Historical Fiction
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As long as the lemon trees grow
by Zoulfa Katouh

Volunteering at a hospital Syria, where she witnessed the wounded flooding through the doors, Salama manifests a physical embodiment of her fear in the form of her imagined companion and is torn between her loyalty to her country and her conviction to survive. 
Daughters of a dead empire
by Carolyn Tara O'Neil

Offered a diamond to take a girl as far south as possible in 1918 Russia, communist Emma suddenly finds herself on the wrong side of the war when she discovers the girl is being hunted by the Bolsheviks, putting both their lives in danger. 
Luck of the Titanic
by Stacey Lee

Stowing away aboard the Titanic on its ill-fated maiden voyage when her British-Chinese heritage bars her from joining her twin in America, a young acrobat struggles to hide and then survive when the unthinkable happens. 
The peach rebellion
by Wendelin Van Draanen

In this historical tale of friendship, family and the power of sisterhood, three very different girls from varying social stratums find common ground as they each make a promise to not just accept things as they are anymore. 
Rust in the root
by Justina Ireland

It is 1937, and Laura Ann Langston lives in an America divided--between those who work the mystical arts and those who do not. Ever since the Great Rust, a catastrophic event that blighted the arcane force called the Dynamism and threw America into disarray, the country has been rebuilding for a better future. And everyone knows the future is industry and technology--otherwise known as Mechomancy--not the traditional mystical arts. Laura disagrees.
Self-made boys : a Great Gatsby remix
by Anna-Marie McLemore

Three teens chase their own version of the American Dream during the Roaring 20s in this YA remix of The Great Gatsby.
 
New York City, 1922. Nicolás Caraveo, a 17-year-old transgender boy from Minnesota, has no interest in the city’s glamor. Going to New York is all about establishing himself as a young professional, which could set up his future—and his life as a man—and benefit his family. 
 
Nick’s neighbor in West Egg is a mysterious young man named Jay Gatsby, whose castle-like mansion is the stage for parties so extravagant that they both dazzle and terrify Nick. 
 
As Nick is pulled deeper into the glittery culture of decadence, he spends more time with Jay, aiming to help his new friend reconnect with his lost love. But Nick's feelings grow more complicated when he finds himself falling hard for Jay's openness, idealism, and unfounded faith in the American Dream.
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