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.