Anna Godberson (FIC GOD)
Caleb’s Crossing by Geraldine Brooks
(FIC BRO) (Historical)
Bethia Mayfield befriends Caleb, the son of a Wampanoag chieftain, as she grows up near Martha's Vineyard in the mid-seventeenth century, and watches as her minister father attempts to convert the Native Americans, but the fates of the children are tied together as Bethia's father encourages the education of Caleb, a privilege Bethia has always wished for, and the two are reunited in Cambridge.
Finding Jack by Gareth Crocker
(FIC CRO) (Historical)
Fletcher Carson, having joined the Vietnam War effort after losing his family in a tragic accident, is befriended by a yellow Labrador retriever named Jack, and when the government orders the withdrawal of troops and Fletcher is faced with leaving Jack behind, he refuses and embarks on a journey with the dog who helped renew his will to live.
Out of Shadows by Jason Wallace
(FIC WAL) (Historical)
Robert Jacklin is thrown into the aftermath of war when his family moves from England to Zimbabwe in the 1980s, and when he is enrolled in a prestigious boarding school, he faces racism and violence and must make a difficult decision as a group of white boys decide to protest the country's new government.
Annexed by Sharon Dogar
(FIC DOG) (Historical)
A fictional account of life with Anne Frank hidden in the secret annex from Peter's point-of-view, following as he becomes closer with Anne, begins to question his own religion, and is forced to suppress his own desires to join the fight.
Fall of Giants by Ken Follett
(FIC FOL) (Historical)
Five families become entangled in events from the beginning of the twentieth century, following as thirteen-year-old Billy begins working in the Welsh mining pits, an American law student gets a job with Woodrow Wilson's administration, two orphaned brothers try to leave their native Russia for the U.S., and Billy's sister's employer begins an affair with a spy at the German embassy in London.

Heresy: a Thriller by S.J. Parris
(FIC PAR) (Historical)
Fugitive Italian monk Giordano Bruno, on the run from the Holy Roman Inquisition in 1583, is recruited by Sir Francis Walsingham, spymaster for Protestant Queen Elizabeth I, to infiltrate the underground Catholic network at Oxford to gather information about a plot to overthrow the queen, but his mission is derailed when a murder occurs just outside his window.
The Postmistress by Sarah Blake
(FIC BLA) (Historical)
The lives of two women in a small Cape Cod town are impacted by the radio broadcasts of Frankie Bard, an American journalist in London who hopes that by revealing details of World War II she will encourage the United States to take up the cause.
Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly
(FIC DON) (Historical)
An angry, grieving seventeen-year-old musician facing expulsion from her prestigious Brooklyn private school travels to Paris to complete a school assignment and uncovers a diary written during the French revolution by a young actress attempting to help a tortured, imprisoned little boy--Louis Charles, the lost king of France.
Three Rivers Rising: a Novel of the Johnstown Flood
by Jame Richards
(FIC RIC) (Historical)
Sixteen-year-old Celestia is a wealthy member of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club, where she meets and falls in love with Peter, a hired hand who lives in the valley below, and by the time of the torrential rains that lead to the disastrous Johnstown flood of 1889, she has been disowned by her family and is staying with him in Johnstown. Includes an author's note and historical timeline.
Wicked Girls: a Novel of the Salem Witch Trials
by Stephanie Hemphill
(FIC HEM) (Historical)
A fictionalized account, told in verse, of the Salem witch trials, told from the perspective of three young women living in Salem in 1692--Mercy Lewis, Margaret Walcott, and Ann Putnam, Jr.