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Top authors writing middle grade historical-fiction
John Flanagan
715 ratings 4.34 ·- The Stern Chase (Brotherband Chronicles, #9) by John Flanagan
- The Ruins of Gorlan / The Burning Bridge / The Icebound Land / The Battle for Skandia /The Sorcerer of the North / The Siege of Macindaw by John Flanagan
- Escape from Falaise by John Flanagan
- Return of the Temujai by John Flanagan
- Duel at Araluen by John Flanagan
historical-fiction · fiction · action-adventure · young-adult · fantasy · audiobook · middle-grade · children · historical · book · medieval · high-fantasy · friendship · epic · war · violent-conflict · humor · male-mc · survival · coming-of-age
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Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
123 ratings 4.34 ·
children-books · coming-of-age · book · realistic · friendship · fiction · children · middle-grade · young-adult · family · historical · siblings · audiobook · historical-fiction · drama · abuse · grief · mental-illness · sad · survival
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Chuck Black
175 ratings 4.29 ·
action-adventure · young-adult · book · religion · fiction · spirituality · christian · fantasy · audiobook · historical-fiction · children · middle-grade · medieval · historical · sword-sorcery · high-fantasy · paranormal · myths · children-books · warriors
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Robin Stevens
189 ratings 4.27 ·
historical-fiction · law-enforcement · murder · fiction · middle-grade · children · young-adult · action-adventure · crime · mystery · friendship · boarding-school · historical · children-books · book · whodunit · audiobook · killer · female-author · cozy
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Patricia Polacco
266 ratings 4.26 ·
book · realistic · middle-grade · children · historical-fiction · friendship · poc-mc · fiction · children-books · young-adult · family · death · historical · action-adventure · bullying · disability · violent-conflict · social-commentary · war · cats
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Alan Gratz
247 ratings 4.23 ·
book · young-adult · fiction · children-books · action-adventure · middle-grade · historical · children · historical-fiction · realistic · friendship · coming-of-age · family · audiobook · survival · violent-conflict · suspense · war · 20th-century · high-school
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L.A. Meyer
232 ratings 4.20 ·- Wild Rover No More: Being the Last Recorded Account of the Life & Times of Jacky Faber by L.A. Meyer
- Boston Jacky: Being an Account of the Further Adventures of Jacky Faber, Taking Care of Business by L.A. Meyer
- Viva Jacquelina!: Being an Account of the Further Adventures of Jacky Faber, Over the Hills and Far Away by L.A. Meyer
- The Mark of the Golden Dragon: Being an Account of the Further Adventures of Jacky Faber, Jewel of the East, Vexation of the West, and Pearl of the South China Sea by L.A. Meyer
- The Wake of the Lorelei Lee: Being an Account of the Adventures of Jacky Faber, on her Way to Botany Bay by L.A. Meyer
book · middle-grade · action-adventure · nautical · young-adult · historical-fiction · audiobook · high-school · historical · female-mc · romance · humor · fiction · outlaws · realistic · scoundrel · children · orphans · alpha-mc · comedy
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Robert Beatty
114 ratings 4.19 ·
children · middle-grade · book · action-adventure · young-adult · historical · audiobook · magic · historical-fiction · horror · law-enforcement · fantasy · animals · fiction · paranormal · children-books · mystery · friendship · supernatural · family
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Lauren Tarshis
356 ratings 4.15 ·
middle-grade · children · young-adult · audiobook · fiction · realistic · book · children-books · action-adventure · historical-fiction · survival · historical · family · friendship · disaster · animals · suspense · north-america · usa · outdoors
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Jennifer A. Nielsen
409 ratings 4.13 ·
young-adult · action-adventure · fiction · book · middle-grade · children · audiobook · fantasy · family · friendship · historical-fiction · historical · mystery · survival · magic · epic · paranormal · war · violent-conflict · high-fantasy
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Katherine Rundell
120 ratings 4.11 ·
book · middle-grade · children · audiobook · fiction · realistic · children-books · young-adult · family · action-adventure · historical-fiction · friendship · female-author · coming-of-age · historical · fantasy · survival · magical-realism · animals · death
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Connie Rose Porter
169 ratings 4.07 ·
fiction · poc-mc · book · historical-fiction · violent-conflict · slavery · historical · children-books · middle-grade · children · poc-author · female-author · coming-of-age · civil-war · young-adult · audiobook · industrial-era · american-civil-war · black-mc · realistic
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Kirby Larson
108 ratings 4.06 ·
young-adult · family · middle-grade · children · book · fiction · friendship · historical · historical-fiction · violent-conflict · 20th-century · realistic · war · audiobook · action-adventure · coming-of-age · female-mc · poc-mc · industrial-era · multigenerational
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Deborah Wiles
111 ratings 4.05 ·
fiction · middle-grade · children · realistic · book · friendship · historical-fiction · children-books · young-adult · family · audiobook · coming-of-age · historical · politics · grief · 20th-century · action-adventure · death · violent-conflict · social-commentary
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Julie Campbell
126 ratings 4.05 ·
fiction · mystery · children · action-adventure · young-adult · children-books · book · middle-grade · historical-fiction · crime · literary · classics · law-enforcement · friendship · audiobook · contemporary · female-author · cozy · humor · fantasy
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Kate McMullan
301 ratings 4.02 ·
book · fiction · children · middle-grade · action-adventure · children-books · humor · fantasy · historical-fiction · historical · young-adult · dragons · paranormal · retellings · female-author · myths · male-mc · audiobook · boarding-school · family
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Mary Pope Osborne
1653 ratings 4.01 ·
fiction · children · book · children-books · fantasy · middle-grade · historical · historical-fiction · audiobook · action-adventure · young-adult · time-travel · magic · mystery · family · animals · magical-realism · low-fantasy · urban-fantasy · literary
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Margarita Engle
101 ratings 4.00 ·
young-adult · fiction · latinx-mc · middle-grade · book · poc-mc · historical · historical-fiction · children-books · realistic · north-america · friendship · family · feminism · children · caribbean · racism · cuba · action-adventure · slavery
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William Ritter
118 ratings 3.99 ·
young-adult · fantasy · fiction · book · paranormal · horror · magic · humor · myths · urban-fantasy · action-adventure · historical-fiction · mystery · middle-grade · audiobook · historical · retellings · victorian · steampunk · supernatural
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Valerie Tripp
571 ratings 3.96 ·
book · children · middle-grade · children-books · fiction · historical-fiction · historical · young-adult · audiobook · coming-of-age · female-author · literary · classics · family · realistic · friendship · 20th-century · war · violent-conflict · action-adventure
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Kate Milford
125 ratings 3.94 ·
fantasy · young-adult · fiction · book · children-books · mystery · action-adventure · middle-grade · paranormal · children · audiobook · historical-fiction · supernatural · magic · myths · low-fantasy · historical · family · magical-realism · retellings
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Kristiana Gregory
157 ratings 3.94 ·- The Royal Diaries - Eleanor: Crown Jewel of Aquitaine; Mary Queen of Scots; Marie Antoinette: Princess of Versailles by Kristiana Gregory
- Stalked: Danger and Fury, Ellis Island 1912 by Kristiana Gregory
- Cannons at Dawn: The Second Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1779 (Dear America) by Kristiana Gregory
- Catherine: The Great Journey, Russia, 1743 (The Royal Diaries) by Kristiana Gregory
- Prairie River: Hope Springs Eternal by Kristiana Gregory
book · fiction · historical · historical-fiction · middle-grade · young-adult · children · female-author · epistolary · female-mc · children-books · action-adventure · coming-of-age · royalty · realistic · audiobook · teens · 20th-century · war · violent-conflict
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Maryrose Wood
172 ratings 3.93 ·
fiction · book · fantasy · young-adult · humor · paranormal · historical · action-adventure · historical-fiction · audiobook · female-mc · supernatural · mystery · middle-grade · animals · children · family · industrial-era · magical-realism · victorian
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Deborah Ellis
151 ratings 3.92 ·
fiction · young-adult · middle-grade · children-books · historical-fiction · children · drama · book · realistic · family · poc-mc · historical · coming-of-age · friendship · female-mc · journey · war · contemporary · action-adventure · violent-conflict
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Laura Amy Schlitz
129 ratings 3.90 ·
middle-grade · children · audiobook · fiction · book · action-adventure · young-adult · family · friendship · historical-fiction · historical · fantasy · children-books · coming-of-age · paranormal · female-mc · magical-realism · animals · industrial-era · death
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Christopher Paul Curtis
190 ratings 3.89 ·
children-books · fiction · humor · middle-grade · children · young-adult · friendship · audiobook · realistic · book · action-adventure · poc-mc · family · historical-fiction · racism · coming-of-age · death · historical · poc-author · black-mc
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Ellen Oh
126 ratings 3.86 ·
fiction · poc-mc · young-adult · paranormal · fantasy · book · action-adventure · supernatural · magic · female-author · audiobook · historical-fiction · middle-grade · poc-author · family · children · myths · ghosts · children-books · historical
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Clare B. Dunkle
128 ratings 3.83 ·
book · young-adult · fiction · middle-grade · paranormal · dark · historical-fiction · supernatural · action-adventure · historical · fantasy · mystery · children · fairy-tale · romance · audiobook · animals · royalty · coming-of-age · marriage
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