The following is a list of historical fiction books for middle school students (with a few information books snuck in). This list is provided by Gene Nelson, Provo City Library.
Pre-1500's
Before Columbus: The Americas of 1491 by Charles C. Mann
Who Was First? Discovering the Americas by Russell Freedman
1500's
The Lost Colony of Roanoke by Jean Fritz
1600's
1607: A New Look at Jamestown by Karen Lange
Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland by Sally Walker
Blood on the River: James Town 1607 by Elisa Carbone
The Double Life of Pocahontas by Jean Fritz
Witch-Hunt: Mysteries of the Salem Witch Trials by Marc Aronson
The Sacrifice by Kathleen Duble
Wicked Girls: A Novel of the Salem Witch Trials by Stephanie Hamphill
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth Speare
1700's
The Ransom of Mercy Carter by Caroline Cooney
Birchbark Brigade: A Fur Trade History by Cris Peterson
The Winter People by Joseph Bruchac
Ben Franklin's Almanac: Being a True Account of the Good Gentleman's Life by Candace Fleming
An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 by Jim Murphy
Fever 1793 by Laurie Anderson
Revolutionary War
Johnny Tremain: The Story of Boston in Revolt Against the British by Esther Forbes
My Brother Sam is Dead: Tim Was Caught in the Middle of War by James Collier
George Washington, Spymaster: How the Americans Outspied the British and Won the Revolutionary War by Thomas Allen
Give Me Liberty!: The Story of the Declaration of Independence by Russell Freedman
The Many Rides of Paul Revere by James Giblin
Everybody's Revolution: A New Look at the People Who Won America's Freedom by Thomas Fleming
Bushnell's Submarine: The Best Kept Secret of the American Revolution by Arthur Lefkowitz
Lafayette and the American Revolution by Russell Freedman
The Real Benedict Arnold by Jim Murphy
The Secret of Sarah Revere by Ann Rinaldi
Chains by Laurie Anderson
Forge by Laurie Anderson
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing: Traitor to the Nation by M.T. Anderson
Woods Runner by Gary Paulsen
The Fighting Ground by Avi
Hang a Thousand Trees with Ribbons: The Story of Phillis Wheatley by Ann Rinaldi
Pre-1500's
Before Columbus: The Americas of 1491 by Charles C. Mann
Who Was First? Discovering the Americas by Russell Freedman
1500's
The Lost Colony of Roanoke by Jean Fritz
1600's
1607: A New Look at Jamestown by Karen Lange
Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland by Sally Walker
Blood on the River: James Town 1607 by Elisa Carbone
The Double Life of Pocahontas by Jean Fritz
Witch-Hunt: Mysteries of the Salem Witch Trials by Marc Aronson
The Sacrifice by Kathleen Duble
Wicked Girls: A Novel of the Salem Witch Trials by Stephanie Hamphill
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth Speare
1700's
The Ransom of Mercy Carter by Caroline Cooney
Birchbark Brigade: A Fur Trade History by Cris Peterson
The Winter People by Joseph Bruchac
Ben Franklin's Almanac: Being a True Account of the Good Gentleman's Life by Candace Fleming
An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 by Jim Murphy
Fever 1793 by Laurie Anderson
Revolutionary War
Johnny Tremain: The Story of Boston in Revolt Against the British by Esther Forbes
My Brother Sam is Dead: Tim Was Caught in the Middle of War by James Collier
George Washington, Spymaster: How the Americans Outspied the British and Won the Revolutionary War by Thomas Allen
Give Me Liberty!: The Story of the Declaration of Independence by Russell Freedman
The Many Rides of Paul Revere by James Giblin
Everybody's Revolution: A New Look at the People Who Won America's Freedom by Thomas Fleming
Bushnell's Submarine: The Best Kept Secret of the American Revolution by Arthur Lefkowitz
Lafayette and the American Revolution by Russell Freedman
The Real Benedict Arnold by Jim Murphy
The Secret of Sarah Revere by Ann Rinaldi
Chains by Laurie Anderson
Forge by Laurie Anderson
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing: Traitor to the Nation by M.T. Anderson
Woods Runner by Gary Paulsen
The Fighting Ground by Avi
Hang a Thousand Trees with Ribbons: The Story of Phillis Wheatley by Ann Rinaldi