Kids and teens historical fiction - life on the frontier
Discover the best historical fiction books for kids and teens about life on the frontier. Explore thrilling frontier adventures, pioneer stories, and wild west tales that bring history to life for young readers.
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The Great Railroad Race
by Kristiana Gregory
As the daughter of a newspaper reporter, fourteen-year-old Libby keeps a diary account of the exciting events surrounding her during the building of the Transcontinental …
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Margaret
by Jane Claypool Miner
The hardships of prairie life in the 1880's force a young teacher from the East to evaluate her career and her heart.
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Land of the Buffalo Bones
by Marion Dane Bauer
Fourteen-year-old Polly Rodgers keeps a diary of her 1873 journey from England to Minnesota as part of a colony of eighty people seeking religious freedom, …
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The Bread Sister of Sinking Creek
by Robin Moore
A moving saga of young Maggie Callahan, who arrives after a long journey from Philadelphia to live with her Aunt Franny, only to find an …
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Crossing the Colorado Rockies, 1864
by Laurie Lawlor
The Hitchcocks seek gold but face poverty and their own prejudices.