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Historical FictionMiddle School
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Lucky strikes
by Louis Bayard
Becoming the eldest caregiver of her younger siblings and the family gas station when her mother dies, 14-year-old Amelia passes off a homeless man as her father to keep all of them out of foster care and outmaneuver an oil tycoon who wants to secure a fuel monopoly.
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Crossing Ebenezer Creek
by Tonya Bolden
Freed from slavery, Mariah and her young brother Zeke join Sherman's march through Georgia, where Mariah meets a free black named Caleb and dares to imagine the possibility of true love, but hope can come at a cost.
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Tangled webs
by Lee Bross
In eighteenth-century London, Arista leads a double life, posing as a boy in the city's criminal underworld, who transforms into a female blackmailer trading secrets of the elite, but everything changes when she meets a mysterious young aristocrat.
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Caminar
by Skila Brown
Longing to assume a defensive adult role but dissuaded by his mother from confronting soldiers who have murdered a neighbor in his 1981 Guatemalan village, young Carlos joins a band of guerillas in the hope of carrying a warning to his grandmother's mountaintop home.
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The choice
by Kathy Clark
Hiding as a Catholic during World War II, Jakob reveals that he is Jewish, a choice that sends him to Auschwitz where he plots revenge against the Catholic friend that he feels abandoned him, but when he is liberated, he uncovers the truth, discovering that things are not what he thought.
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Poppy
by Mary Hooper
Destined to become a servant to an aristocratic family in early 20th-century England, 15-year-old Poppy falls hopelessly in love with her employer's youngest son and volunteers as a nurse during the Great War, where she discovers herself and her capabilities while witnessing the best and worst of humanity.
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Four-four-two
by Dean Hughes
A high-action tale based on the lesser-known history of the Japanese Americans who fought with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team during World War II follows the experiences of a young Japanese-American soldier who confronts dangerous conditions in his segregated regiment while his family endures life in an internment camp.
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Among the red stars
by Gwen C Katz
Determined to help the effort, female Russian air pilot Valka signs up to join an all-female aviation group, but as the war intensifies she has to decide how much she is willing to risk to defend the skies she calls home.
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Almost autumn
by Marianne Kaurin
In 1942 Oslo, Norway, 15-year-old Ilse Stern is waiting to meet boy-next-door Hermann Rod for their first date, but unbeknownst to her, Hermann is working in the Resistance, helping Norwegian Jews flee the country to escape the Nazis, and as life becomes even more difficult, particularly for Jewish families like the Sterns, the choices made—to speak up or to look away, to stay or to flee—become more important by the hour.
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Night witches : a novel of World War II
by Kathryn Lasky
Grounded by Hitler's German forces when Stalingrad is invaded, 15-year-old pilot Valya escapes to join her older sister's brigade of female pilots, the Night Witches, that launch a high-risk mission to cripple Nazi forces. By the Newbery Honor-winning author of the Guardians of Ga'Hoole series.
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Outrun the moon
by Stacey Lee
Gaining admittance into an elite school usually limited to white girls, 15-year-old Mercy Wong, who strives to escape from her disadvantaged life through education, endures harsh conditions in a park encampment when the 1906 San Francisco earthquake destroys her home and school.
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Listen to the moon
by Michael Morpurgo
A young boy and his father take in a lost girl, who the villagers suspect may be German.
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Girl on a plane
by Miriam Moss
A tale inspired by harrowing true events in the author's life follows the experiences of 15-year-old Anna, who in 1970 Bahrain embarks on a flight back to her boarding school in England only to become a hostage when the airplane is hijacked by Palestinian terrorists.
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Juba!
by Walter Dean Myers
A tale based on the life of dancer Master Juba traces young William Henry Lane's childhood practice of a traditional African dance style before his meteoric rise to fame as an influential artist.
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When my name was Keoko
by Linda Sue Park
With national pride and occasional fear, a brother and sister face the increasingly oppressive occupation of Korea by Japan during World War II, which threatens to suppress Korean culture entirely.
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The memory of things
by Gae Polisner
Racing to safety across the Brooklyn Bridge after witnessing the first Twin Tower collapse on September 11, 2001, 16-year-old Kyle, having been separated from his family, impulsively brings home a traumatized girl who has forgotten who she is. By the award-winning author of The Summer of Letting Go.
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And then the sky exploded
by David A. Poulsen
When Christian Deaver learns that his great-grandfather was part of the team that built the atomic bombs dropped on Japan in World War II, he encounters a Hiroshima survivor and tries to make amends.
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When morning comes
by Arushi Raina
Zanele is secretly plotting against the apartheid government, while her best friend Thabo has troubles of his own with a local gang, and Jack, from the wealthy white suburbs, falls in love with a girl from the black township of Soweto.
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Half in love with death
by Emily Ross
When her older sister disappears and her parents and the police seem to have no answers, fifteen-year-old Caroline travels to California with her sister's boyfriend to try and find the truth.
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Salt to the sea : a novel
by Ruta Sepetys
Frantically racing to freedom with thousands of other refugees as Russian forces close in on their homes in East Prussia, Joana, Emilia and Florian meet aboard the doomed Wilhelm Gustloff and are forced to trust each other in order to survive. By the award-winning author of Out of the Easy.
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Girl about town
by Adam Shankman
"When fate brings Lulu and Freddie together in 1930s Hollywood, sparks fly--and gunshots follow."
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Flygirl
by Sherri L. Smith
During World War II, a light-skinned African American girl "passes" for white in order to join the Women Airforce Service Pilots.
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The world beneath
by Janice Warman
Growing up in the maid's room of a wealthy white employer's home in 1970s South Africa, young Joshua rescues a stranger amid anti-apartheid riots sweeping through the country, which compel him to make heartbreaking choices. By the author of The Class of '79.
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Black dove, white raven
by Elizabeth Wein
Having moved to Ethiopia to avoid the prejudices of 1930s America, Emilia Menotti, her black adoptive brother Teo, and their mother Rhoda, a stunt pilot, are devoted to their new country even after war with Italy looms, drawing the teens into the conflict.
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Paper hearts
by Meg Wiviott
Follows the story of two girls as they forge a powerful friendship that carries them through horrific circumstances at the Auschwitz concentration camp.
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Blood and sand
by C. V Wyk
Recasting the legendary character of Spartacus as a fierce female warrior, a high-action story about a 17-year-old princess and a handsome gladiator who dared to challenge the Roman Republic depicts their precarious bond and role it played in bringing about a history-shaping rebellion.
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