Fast-paced Quirky Historical Fiction Set in the U.S.

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• Fast-paced books
• Historical fiction
• Books set in the United States
• Quirky books

Hattie Big Sky
By Kirby Larson
YA F LARSON
After inheriting her uncle's homesteading claim in Montana, sixteen-year-old orphan Hattie Brooks travels from Iowa in 1917 to make a home for herself and encounters some unexpected problems related to the war being fought in Europe.

North by Night
By Katherine Ayres
YA F AYRES
It's 1851 and Lucy Spencer's family is keeping a secret. Their Ohio home is a station on the Underground Railroad, the network of people and places that helps fugitive slaves escape to freedom in Canada. Lucy believes in what she and her family do to help the fugitives, even if it means putting herself in danger.

These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901
By Nancy Turner
F TURNER
This is the fictionalized diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 17, who goes from New Mexico to Texas and back, protecting her family with her rifle and her common sense. She recounts the trials and heartaches of settling the Arizona Territory but also the joys of life that helped her to keep going. This book starts off a bit slow but readers who stick with it are very satisfied.

Anne of Green Gables
By L.M. Montgomery
YA F MONTGOME
Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her. (This book is not set in the U.S., but it's a fun, classic historical fiction book.)