Danny Blackgoat,
Navajo Prisoner
Tim Tingle
PB YA TINGLE
Danny Blackgoat, a Navajo, is
labeled a troublemaker during
the Long Walk of 1864 and sent
to a prisoner outpost in TX,
where fellow captive Jim Davis
starts him on the road to literacy
and freedom.
Firehorse
Diane L. Wilson
YA WILSON
Spirited horse lover Rachel
Selby works towards becoming
a veterinarian, despite the
opposition of her rigid father,
her proper mother, and the
norms of Boston in 1872.
The Monstrumologist
Richard Yancey
YA YANCEY
In 1888, Will Henry chronicles
his apprenticeship with Dr.
Warthrop, a scientist who hunts
and studies real-life monsters.
The Traitor
Laurence Yep
YA YEP
In 1885, an illegitimate
American boy and a Chinese
American boy develop an
unlikely friendship in the
midst of prejudices and racial
tension in their coal mining
town of Rock Springs, WY.
Three Rivers Rising
Jame Richards
YA RICHARDS
Celestia is a wealthy member
of the South Fork Fishing and
Hunting Club, where she meets
and falls in love with Peter, a
hired hand who lives in the
valley below. She moves in
with him after being disowned
by her family just as the rains
hit Jonestown in 1889.
An Acquaintance
with Darkness
Ann Rinaldi
YA RINALDI
When her mother dies and her
best friend's family is
implicated in the assassination
of President Lincoln, Emily
goes to live with an uncle she
suspects of stealing bodies for
research.
The Caged Graves
Dianne K. Salerni
YA SALERNI
Returning to her hometown
of Catawissa, PA in 1867 to
marry a man she has never met,
Verity Boone gets caught up in
the mystery surrounding the
graves of her mother and aunt,
and a dangerous hunt for
gold. Also by this author:
We Hear the Dead.
Bowery Girl
Kim Taylor
YA TAYLOR
In 1883 New York, two
orphaned teen girls realize that
their dream of saving enough
money to move to Brooklyn
across the newly-built bridge
may be achieved if they learn
new trades, rather than
continuing their lives of
prostitution and theft.
AMERICAN HISTORICAL FICTION FOR TEENS
City of Orphans
Avi
YA AVI
In 1893 New York, Maks, a
newsboy, teams up with Willa,
a homeless girl, to clear his
older sister, Emma, from
charges of theft.
The Dark Unwinding
Sharon Cameron
YA CAMERON
In 1852, Katharine is sent to prove
that her uncle is insane. Instead, she
finds he is an inventor whose work
creating clockwork figures supports
hundreds of families, but strange
occurrences soon have her doubting
her own sanity. First in the Dark
Unwinding series.
The Year We Were Famous
Carole Estby Dagg
YA DAGG
Based on the true story, Clara
Estby and her mother Helga walk
across America in 1896, in an
attempt to win a ten thousand
dollar prize and save their home
from foreclosure.
On Viney’s Mountain
Joan Donaldson
YA DONALDSON
In the Cumberland Mountains
during the fall of 1879, Viney
is shocked to hear that Englishmen
will build a new community,
demolishing the beautiful area that
inspires her weaving designs.
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Frontier and beyond: 1800s
The Vespertine
Saundra Mitchell
YA MITCHELL
In 1889, when Amelia leaves
her brother's strict home for the
freedom of a social season with
cousins in Baltimore, she is
surprised by her strong attraction
to an unsuitable man, but more
so by the dark visions she has
each evening. First in the
Vespertine series.
My Face to the Wind
Jim Murphy
YA MURPHY
Sarah Jane records her
experiences as a young school
teacher, after she is forced to
fend for herself following her
father’s death in 1881.
Alligator Bayou
Donna Jo Napoli
YA NAPOLI
Calogero Scalise and his family
live in a small southern town in
1899, when Jim Crow laws rule
and anti-immigration sentiment is
strong. Despite his attempts to
be polite and to follow American
customs, disaster dogs his family
at every turn.
Jip
Katherine Paterson
YA PATERSON
While living on a poor farm,
Jip learns his identity, and
comes to understand how
he arrived at the farm.
Tucket’s Gold
Gary Paulsen
YA PAULSEN
Francis and the two children he
has adopted travel across the Old
West, evade Comancheros,
discover a treasure, and wind up
rich beyond their wildest dreams.
The Luxe
Anna Godbersen
YA GODBERSEN
In Manhattan in 1899, five teens
of different social classes lead
dangerously scandalous lives,
despite the strict rules of society.
The Wild
Christopher Golden
YA GOLDEN
Young Jack London makes the
arduous journey to the Yukon's
gold fields in 1893, becoming
uneasy about the supernatural
forces in the wilderness that have
taken an interest in him. First in
the Secret Journeys of Jack
London series.
Haunting Violet
Alyxandra Harvey
YA HARVEY
Violet Willoughby has been
part of her mother's Spiritualist
scam since she was nine, but
during an 1872 house party in
Hampshire, England, she is
horrified to learn that she can
actually see ghosts, one of whom
wants Violet to solve her murder.
Jason’s Gold
Will Hobbs
YA HOBBS (also PB YA)
When news of the discovery of
gold in Canada's Yukon Territory
in 1897 reaches Jason, he embarks
on a 10,000-mile journey to strike
it rich. Sequel: Down the Yukon.
Boston Jane
Jennifer L. Holm
YA HOLM
Schooled in the lessons of etiquette
for young ladies of 1854, Jane of
Philadelphia finds little use for
manners while living among the
American traders and Chinook
Indians in the Washington
Territory.
Dangerous Neighbors
Beth Kephart
YA KEPHART
Set against the backdrop of the
1876 Centennial Exhibition in
Philadelphia, Katherine cannot
forgive herself when her beloved
twin sister dies, and she feels
that her only course of action
is to follow suit.
Dead Reckoning
Mercedes Lackey
YA LACKEY
In 1867, Jett, a girl passing as a
boy while seeking her long-lost
twin brother, joins forces with
Honoraria Gibbons, an inventor,
and White Fox, a young Army
scout, to investigate a zombie
army that is terrorizing the West.
He Will Go Fearless
Laurie Lawlor
YA LAWLOR
With the Civil War ended and
Reconstruction begun, Billy
resolves to make the dangerous
and challenging journey west
in search of real fortune.
Letters from a Slave Girl
Mary E. Lyons
YA LYONS
A fictionalized version of the life
of Harriet Jacobs as she prepared
to escape to the North in 1842.
Also by this author:
Letters from a Slave Boy.
The Devil’s Paintbox
Victoria McKernan
YA MCKERNAN
In 1865, Aiden and his sister
Maddy, penniless orphans, leave
drought-stricken Kansas on a
wagon train hoping for a better
life in Seattle, but find there are
still many hardships to be faced.
Also by this author:
Son of Fortune.