Books about history
4 books that US schools assign on this theme
Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon
Steve Sheinkin
Grades 6–9 · Lexile 920L
The Devil's Arithmetic
Jane Yolen
Grades 5–8 · Lexile 730L
The Parker Inheritance
Varian Johnson
Grades 6–8 · Lexile 610L
The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963
Christopher Paul Curtis
Grades 5–8 · Lexile 1000L