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History Books for Ages 12–18 – Wonderlit | Wonderlit

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History Books for Ages 12–18

History for teenagers gets serious. Primary sources, competing narratives, the uncomfortable parts that earlier books may have softened. These 9,953 books trust older readers to engage with the full complexity of what happened and why it still matters.

9,953 books

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Tilly's Promise

Nurse Tilly asks her sweetheart to protect her brother at the WWI front lines, realizing too late how hard it is to keep

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Primary Source Explorations

The Little Rock Nine

Letters, photographs, and primary sources bring to life the powerful story of nine students standing at the center of th

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Life under a brutal master feels hopeless for young 47 until he meets a mysterious runaway named Tall John who leads him

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Black Women of the Old West

William Loren Katz

Meet the courageous pioneers, from Biddy Mason to Mary Fields, who overcame the era of slavery to build lives and legaci

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America's Vietnam War: A Narrative History

Elizabeth Becker

Award-winning reporting traces America's full journey through Vietnam, explaining the political tensions of the Cold War

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A Young Readers' History of the Civil War #1

A Nation Torn: The Story of How the Civil War Began

Historical figures like Harriet Tubman and Henry Clay take center stage in this account of the people and events that le

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Missing from Haymarket Square

Harriette Gillem Robinet

Three children find themselves in the heart of the 1886 Haymarket Riot as workers in Chicago fight for fair treatment an

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Encounter: Narrative Nonfiction Picture Books

Michelle Bisson

For children processing the concept of safety and displacement, this true story of a teen's solo escape from the Holocau

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Angelmonster: The Haunting Story of Mary Shelley

Veronica Bennett

Passionate young love and poetic history collide in this lush reimagining of Mary Shelley’s life on the eve of her writi

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The Upstairs Room #1

The Upstairs Room

Confined to a single cramped room in a remote farmhouse for two years, sisters Annie and Sini must rely on each other to

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The Gawgon and the Boy

Lloyd Alexander

Confined to bed by illness, eleven-year-old David finds his world expanded by his adventurous Aunt Annie and the limitle

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Maretha Maartens

Two different families share one small house, navigating the daily realities and emotional bonds of living in close quar

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History Comics #10

The Great Depression: From Hard Times to the New Deal

Gritty survival and community spirit define this look at life during the 1929 stock market crash, from breadlines to the

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No Tigers in Africa

A fifteen-year-old struggles to adjust to life in England after leaving South Africa. The heavy shadows of apartheid fol

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In Their Own Words #1

Sojourner Truth

Peter Roop, Connie Roop

Witness the life of a woman who escaped slavery to become a powerful voice for freedom and equality through this collect

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Susan Williams Beckhorn

Cast out as unlucky, Kai and his wolf Uff must rely on each other to endure the freezing wilderness and survive a harsh

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The Secret Mission of William Tuck

Armed with a secret message and a mysterious watch, young William joins a network of spies to find General Washington an

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Cowboys of the Wild West

Russell Freedman

Dusty trails and long days come to life through the true stories of the gear, clothes, and daily chores of cowboys livin

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Voices from a small Vermont town reveal the tension and fear that arrive when the Ku Klux Klan begins to infiltrate thei

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Andrea Davis Pinkney

Siblings Summer and Rosco share their perspectives on life and the longing for freedom as the Civil War reaches their Vi

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What Were the Roaring Twenties?

Michele Mortlock

Step into an age of jazz, flappers, and the very first Ford cars to see why this fast-paced decade still feels so modern

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The Upstairs Room #2

The Journey Back

Thirteen-year-old Annie survived the war in hiding, but now she must face the daunting task of rebuilding her life and f

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100 People Who Made History

Learn how visionaries from Marie Curie to Mark Zuckerberg changed the course of history through their inventions, ideas,

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Girlhood Journeys #2

Shannon: Lost and Found

Kathleen V. Kudlinski

For the child who feels overwhelmed by big changes or lost in the crowd. Shannon's journey through a bustling city build

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