# Historical Fiction books about race

**3** historical fiction books that explore race, 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 750L to 950L across these 3 titles.

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

## Historical Fiction race reading list

- [Bud, Not Buddy](https://readinglist.school/book/bud-not-buddy) by Christopher Paul Curtis _(950L · Grades 4–7 · pub 1999)_
- [One Crazy Summer](https://readinglist.school/book/one-crazy-summer) by Rita Williams-Garcia _(750L · Grades 5–8 · pub 2010)_
- [The Cay](https://readinglist.school/book/the-cay) by Theodore Taylor _(Grades 5–8 · pub 1969)_

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