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Explore young adult books about history for children.
677 books
Over the Wall
John Ritter
Thirteen-year-old Tyler spends a summer in New York playing baseball while grappling with his anger and the shadow of th
Ages 10–14
The Only Thing to Fear #1
Live in Infamy
Caroline Tung Richmond
Eighty years after the Axis powers won the war with super soldiers, a new generation risks everything to reclaim the hop
Ages 12–18
The Ape Quartet #1
Endangered
Eliot Schrefer
When a revolution strikes a bonobo sanctuary, a teenager must brave the deep jungle to rescue the animals and find a way
Ages 12–17
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Jackaby
2 books in this category
Playing for the Commandant
Suzy Zail
For the teen processing the weight of history and the impossible choices of the human heart during times of unimaginable
Ages 14–18
The Year of the Hangman
Gary Blackwood
For the teen struggling with authority and finding their own path, this gripping alternative history explores what it me
Ages 12–17
The Candle and the Flame
Nafiza Azad
In a Silk Road city of refuge, a young woman finds herself caught in the middle of a dangerous war between two powerful
Ages 12–18
Seven Cities of Gold #1
The King's Fifth
Scott O'Dell
A teenage Spanish Conquistador witnesses firsthand how the desperate search for gold in the Americas twists the minds an
Ages 11–16
Prisoner B-3087
Alan Gratz
Yanek Gruener fights to maintain his identity and his hope as he is forced to endure the unimaginable horrors of ten dif
Ages 11–16
Jade Green: A Ghost Story
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Judith Sparrow moves into her uncle's haunted house with a secret, only to wonder if her own small mistake is triggering
Ages 10–14
Jackaby #2
Beastly Bones
William Ritter
Missing dinosaur bones and a mysterious beast stalking 1892 New England send Abigail and the eccentric Jackaby on a hunt
Ages 12–18
Jackaby #1
Jackaby
William Ritter
In 1892, Abigail Rook joins a paranormal investigator who sees the supernatural world hidden behind the curtain of ordin
Ages 12–18
Saving Hamlet
Molly Booth
After falling through a theater trapdoor, Emma lands in 1601 London where she must help William Shakespeare stage the ve
Ages 12–17
Backwater
Joan Bauer
Ivy trades her father’s legal ambitions for a hike into the Adirondack wilds to find a reclusive aunt and uncover her ow
Ages 12–17
Go and Come Back
Joan Abelove
Alicia observes two visiting anthropologists with humor and skepticism as they try to understand her village life deep i
Ages 12–17
Shadowmancer #2
Wormwood
G. P. Taylor
A deadly comet races toward 1756 London as a doctor and his housemaid protect an ancient book of power from dark forces
Ages 12–17
The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person
Frederick Joseph
Frederick Joseph shares personal stories and expert interviews to offer a candid, essential guide on recognizing bias an
Ages 12–18
The Running Man
Michael Gerard Bauer
A reclusive veteran and a young artist are brought together by a portrait commission, forcing both to look past neighbor
Ages 13–17
Fiona
Meredith Moore
Nightly whispers and strange noises haunt a Scottish manor where Fiona works as an au pair, making her wonder what is re
Ages 14–18
Crocodile Burning
Michael Williams
A young man from Soweto sees his world expand and transform when he earns a spot in a musical production bound for the b
Ages 12–17
Between Shades of Gray
Andrew Donkin, Ruta Sepetys
Lina and her family are torn from their home and sent to Siberia, where she must fight for survival and vow to keep the
Ages 12–18
New Boy
Julian Houston
A teenage boy leaves Virginia to become the first Black student at a 1950s Connecticut boarding school, facing a world e
Ages 13–18
Copper Sun
Sharon M. Draper
A fifteen-year-old Ashanti girl fights to survive unimaginable sorrow after being taken from her home and transported to
Ages 14–18
Private Peaceful
Michael Morpurgo
Determined to protect his older brother, fourteen-year-old Thomas Peaceful lies about his age to join the front lines of
Ages 12–18
A Swift Pure Cry
Siobhan Dowd
In 1984 Ireland, teenager Shell struggles to keep her family together until a secret pregnancy sparks a scandal that cha
Ages 14–18
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