# Historical Fiction (Middle Grade) books about courage

**3** historical fiction (middle grade) books that explore courage, drawn from the US-school assigned-reading canon. Sourced from Common Core exemplars, AP, IB, Cambridge, and 50 state ELA curricula.

**Reading levels:** Lexile measures range from 670L to 670L across these 3 titles.

**Genre:** Historical Fiction (Middle Grade)  ·  **Theme:** courage
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**Primary source — Common Core ELA exemplars:** https://achievethecore.org/page/2699

## Historical Fiction (Middle Grade) courage reading list

- [Bea and the New Deal Horse](https://readinglist.school/book/bea-and-the-new-deal-horse) by L. M. Elliott _(Grades 3–5 · pub 2023)_
- [Heroes](https://readinglist.school/book/heroes) by Alan Gratz _(Grades 6–8 · pub 2024)_
- [Number the Stars](https://readinglist.school/book/number-the-stars) by Lois Lowry _(670L · Grades 4–7 · pub 1989)_

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