# Historical Fiction books about war

**4** historical fiction books that explore war, 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 560L to 720L across these 4 titles.

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

## Historical Fiction war reading list

- [A Long Walk to Water](https://readinglist.school/book/a-long-walk-to-water) by Linda Sue Park _(720L · Grades 5–8 · pub 2010)_
- [Allies](https://readinglist.school/book/allies) by Alan Gratz _(Grades 5–9 · pub 2019)_
- [Echo](https://readinglist.school/book/echo) by Pam Muñoz Ryan _(680L · Grades 5–8 · pub 2015)_
- [Salt to the Sea](https://readinglist.school/book/salt-to-the-sea) by Ruta Sepetys _(560L · Grades 8–12 · pub 2016)_

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