Historical Fiction Awards for Children’s Books

Best Historical Fiction Books for Kids

One of my favorite blogs, The Fourth Musketeer, just covers KidLit Historical Fiction. I pretty much file every book review of hers into an email folder labeled “Books I Want to Read.” She posted on the Historical Association Awards Young Quills  from Great Britain here. I have listed the winners as well as the short lists for this year and last year. Historical fiction is a great way to get kids excited about history! If you want to find more great books, be sure to subscribe to The Fourth Musketeer’s blog. She’s a librarian and the go to person on that!
The winners are …

The Sacred Scarab, by Gill Harvey, part of The Egyptian Chronicles. For ages 8-12.

Prisoner of the Inquisition by Theresa Breslin.  The Fourth Musketeer reviewed it here. It’s for ages 12 and up.

Here’s the other chapter books on the short list for 2011:

Older Children (ages 8-12)

The Blue-Eyed Aborigine by Rosemary Hayes

A Boy Called Mouse by Penny Dolan

The Dumpy Princess by Karin Fernald

Young Teens (ages 12 and up)

The Cabinet of Curiosities by Paul Dowswell

Fallen Grace by Mary Hooper

The Fool’s Girl by Celia Rees

Johnny Swanson by Eleanor Updale

Montacute House by Lucy Jago

And here’s the short list from 2010:

Young Fiction (Under Age 7) 

In Egyptian Times by Kate Davis and Alfredo Belli

Older Children (ages 8-12)

The Magic Half  by Annie Barrows

 

Day of the Assassins by Johnny O’Brien 

Thief! by John Pilkington

Hetty Feather by Jacqueline Wilson

• The Wild Man by Mark Barratt
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• Dido by Adele Geras
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• Far From Home by K.M. Peyton
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• Jimmy’s Stars by Mary Anne Rodman
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