middle grade historical fiction books

Middle grade historical fiction books are a popular genre that captures the imaginations of young readers while also teaching them about different time periods and events in history. Whether it's discovering the wonders of ancient civilizations or experiencing the brave struggles of individuals during significant historical moments, these books entertain and educate simultaneously. In this article, we'll explore some of the best middle grade historical fiction books, their talented authors, and where to find them.

One highly recommended book in this genre is "Number the Stars" by Lois Lowry. Set in Nazi-occupied Denmark during World War II, this gripping and heartwarming tale follows the story of ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen and her Jewish best friend, Ellen Rosen. Together, they navigate the dangerous landscape of their war-torn country, showcasing bravery and resilience in the face of adversity. Lois Lowry, a beloved and award-winning author, skillfully weaves historical facts with a compelling narrative, making "Number the Stars" a must-read for young history enthusiasts.

Another noteworthy middle grade historical fiction book is "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis. This Newbery Medal-winning novel introduces readers to ten-year-old Bud Caldwell, an orphan during the Great Depression in the United States. As Bud embarks on a journey to find his father, readers are transported into the hardships and racial struggles of the time. Christopher Paul Curtis masterfully paints a vivid picture of the era, immersing readers in the sights and sounds of the 1930s.

For those interested in ancient history, "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw is a fantastic choice. Set in ancient Egypt, this captivating story revolves around a young boy named Ranofer who dreams of becoming a goldsmith. McGraw's attention to detail and her ability to transport readers to a different time period have made "The Golden Goblet" a beloved classic for many young readers.

To discover more middle grade historical fiction books, websites like Goodreads and BookRiot offer comprehensive lists curated by readers and book enthusiasts. These platforms allow users to explore recommendations, read reviews, and find their next captivating historical adventure.

In conclusion, middle grade historical fiction books are an exceptional way to engage young readers in the wonders of history. With talented authors like Lois Lowry, Christopher Paul Curtis, and Eloise Jarvis McGraw, these books not only entertain but also educate. Websites such as Goodreads and BookRiot are excellent resources to find more recommendations based on individual preferences. So, embark on a historical journey with these captivating books and broaden your knowledge while indulging in thrilling stories.
The Girl Need Not Guard, I am Blind Fiction
The Girl Need Not Guard, I am Blind

【Editor's Highly Recommended】"The girl need not guard, I am just a blind man." Initially, he only wanted to survive and grow. Little did he know that he would encounter w along the way.

67.80 Million words | 2022-06-10 14:32Update

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The Rise and Dominance of Song Dynasty at the End Fiction
The Rise and Dominance of Song Dynasty at the End

Traversing back to the late Northern Song Dynasty, I became Zhao Gou, the ninth son of Emperor Huizong of Song. Confronted with a decaying and corrupt rule, armed with memories from the future, I sought to alter my predestined fate. Standing alongside renowned figures such as Yue Fei and Lin Chong, I clashed with formidable opponents like Gao Qiu and Qin Huai. Amidst the chaotic era, I experienced both the trials of love and the pursuit of power, achieving both personal happiness and the prosperity of the Northern Song Dynasty. Witness how I lead a weakened nation, step by step, to rise against all odds. Tags by the author: Epic struggle

446.18 Million words | 2021-05-22 02:44Update

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Grand Robe Fiction
Grand Robe

After traveling through time, both of his parents were still alive, bringing him immense joy. However, as the royal guard to the prince, he incurred the wrath of the powerful Imperial Secret Police by punishing an evil scion in a fit of anger. From then on, he became an exile, wandering the world. He made friends with heroes of the martial arts world, embarking on thrilling revenge missions, showcasing his true colors as a man. When the previous emperor passed away and a new one ascended the throne, it turned out to be his foster brother. He delved deep into the court, taking control of the Imperial Secret Police. This started a complex web of conflicting loyalties between his old friends from the martial arts world and the interests of the court, where intrigue and power struggles were the norm...

585.19 Million words | 2020-08-26 21:30Update

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Living in the Ming Dynasty Fiction
Living in the Ming Dynasty

I have recently started a new urban novel called "Special Forces in the City". Please support it! A special forces soldier gets discharged and enters society, but doesn't know how to survive. In order to provide a better life for himself and his family, he can only rely on his own methods. This is not the jungle or the desert; reality is even more complicated. He can only move forward and cannot retreat. But how does he manage to survive in this concrete jungle? Stay tuned for updates!

510.36 Million words | 2021-08-08 05:43Update

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Dominating the world Fiction
Dominating the world

Some say this period of history is worthy of an epic, while others say it will be forever engraved in our memories. When people of this era speak of the tumultuous and magnificent twenty years, it pales the previous thousands of years of civilization. Future generations call it a remarkable period of changes and developments that left people in awe for thousands of years to come.

445.70 Million words | 2023-04-23 03:38Update

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Pretentious Scholar of the Ming Dynasty Fiction
Pretentious Scholar of the Ming Dynasty

Without relying on their father's success, they can still live the life of a playboy and win the heart of a beautiful woman! He is a dead rascal hiding his true identity as a scholar! He is a rogue who thrives in the Ming Dynasty, pretending to be sophisticated, seducing women, and challenging the wealthy! The character of the playboy often appears in urban novels, but the playboy that Xiaojun wants to write about

215.94 Million words | 2022-12-12 22:28Update

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The glory of the Song Dynasty Fiction
The glory of the Song Dynasty

Yang Wanli envies his drunken encounters with beauties; Lu You slanders his face like the king of the underworld; The beautiful memories burden him, and his dreams break his heart; Xin Qiji mocks his thuggish behavior; When historians write about his life, they shake their heads in silence, unable to put pen to paper... (History as the skeleton, imagination as the wings, the spirit of the Chinese nation, vast and magnificent.) QQ Group: [group number]

200.50 Million words | 2021-02-09 04:02Update

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Armor of War: Three Kingdoms Fiction
Armor of War: Three Kingdoms

Give me a girl, and I cannot create a nation; give me a piece of wood, and I can instantly make a repeating crossbow. With the armor and weapon system in my hands, I have the three kingdoms under my control! What does the Wolf Cavalry of Bingzhou matter? Just watch how my three thousand aluminum helmets and armor lead the charge and conquer the world! What about the vanguard of Hebei? Just see how my Furious Edge Camp wields steel spring repeating crossbows to sweep across the Nine Provinces! What about the navy of Jiangdong? Just witness how my Yan vehicle and ship

208.08 Million words | 2023-05-31 00:39Update

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Drunken Linglong Fiction
Drunken Linglong

"Drunken Linglong" is a masterpiece by Fourteen Nights, a Chinese-American author on Jinjiang Net, and one of the classic representative works of time-traveling novels. With exquisite writing and a historical background, it depicts a beautiful picture with a sense of ancient charm. Ideal for reading by the lamplight, with endless aftertaste when held in hand. It involves the mystery of an emperor's death, the chaotic bloodline of a royal family, an ancient treasure of the witch clan, and the conflicts between the martial world and the imperial court, as well as the entanglement of love and hatred. The story revolves around the transformation of a modern woman who is separated by millions of years. "You are no one, you are only my woman," he said, gazing at her, as if she had fallen into the reincarnation of destiny, step by step. If she exists for him in this lifetime, then he exists to wait for her. Meeting after a thousand years, knowing each other with a glance, they walk hand in hand on the highest path of power in the mortal world, pointing the way to a picturesque country. In the vast universe, throughout endless time, when they reach the pinnacle of this life, how will they choose and decide? "If we could choose only one thing in this world, I would choose your smile. Even if you suffer, what use is the whole world to me?" In this life, there are always some people worth trusting with our lives. There is always one person who has gone through hardships just to be with you...

75.88 Million words | 2023-04-03 12:10Update

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She gave up the world for her. Fiction
She gave up the world for her.

She was his queen, yet he hated her to the core. His dark eyes filled with malice, he cruelly broke her bones and abandoned her, going to the palace of his sister, where she was met with endless torment and trampling. Her sister, a master of deception, joined forces with the palace concubines to continuously plot against her, with his active participation, ruthlessly ravaging her body and soul. The unbearable pain of losing their unborn child eventually compelled her to leave decisively! He thought that what was missed was just a moment, but as he looked back in haste, he realized that what was missed was a lifetime. (This story is tragically cruel, please have some tissues ready.)

173.97 Million words | 2020-08-08 10:58Update

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The Most Awesome Prince Consort in History Fiction
The Most Awesome Prince Consort in History

and he accidentally became involved in the fate of the Song Dynasty.

279.85 Million words | 2021-01-21 12:35Update

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Carpenter Fiction
Carpenter

He began his apprenticeship at the age of thirteen and became a master at sixteen, starting his decades-long career as a carpenter. He found brilliance in ordinary life. He persisted in delivering free couplets to his fellow villagers for decades. He saved Yu'er from near starvation and gave her a home. He promised and fulfilled his duty to take care of his master and mistress in their old age. He was once captured by the invaders and forced into labor. He successfully smuggled two North Korean workers to Northeast China. He organized the village youth to eliminate two invaders who entered the village. He established a voluntary literacy class in the village. In his later years, he passed on his craftsmanship to the younger generation. In the multitude of professions, excellence can be found in any. When we focus on those who accomplish extraordinary things, we must not overlook the achievements of ordinary people, for they too are indelible.

568.93 Million words | 2022-08-27 18:00Update

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Rise 1892 Fiction
Rise 1892

Lin Daxin, the son of Lin Yongsheng, who served as the commander of the Jingyuan ship in the Beiyang Fleet. Can Lin Daxin still watch his father die in the Sino-Japanese War while he himself can freely travel between the Qing Dynasty and the modern era, with physical objects also being able to travel through time? As Lin Daxin continues to transport things from the modern era to the Qing Dynasty, starting from the year, China embarks on a different path as a great power. When the Japanese, Russians, British, French, Germans, and Americans all refer to China as an Eastern power, one invaded by Eastern powers armed with powerful ships and cannons, Lin Daxin laughs cunningly!

417.83 Million words | 2020-09-25 15:19Update

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Legend Kitchen Warrior Fiction
Legend Kitchen Warrior

"Xie Heilong, the captain is coming soon. Add a few more dishes right away." "Xie Heilong, stop chopping vegetables. Sniper from the third platoon has a stomachache. Hurry and go. If you don't take the first place, go feed the pigs." The story of a mediocre soldier in the cooking squad who rises up to become the King of Soldiers! Well, the story of the King of Soldiers who was once a cook."

408.60 Million words | 2020-07-05 03:00Update

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The Magician of the Three Kingdoms. Fiction
The Magician of the Three Kingdoms.

The wealthy sorcerer Wang Bao Yu, who was transported to the Three Kingdoms, only wanted to find a way back to modern times. He had no intention of altering history with just a few flaps of his butterfly fan. The three visits to the thatched cottage, borrowing arrows with straw boats, and the fire at Red Cliff were all events he had only read about in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms." Determined to follow the course of history, despite his lack of knowledge and skills, Wang Bao Yu unintentionally plunged the Three Kingdoms into chaos, leaving historians in tears... The Sorcerer's Book Club warmly welcomes readers to join!

369.89 Million words | 2021-02-02 20:53Update

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Bright Blood Fiction
Bright Blood

Transferred to turmoil in the late Ming Dynasty? Heroes have their own ways of dying, and bears have their own paths to survival. A true man sheds his blood without fear of death! Mo Li said, nonsense, without me in this world, you will be lonely! Well, I mean, especially those graceful and charming beauties~ Dayu'er! I'm talking to you, what are you thinking? Come here and kneel down... Join Crazy Blue's QQ group, welcome everyone to chat nonsense together...

136.91 Million words | 2021-09-28 02:27Update

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Ming tycoon Fiction
Ming tycoon

In the second year of Jingtai, the kind-hearted Zhu Qizhen anxiously looked towards the Southern Palace, while Zhu Qiyu sat proudly in the Hall of Heavenly Purity. The once stunning Empress Qian had now become a feeble old woman, and the beloved Wan Zhen'er, who once received the Emperor's favor in all six palaces, was now thin and weak. This year marked the second year after the disastrous defeat of the Ming Dynasty. It was during this time that the battle to defend the capital had just been won, and the bloodstains left by the eunuch Wang Zhen had not yet dried. Yang, a talented scholar from the Ministry of Rites, returned to the capital with great courage, and the mighty Shao Bao began to display his power on the frontier. This was an age marked by recent chaos, but also a time filled with opportunities. It was at this moment that a man from another era journeyed through time and space, with a gust of wind disturbing the calm river. The drizzle in Shuntian Prefecture wet the tips of the girls' shoes, and the gentle sound of the bell from the office of the Grand Music Bureau swayed in the air. The scholars on the willow-lined river bank sang loudly, but who was it that plucked the pipa and made the banana leaves turn red?

192.09 Million words | 2023-05-16 02:43Update

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Victoria's Secret Fiction
Victoria's Secret

A thousand years ago, the decisive battle between light and darkness took place. As the goddess slumbered, she left behind a prophecy, foretelling the coming of the savior. And now, a millennium later, the reborn soul finds itself lost in this world, burdened with a heavy responsibility, struggling to break free from the chains of mundane existence. Walking a precarious tightrope between good and evil, will he fulfill the prophecy and save humanity? Or will he bring about the destruction of all things? The vengeful judge returns from afar. What exactly is Victoria's secret?

157.55 Million words | 2023-06-28 15:13Update

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The Five Dynasties' Against the Sky Fiction
The Five Dynasties' Against the Sky

To avoid the decline of the two Song dynasties and revive the prosperity of the Han and Tang dynasties, everything lies in the novel "The Reversal of the Five Dynasties". Originally intended to portray a cheerful fifth prince, who would have thought he would recruit a trusted general named Cao Bin, hire an accountant and change his own name to Zhao Pu, and even save a bandit, only to find out that his brother-in-law is Pan Mei... In the city of Bianjing, he insults Wang Pu, injures Shi Shouxin, and even kicks Zhao Kuangyin's buttocks with force. There is no path of surrender, only the road to contention for hegemony!

74.65 Million words | 2020-10-21 23:20Update

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The Golden Bookworm. Fiction
The Golden Bookworm.

I am a book boy and I am proud, To chase girls, I need no aphrodisiacs allowed. A modern high-class handsome transmigrating, To a chaotic era with battles raging. Became a companion reading boy, I am, Sacrificing charm to resist enchanting dames. Walking with damsels on dark night paths, Others laugh at my carefree acts, But I laugh at them for being mentally impaired. Tang An: "Those who call me straightforward are truly unaware..."

199.10 Million words | 2022-12-21 19:09Update

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