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30 Best Children’s & Young Adult Historical Novels

Children’s and young adult historical fiction introduces past societies through accessible narratives and younger viewpoints. These books often connect personal growth with family, conflict, migration, identity and responsibility.

78 books 11 historical periods

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Prehistory 3,200 BCE–43 CE 4 books Ancient World 2,200 BCE–628 CE 9 books American History 1607–1912 CE 9 books Asia & the Islamic World 221 BCE–1,997 CE 1 book Medieval Period 330–1,816 CE 20 books Tudor & Stuart Britain 1485–1714 CE 6 books Georgian & Regency Britain 1714–1837 CE 11 books Age of Revolutions 1763–1848 CE 3 books Nineteenth-Century Europe 1815–1900 CE 2 books World War I & Interwar Era 1914–1939 CE 2 books World War II 1939–1945 CE 11 books

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