1700s
This novel was written after the popularity of a Broadway musical highlighted the life of a founding father.
Alex and Eliza
The protagonist of this novel is Deaf
Show Me a Sign
This book focuses on a girl with a club foot sent to the English countryside for her safety during the Blitz
The War That Saved My Life
This novel follows two perspectives in two different timelines, one set in New York, and one set in Afghanistan
Ground Zero
This novel follows a young girl navigating life and loss during a yellow fever pandemic
Fever 1793
This novel deals with the tragic true story of a series of families trapped on their journey west by blizzards and impassable mountains, and the desperate measures they took to survive
Donner Dinner Party
In this novel set in WWII, a young girl must help smuggle her best friend, who is Jewish, to safety
Number the Stars
This novel follows three siblings navigating life and school in the lead up to the Challenger space shuttle explosion
We Dream of Space
In this novel, written in diary format, the main character befriends Martha Washington
The Winter of Red Snow
The protagonist of this novel learns about the dangers of flash floods, poison plants, lack of water, broken bones, and dying livestock before the end of her journey
Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie
This novel about a found family, sabotage, and a gas station takes place during the Great Depression
Lucky Strikes
This novel takes place in the 1980s in Washington state as a young girl navigates an unexpected natural disaster
Maribel Vs the Volcano
This novel focuses on the children of slave Sally Hemmings
Jefferson's Sons
The author of this novel was inspired to write a story based on her love of Laura Ingalls Wilder and her own biracial upbringing
Prairie Lotus
This novel offers three perspectives on the clothworkers' strikes of the early 1900s, culminating in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
Uprising
This novel is set during the earliest attempts to desegregate American schools
The Lions of Little Rock