# Historical Fiction (Middle Grade) books about perseverance

**3** historical fiction (middle grade) books that explore perseverance, 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 920L to 920L across these 3 titles.

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

## Historical Fiction (Middle Grade) perseverance reading list

- [A Single Shard](https://readinglist.school/book/a-single-shard) by Linda Sue Park _(920L · Grades 5–8 · pub 2001)_
- [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)_
- [The Lost Year](https://readinglist.school/book/the-lost-year) by Katherine Marsh _(Grades 6–8 · pub 2023)_

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