Clean Historical Fiction for Teens

Try these books if you're looking for:

• Historical Fiction
• Teen books
• Clean reads

Once
By Morris Gleitzman
YA F Gleitzma
After living in a Catholic orphanage for nearly four years, a naive Jewish boy runs away and embarks on a journey across Nazi-occupied Poland to find his parents.

Forgotten Fire
By Adam Bagdasarian
YA F Bagdasar

In 1915, Vahan Kenderian's life of privilege is shattered when family and friends disappear or are shot before his eyes in the Armenian Genocide.

Code Name Verity

By Elizabeth Wein

YA F Wein

In 1943, a British fighter plane crashes in Nazi-occupied France and the survivor tells a tale of friendship, war, espionage, and great courage as she relates what she must to survive while keeping secret all that she can.

Rachel’s Secret

By Shelly Sanders

YA F Sanders

When a young Christian man is murdered, Rachel and her family, Jews living in Russia, find their lives threatened, as the Christians blame the Jews for the murder. Violence breaks out on Easter Sunday, 1903, and when it finally ends, Rachel finds that the person she loves most is dead and that her home has been destroyed.

Okay for Now
By Gary D. Schmidt
YA F Schmidt
As a fourteen-year-old who just moved to a new town, with no friends, an abusive father, and a louse for an older brother, Doug Swieteck has all the stats stacked against him until he finds an ally in Lil Spicer--a fiery young lady. Together, they find a safe haven in the local library, inspiration in learning about the plates of John James Audubon's birds, and a hilarious adventure on a Broadway stage.