Children & Young Adults Fiction - Historical - United States - 20th Century

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The Lions of Little Rock

Kristin Levine

 As twelve-year-old Marlee starts middle school in 1958 Little Rock, it feels like her whole world is falling apart. Until she meets Liz, the new girl at school. Liz is everything Marlee wishes she could be: she's brave, brash and al...

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Published: Jan 2013

Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown (Harper Tr...

Maud Hart Lovelace

Betsy, Tacy, and Tib are twelve--old enough to do lots of things...even go downtown on their own. There they see their first horseless carriage, discover the joys of the public library, and see a real play at the Opera House. They eve...

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Published: Jun 1979

A Long Way From Chicago (Puffin Moder...

Richard Peck

Join Joey and his sister Mary Alice as they spend nine unforgettable summers with the worst influence imaginable—their grandmother!

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Published: Oct 2000

The Diviners

Libba Bray

Do you believe there are ghosts and demons and Diviners among us?Evie O'Neill has been exiled from her boring old hometown and shipped off to the bustling streets of New York City--and she is pos-i-tute-ly ecstatic. It's 1926, and New...

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Published: Dec 2013

All-of-a-kind Family

Sydney Taylor

A heartwarming story of five little girls living with their parents in New York City at the turn of the century. They have simple but happy times as they share adventures, holidays and surprises. When Mama tells them her big news, it'...

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Published: Dec 1984

Brooklyn Rose

Ann Rinaldi

IIt's 1900, the dawn of a new century, and fifteen-year-old Rose Frampton is beginning a new life. She's left her family in South Carolina to live with her handsome and wealthy husband in Brooklyn, New York--a move that is both scary ...

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Published: Apr 2006

Out of The Easy

Ruta Sepetys

 It's 1950, and as the French Quarter of New Orleans simmers with secrets, seventeen-year-old Josie Moraine is silently stirring a pot of her own. Known among locals as the daughter of a brothel prostitute, Josie wants more out of li...

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Published: Feb 2014

Flygirl

Sherri L. Smith

All Ida Mae Jones wants to do is fly. Her daddy was a pilot, and years after his death she feels closest to him when sheÕs in the air. But as a young black woman in 1940s Louisiana, she knows the sky is off limits to her, until Ameri...

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Published: Sep 2010

A Northern Light

Jennifer Donnelly

Sixteen-year-old Mattie Gokey has big dreams but little hope of seeing them come true. Desperate for money, she takes a job at the Glenmore, where hotel guest Grace Brown entrusts her with the task of burning a secret bundle of letter...

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Published: Sep 2004

Dead End in Norvelt

Jack Gantos

Dead End in Norvelt is the winner of the 2012 Newbery Medal for the year's best contribution to children's literature and the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction! Melding the entirely true and the wildly fictional, Dead End in ...

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Published: May 2013

Al Capone Shines My Shoes

Gennifer Choldenko

When I first moved here, I thought all the bad guys were on one side of the bars and all the good guys were on the other. But lately, I've begun to wonder . . . Moose's family moved to Alcatraz so his father could work as a guard and ...

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Published: Jan 2011

The Lucky Ones: A Bright Young Things...

Anna Godbersen

Bright Young Things by Anna Godbersen, author of the bestselling Luxe series, introduced the girls of 1929, girls with big dreams and big secrets in the big city of Manhattan during the Jazz Age. Each girl had a different fate. One wo...

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Published: Jun 2013

Night on Fire

Ronald Kidd

Thirteen-year-old Billie Simms doesn't think her hometown of Anniston, Alabama, should be segregated, but few of the town's residents share her opinion. So when Billie learns that the Freedom Riders, a group of peace activists riding ...

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Published: Sep 2016

A Winning Spirit: A Molly Classic 1 (...

Valerie Tripp

Molly McIntire is growing up while the world is at war. Although the fighting is far away, life is full of changes and challenges. But Molly, with hope in her heart and pride in her country, is determined to make a difference. The fir...

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Published: Feb 2018

Navigating Early

Clare Vanderpool

"Just the sort of book that saves lives by igniting a passion for reading." –James PattersonA Michael L. Printz Honor WinnerAn ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults SelectionAn ALA-ALSC Notable Children's BookNew York Times Be...

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Published: Apr 2014

I Survived #5: I Survived the San Fra...

Lauren Tarshis

The terrifying details of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake jump off the page!Ten-year-old Leo loves being a newsboy in San Francisco -- not only does he get to make some money to help his family, he's free to explore the amazing, hil...

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Published: Mar 2012
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