Entering Grade 7
HISTORICAL FICTION
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White Bird: A Wonder Story
by R.J. Palacio Told from the perspective of Julian’s Grandmere, who was hidden by a family in a Nazi-occupied French village during World War II; and how the boy she and her classmates once shunned became her savior and best friend. |
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Salt to The Sea
by Ruta Sepetys The tragic story of the Wilhelm Gustloff and the ten thousand souls aboard, as told from multiple perspectives. |
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The Night Diary
by Veera Hiranandani In the 1940s a Hindu family whose home, once in India, becomes part of Muslim Pakistan when British colonial rule ends and religious violence erupts between once-peaceful neighbors. |
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Refugee
by Alan Gratz The action packed story of three different refugees spanning three different decades and continents escape bombings, starvation, and gassing. |
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The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and storytelling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors. |
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The Inquisitors Tale
by Adam Gidwitz Occasionally mystical but historically on point: Three children with special talents (and a recently resurrected dog) journey across France to complete a holy mission. |
 
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Maus, Volume 1: My Father Bleeds History
by Art Spiegelman The haunting story of the author's father, a Holocaust survivor, in which the Nazis are cats and Jewish characters are mice. (graphic novel) |