Historical Fiction for Girls
Discover the best historical fiction books for girls! Explore captivating tales of adventure, courage, and resilience set in the past. Perfect for young readers who love history and storytelling.
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Brooklyn Rose
by Ann Rinaldi
On St. Helena Island, South Carolina, fifteen year-old Rose meets and marries Rene, a Yankee from Brooklyn, New York, who takes her north to his …
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Boston Jane: The Claim
by Jennifer L. Holm
Miss Jane Peck tries to leave her reckless ways and be recognized as a proper young woman. But as she embarks to the frontier with …
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The Ornament Tree
by Jean Thesman
When fourteen-year-old Bonnie moves to her cousin's boardinghouse in Seattle in 1918, she learns about life from the boarders and progressive women who live and …
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The Tree of Bells
by Jean Thesman
While living in a boardinghouse managed by her mother and grandmother in Seattle in 1922, sixteen-year-old Clare decides her future at a time of limited …
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Marie, Dancing
by Carolyn Meyer
In Stratford-upon-Avon in the sixteenth century, Anne Hathaway suffers her stepmother's cruelty and yearns for love and escape, finally finding it in the arms of …
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The Last Silk Dress
by Ann Rinaldi
High-spirited, beautiful Susan Chilmark, fourteen, vows to do something meaningful to support the Confederacy during the Civil War. Despite the wishes of her mother, Susan …
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Monkey Town
by Ronald Kidd
When her father hatches a plan to bring publicity to their Tennessee town by arresting a local teacher for teaching evolution, the resulting Scopes trial …
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A Voice from the Border
by Pamela Smith Hill
Fifteen-year-old Margaret Reeves O'Neill isn't likely to forget the day the war came home to Springfield, Missouri. That was the day her father left to …
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Roses for Mama
by Janette Oke
A captivating story of a young girl who must assume responsibility for raising her younger siblings.
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Witch Child
by Celia Rees
The year is 1659, a time of fear and lies. For Mary Newbury, it is a time of desperation. While she watches, unable to intervene, …
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No Shame, No Fear
by Ann Turnbull
In England in 1662, a time of religious persecution, fifteen-year-old Susanna, a poor country girl and a Quaker, and seventeen-year-old William, a wealthy Anglican, meet …