Book of the Week Archives

Historical Fiction From All Catalogued Years

Fly Girl by Sherri L. Smith (4/10/2009)
The Storyteller’s Candle by Lucia Gonzalez (7/14/2008)
The Seer of Shadows Avi (11/17/2008)
The Boy Who Dared by Susan Campbell Bartoletti (5/19/2008)
Emperors of the Ice: A True Story of Disaster and Survival in the Antarctic, 1910-13 by Richard Farr (1/9/2009)
Harlem Summer by Walter Dean Myers (5/7/2007)
Jackie's Bat by Marybeth Lorbiecki (7/3/2006)
Yellow Star by Jennifer Roy (7/10/2006)
The Secret of the Rose by Sarah L. Thomson (6/26/2006)
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (6/5/2006)
The Convicts by Iain Lawrence (9/5/2005)
Shackleton's Stowaway by Victoria McKernan (7/4/2005)
Miss Spitfire: Reaching Helen Keller by Sarah Miller (7/23/2007)
Apples to Oregon: Being the (Slightly) True Narrative of How a Brave Pioneer Father Brought Apples, Peaches, Pears, Plums, Grapes, and Cherries (and Children) Across the Plains by Deborah Hopkinson (11/15/2004)
Blueberries for the Queen by John Paterson and Katherine Paterson (12/6/2004)
The Firekeeper's Son by Linda Sue Park (9/27/2004)
Going North by Janice N. Harrington (1/10/2005)
Sweet Music in Harlem by Debbie A. Taylor (2/7/2005)
Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko (11/1/2004)
Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata (2/14/2005)
Sky by Pamela Porter (10/18/2004)
The Fire-Eaters by David Almond (9/6/2004)
Sammy & Juliana in Hollywood by Benjamin Alire Sáenz (1/24/2005)