Best Historical Fiction Books for 5th Grade

This page gathers historical fiction for fifth graders, from 1920s Pittsburgh to Depression-era Michigan. Bud, Not Buddy, Christopher Paul Curtis's Newbery Medal winner, follows a ten-year-old who sets out on his own to find the man he believes is his father, while A Sea of Lemon Trees tells, in verse, the true story of a Mexican American community in California that fought school segregation. Prose novels, verse and even a ghost story are here, and every book has earned a major award.