# Historical Fiction books about friendship

**3** historical fiction books that explore friendship, 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 730L to 1010L across these 3 titles.

**Genre:** Historical Fiction  ·  **Theme:** friendship
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**Primary source — Common Core ELA exemplars:** https://achievethecore.org/page/2699

## Historical Fiction friendship reading list

- [My Ántonia](https://readinglist.school/book/my-antonia) by Willa Cather _(1010L · Grades 10–12 · pub 1918)_
- [The Book Thief](https://readinglist.school/book/the-book-thief) by Markus Zusak _(730L · Grades 8–11 · pub 2005)_
- [The Cay](https://readinglist.school/book/the-cay) by Theodore Taylor _(Grades 5–8 · pub 1969)_

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