Historical Reads for Teens

Copper Sun by Sharon M. Draper: Book Cover

Hang a Thousand Trees with Ribbons by Ann Rinaldi: Book Cover

Uprising by Margaret Peterson Haddix: Book Cover

Copper Sun
by Sharon Draper
Takes Place: 1700’s
Subject: Slavery

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Hang a Thousand
Trees with Ribbons
by Ann Rinaldi
Takes Place: 1700’s
Subject: Slavery
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Across Five Aprils
by Irene Hunt
Takes Place: 1860’s
Subject: Civil War

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Uprising
by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Takes Place: 1910’s
Subject: Triangle Factory Fire

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Elephant Run by Roland Smith: Book Cover

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank: Book Cover

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak: Book Cover

Ashes of Roses
by Mary Jane Auch
Takes Place: 1910’s
Subject: Triangle Factory Fire
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Elephant Run
by Roland Smith
Takes Place: 1940’s
Subject: WWII in Burma
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The Diary of a Young Girl
by Anne Frank
Takes Place: 1940’s
Subject: WWII in hiding
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The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak
Takes Place: 1940’s
Subject: WWII in Germany
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The Kommandant's Girl by Pam Jenoff: Book Cover

Penny from Heaven by Jennifer L. Holm: Book Cover

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The Kommandant’s Girl
by Pam Jenoff
Takes Place: 1940’s
Subject: WWII in Poland
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Brooklyn
by Colm Toibin
Takes Place: 1950’s
Subject: Immigration
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Penny From Heaven
by Jennifer L. Holm
Takes Place: 1950’s
Subject: Coming of age
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