The Witch of

Blackbird Pond

Elizabeth George Speare

YA SPEARE

In 1687, Kit Tyler, feeling

out of place in the Puritan

household of her aunt,

befriends an old woman

considered a witch

by the community and

suddenly finds herself

standing trial for witchcraft.

The Mourning Wars Karen Steinmetz

YA STEINMETZ

In 1704, Mohawk Indians

attack the frontier village of

Deerfield, MA, kidnapping

over 100 residents, including

Eunice Williams. Based on

a true story.

Father of Lies Ann Turner

YA TURNER In 1692 when a plague of

accusations descends on

Salem Village and "witch

fever" erupts, Lidda, who

has begun to experience

visions and hear voices,

tries to expose the lies of

the witch trials without

being hanged as a witch

herself. Includes author's

notes about the Salem Witch

Trials and bipolar disease.

Witch Child

Celia Rees

PB YA REES

In 1659, Mary Newbury keeps

a journal of her voyage from

England to the New World and

her experiences living as a

witch in a community of

Puritans near Salem, MA.

The Color of Fire

Ann Rinaldi

YA RINALDI

In 1741, Phoebe watches as her

town erupts into mass hysteria

when the whites in New York

City accuse the slaves of

planning an uprising.

Finishing Becca

Ann Rinaldi

YA RINALDI

Becca takes a position as a

maid in a wealthy Philadelphia

Quaker home and witnesses

the events that lead to General

Benedict Arnold's betrayal of

the American forces during

the Revolutionary War.

Or Give Me Death

Ann Rinaldi

YA RINALDI

With their father away

advocating independence for

the American colonies, the

children of Patrick Henry try

to raise themselves.

A Ride into Morning

Ann Rinaldi

YA RINALDI

When unrest spreads at the

Revolutionary War camp in

Morristown, NJ a young woman

cleverly hides her horse from

the mutinous soldiers who have

need of it.

Chains

Laurie Halse Anderson

YA ANDERSON

After being sold to a cruel couple

in New York City, a slave named

Isabel spies for the rebels during

the Revolutionary War.

Sequel: Forge

Fever 1793

Laurie Halse Anderson

YA ANDERSON

In 1793 Philadelphia, Matilda

Cook, separated from her sick

mother, learns about perseverance

and self-reliance when she is

forced to cope with the horrors

of a yellow fever epidemic.

The Astonishing Life of

Octavian Nothing

V. 1: The Pox Party

M. T. Anderson

YA ANDERSON

Various diaries, letters, and other

manuscripts chronicle the life of

Octavian, a young African

American, as he is brought up as

part of a science experiment in the

years leading up to and during the

Revolutionary War. Sequel: The

Kingdom on the Waves

The Fighting Ground

Avi

YA AVI

Jonathan goes off to fight in the

Revolutionary War and discovers

the real war is being fought within

himself.

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AMERICAN HISTORICAL FICTION FOR TEENS

New World, New Nation:

1600s-1799

Indian Captive Lois Lenski

YA LENSKI A fictional retelling of

the experiences of Mary

Jemison, who was captured

by a Shawnee war party

during the French and

Indian War.

Soldier’s Secret

Marissa Moss

YA MOSS

Sarah masquerades as a man

during the Civil War, serving

as a nurse on the battlefield

and a spy for the Union

Army. Based on the life of

Sarah Emma Edmonds.

The Serpent Never Sleeps

Scott O’Dell

YA O’DELL

In the early seventeenth

century, Serena Lynn,

determined to be with the

man she has loved since

childhood, travels to the

New World and comes to

know the hardships of

colonial life and the

extraordinary Princess

Pocahontas.

Woods Runner

Gary Paulsen

YA PAULSEN

From his 1776 Pennsylvania

homestead, Samuel, who is

a highly-skilled woodsman,

sets out toward New York City to rescue his parents

from the band of British

soldiers and Indians who

kidnapped them after

slaughtering most of their

community.

The Year of the Hangman Gary L. Blackwood

YA BLACKWOOD In 1777, having been

kidnapped and taken forcibly

from England to the American

colonies, Creighton becomes

part of developments in the

political unrest that may spell

defeat for the patriots and

change the course of history.

The Winter People

Joseph Bruchac

YA BRUCHAC As the French and Indian War

rages in October of 1759,

Saxso, an Abenaki boy,

pursues the English rangers

who have attacked his village

and taken his mother and

sisters hostage.

Jump Ship to Freedom James Lincoln Collier

and Christopher Collier

PB YA COLLIER In 1787 a fourteen-year-old

slave, anxious to buy freedom

for himself and his mother,

escapes from his dishonest

master and tries to find help

in cashing the soldier's notes

received by his father for

fighting in the Revolution.

My Brother Sam is Dead

James Lincoln Collier

and Christopher Collier

PB YA COLLIER

Recounts the tragedy that strikes the Meeker family

during the Revolution when

one son joins the rebel forces

while the rest of the family

tries to stay neutral in a

Tory town.

The Ransom of Mercy Carter

Caroline B. Cooney

YA COONEY

In 1704, in the English

settlement of Deerfield, MA

Mercy and her family and

neighbors are captured by

Mohawk Indians and their

French allies, and forced to

march through bitter cold to

French Canada, where some

adapt to new lives.

Copper Sun

Sharon M. Draper

YA DRAPER

Two girls, one a slave and the

other an indentured servant,

escape their Carolina plantation

and try to make their way to

Fort Moses, FL, a Spanish

colony that gives sanctuary

to slaves.

Five 4ths of July

Pat Hughes

YA HUGHES

On July 4th, 1777, Jake

Mallory and his friends are

celebrating their new nation's

independence, but over the

next four years Jake finds

himself in increasingly

adventurous circumstances

as he battles British forces and

barely survives captivity on

a prison ship.

My Lady, Pocahontas

Kathleen V. Kudlinski

YA KUDLINSKI

Nuttagwon, daughter of a

minor Pamunkey chief, is

still a girl when Pocahontas's

vision of peace between their

people and the newly-arrived

English colonists bonds the

two in a lifelong friendship

as they work together to

make the vision a reality.