# Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction reading list

**38** books referenced by Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction, a reading-program curriculum framework spanning applicable K-12 grade levels.

The Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction is given annually to a distinguished work of historical fiction for children or young adults, written in English by a US citizen and set in the Americas. Established in 1982 by Island of the Blue Dolphins author Scott O'Dell, its winners — from Out of the Dust to Chains and One Crazy Summer — are staples of US classroom reading lists.

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## Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction reading list

- [A Sea of Lemon Trees](https://readinglist.school/book/a-sea-of-lemon-trees) by María Dolores Águila _(Grades 5–8)_
- [African Town](https://readinglist.school/book/african-town) by Irene Latham _(Grades 7–12)_
- [All He Knew](https://readinglist.school/book/all-he-knew) by Helen Frost _(Grades 5–8)_
- [Bea and the New Deal Horse](https://readinglist.school/book/bea-and-the-new-deal-horse) by L. M. Elliott _(Grades 3–5)_
- [Behave Yourself, Bethany Brant](https://readinglist.school/book/charley-skedaddle) by Patricia Beatty _(Grades 5–8)_
- [Beyond the Bright Sea](https://readinglist.school/book/beyond-the-bright-sea) by Lauren Wolk _(Grades 5–8)_
- [Bo at Ballard Creek](https://readinglist.school/book/bo-at-ballard-creek) by Kirkpatrick Hill _(Grades 3–6)_
- [Bull Run](https://readinglist.school/book/bull-run) by Paul Fleischman _(Grades 5–8)_
- [Butterfly Yellow](https://readinglist.school/book/butterfly-yellow) by Thanhhà Lại _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Chains](https://readinglist.school/book/chains) by Laurie Halse Anderson _(780L · Grades 5–9)_
- [Chickadee](https://readinglist.school/book/chickadee) by Louise Erdrich _(Grades 4–7)_
- [Dash (Dogs of World War II)](https://readinglist.school/book/dash-kirby-larson) by Kirby Larson _(Grades 4–7)_
- [Dead End in Norvelt](https://readinglist.school/book/dead-end-in-norvelt) by Jack Gantos _(Grades 4–7)_
- [Elijah of Buxton (Scholastic Gold)](https://readinglist.school/book/elijah-of-buxton) by Christopher Paul Curtis _(Grades 5–8)_
- [Finding Langston](https://readinglist.school/book/finding-langston) by Lesa Cline-Ransome _(Grades 4–7)_
- [Forty Acres And Maybe A Mule](https://readinglist.school/book/forty-acres-and-maybe-a-mule) by Harriette Robinet _(Grades 4–7)_
- [Full of Beans](https://readinglist.school/book/full-of-beans) by Jennifer L. Holm _(Grades 4–7)_
- [Jip](https://readinglist.school/book/jip-his-story) by Katherine Paterson _(Grades 5–8)_
- [Morning Girl](https://readinglist.school/book/morning-girl) by Michael Dorris _(Grades 4–7)_
- [One Crazy Summer](https://readinglist.school/book/one-crazy-summer) by Rita Williams-Garcia _(750L · Grades 5–8)_
- [Ophie's Ghosts](https://readinglist.school/book/ophies-ghosts) by Justina Ireland _(Grades 4–7)_
- [Out of the Dust](https://readinglist.school/book/out-of-the-dust) by Karen Hesse _(740L · Grades 5–8)_
- [Sarah, Plain and Tall](https://readinglist.school/book/sarah-plain-and-tall) by Patricia MacLachlan _(660L · Grades 3–5)_
- [Shades of Gray](https://readinglist.school/book/shades-of-gray) by Carolyn Reeder _(Grades 4–7)_
- [Stepping on the Cracks](https://readinglist.school/book/stepping-on-the-cracks) by Mary Downing Hahn _(Grades 4–7)_
- [Streams to the River, River to the Sea](https://readinglist.school/book/streams-to-the-river-river-to-the-sea) by Scott O'Dell _(Grades 6–9)_
- [The Art of Keeping Cool](https://readinglist.school/book/the-art-of-keeping-cool) by Janet Taylor Lisle _(Grades 5–8)_
- [The Bomb](https://readinglist.school/book/the-bomb-theodore-taylor) by Theodore Taylor _(Grades 7–10)_
- [The Color of a Lie](https://readinglist.school/book/the-color-of-a-lie) by Kim Johnson _(Grades 9–12)_
- [The Game of Silence](https://readinglist.school/book/the-game-of-silence) by Louise Erdrich _(Grades 4–7)_
- [The Green Glass Sea](https://readinglist.school/book/the-green-glass-sea) by Ellen Klages _(Grades 5–8)_
- [The Hired Girl](https://readinglist.school/book/the-hired-girl) by Laura Amy Schlitz _(Grades 7–12)_
- [The Land](https://readinglist.school/book/the-land-mildred-taylor) by Mildred D. Taylor _(Grades 7–12)_
- [The River Between Us](https://readinglist.school/book/the-river-between-us) by Richard Peck _(Grades 7–12)_
- [The Sign of the Beaver](https://readinglist.school/book/the-sign-of-the-beaver) by Elizabeth George Speare _(Grades 4–7)_
- [The Storm in the Barn](https://readinglist.school/book/the-storm-in-the-barn) by Matt Phelan _(Grades 4–7)_
- [Trouble Don't Last](https://readinglist.school/book/trouble-dont-last) by Shelley Pearsall _(Grades 5–8)_
- [Under the Blood-Red Sun](https://readinglist.school/book/under-the-blood-red-sun) by Graham Salisbury _(Grades 5–8)_

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