What are some good historical fiction books for teens?
I want a good long book that is a historical fiction, prefferably, about a war, I like books about the civil and revaloutionary. I just reat “Saratoga Secret” by Betsy Sterman and it was great! i highly reccomend it.
- Casey Lynch
Tags: Books For Teens, Historical Books, Prefferably, Saratoga Secret, War Books
April 5th, 2009 at 4:53 pm
They are not about war, but Ruthanne Lum McCunn wrote a few historical fiction books.
A Thousand Pieces of Gold and The Moon Pearl are among them.
I interviewed her a few years ago. She writes on stories, told by her Chinese grandmother and other family members, dealing with the gold rush, immigration etc…
My teen daughter read the two I mentioned and really liked them.
April 5th, 2009 at 5:29 pm
War Comes to Willie Freeman by James Lincoln Collier
April 6th, 2009 at 12:05 pm
This writer is very popular.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Boston: Jewett, 1854
Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) is best known today as the author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, which helped galvanize the abolitionist cause and contributed to the outbreak of the Civil War.
AT different times, doubt has been expressed whether the scenes and characters pourtrayed in “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” convey a fair representation of slavery as it at present exists. This work, more, perhaps, than any other work of fiction that ever was written, has been a collection and arrangement of real incidents, of actions really performed, of words and expressions really uttered, grouped together with reference to a general result, in the same manner that the mosaic artist groups his fragments of various stones into one general picture. His is a mosaic of gems–this is a mosaic of facts.
Stowe wrote this book to defend her novel against one of the most wide-spread complaints that pro-slavery critics lodged against it — that as an account of slavery Uncle Tom’s Cabin was wholly false, or at least wildly exaggerated.
Harriet Beecher Stowe: The little woman who wrote the book that started this great war. by Kimberly J. Largent
April 6th, 2009 at 9:44 pm
I bet you would really like Ann Rinaldi’s books. She’s written a ton of young adult historical novels. Most of them are pretty good and many are set in the Revolutionary and Civil war periods.
My favorites are “Time Enough for Drums” (about the Revolutionary War), “Wolf by the Ears” (about Thomas Jefferson’s slave daughter) and “Sarah’s Ground” (about the caretakers of Mount Vernon during the Civil War).
I also love Anya Seton’s historical novels, but they have a little bit more “adult” material. (Nothing graphic though; they’re probably suitable for high school age and up.)
April 8th, 2009 at 8:41 pm
Books by the Collier Brothers, The Winter Hero is my favorite.
Shades of Gray, by Carolyn Reeder
5th of March, Ann Rinaldi
Beyond the Western Sea, by Avi
A Place called Freedom, by Ken Follett
Winds of War, Herman Wouk
Rifles for Watie, by Harold Keith
Across Five Aprils, Irene Hunt
Pillars of the Earth, by Ken Follett,
Books by James Michener.
April 9th, 2009 at 11:01 pm
Ann Rinaldi is great. You would probably really like her. She writes about the Revolutionary war, the Civil War, and also books about things like the Salem Witch trials, etc.
Gone With The Wind is great. It’s by Margaret Mitchell.
I also love the “Savannah” series by Eugenia Price. There are at least three books–maybe five in the series. The first one is Savannah. And it’s been too long to recall the rest by name. But you should be able to find them
April 13th, 2009 at 7:09 am
Fever 1973. It is for 8th graders and above. I read it when I was in 5th, but I am very very very very high reader and understood the book. IT is not easy it is actaully quite confusing! It is long so I think you will enjoy it.
April 13th, 2009 at 7:25 am
across five aprils (dont remember the author)
fallen angels — by walter dean myers
the power of one — bryce courtenay
April 14th, 2009 at 3:25 pm
Try the Root Cellar by Janet Lunn or The Fighting Ground by Avi.
April 15th, 2009 at 5:03 pm
These are all in the same series by Elizabeth T. Renich. They are about this 16 year old girl in the mid 1800 during the civil war, and how she was a spy. They are great! They remain on my favorite list. I too am a teen girl, and I would recommend these books to anyone, especially to someone like you who would appreciate these books.
They are:
#1 Word of Honor
#2 Matter of Trust
#3 Not without Courage
#4 Strength and Glory
I would love to know what you think of them, so if you do read them, please email me at
Enjoy! ~:)
April 18th, 2009 at 8:39 pm
I got hooked on John Jakes’ Kent Family Chronicles around my freshman year of high school. It is a 7 book series and starts off with a book called The Bastard. While Amazon.com can summarize the books much better than I can, I think the series is well written and it appeals to a broad spectrum of people. I would highly recommend it.