Historical fiction for a 12 year old

[ProfessorLayton1]

I have a history obsessed ( more of world war 2 ) 12 year old daughter and please can I ask for your recommendations of what books / tv series as I am running out of ideas.

She has read Allan Grantz books on ww2, a night divided by Jennifer Nielsen, the book thief , Ruta septys ww2.

She has also read historical fiction about civil rights movement, Cold War, Roman Empire..

Goodnight Mister Tom & Back Home by Michelle Magorigan.
Carrie’s War by Nina Bawden.

The Judith Kerr WWII books - When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit, and sequels

Carrie’s War (Nina Bawden)

The Silver Sword (Ian Serraillier)

The Borrowed House (Hilda Von Stockham)

The Machine Gunners (Robert Westall)

Robert Muchamore has a WW2 adventure series.

I am David

Number the Stars

King of Shadows (Susan Cooper)
Rosemary Sutcliffe
for Canadian or American history: Dear Canada/Dear America diary series

(these might be a little young I guess).

Journey to the River sea and others by Eva Ibbotson

Anne Frank's diary
Some of the biographies of the pilots (Badder etc)
Look on Amazon for books on the landgirls, factory workers, convoys.

Nightjohn by Gary Paulsen
Smith by Leon Garfield
Street Child and Children of Winter by Berlie Doherty
The Rope School by Sam Llewelyn

was there an Eva Ibbotson one (or someone else?) about slave trade, think it was a girl, daughter of a slave trader perhaps, who was the main character? Something about them trying to marry her off young to a plantation owner, details are all fuzzy now, but an interesting perspective

(sorry, my suggestions were not mostly WW2, but general historical fiction, as I thought at first you said you'd already read enough WW2 ones)

Anything by Michael mopurgo.
Also check out an Irish publisher called O'Brien it publishes a huge range of historical fiction for that age range. Probably available on amazon. A lot will be irish centred - would highly recommend 'under the hawthorn tree' about the Irish famine but the story would resonate with any child that age. Ww2 wise, safe harbour and faraway home are both great. Another book called once, about the Holocaust will look like an easy read but is actually quite deep. The boy in the stripped pyjamas would be similar.
Hopefully your local library opens soon, they normally have a wealth of fiction for kids of that age.

For WW2 - The Sky is Falling (Kit Pearson) - trilogy

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1095882.MischlingSecondDegree I found this book interesting at a similar age and The endless steepe.

Wow, so many responses.
Some of the recommendations she has already read but will check the others.

@allhappeningatonce omg Under the Hawthorn Tree! I loved that book when I read it as a child but I'd forgotten all about it!

The Boy with the Bronze Axe by Kathleen Fiddler is also exceptional.

Also the sequel to The Machine Gunners - Fathom Five.

My history obsessed DS also loved Judith Kerr - Bombs on Aunt Dainty.
I will be looking at all the suggestions too! Thanks
OP- what about American prairie crossings as an left field. Children on the Oregon Trail?

I will try and remember the books she has read so far to be useful for others
Sandy Tokavig - Hitlers canary, A slice of moon
Last train from Kummersdorf - leslie Wilson
Wolf by wolf - Ryan Graudin
The lions of Little Rock - Kristin Levine
Saving Rafael - Leslie Wilson
Soldier x - Don Wulffson
Revolution is not a dinner party - Ying hang Compestine
Someone named Eva - Joan Wolf
Inside out and back again - Thanhha Lai
Journey of the pale bear - Susan Fletcher
Secrets of the terracotta soldier
The red umbrella - Christina Diaz gonzalez
Lightning Mary - Anthea Simmons
The Bridge home - Padma venkataraman
Chains triology
Sugar - Jewell Parker Rhodes
The Brigadista years - Katherine Paterson
Chinese Cinderella
Maos last dancer
Beyond the wall - Tanya Landman
Revolution triology - Deborah Wiles

She is obsessed with history and is probably the only subject she enjoys at school. She is fortunate enough to have good history teachers so far..

The Kite Rider, Geraldine McCaughrean

Thanks all, really can't wait for the libraries to open so we could get the books recommended here. Our local library was really good and would source the books for you from other libraries.. I miss chatting with the two brilliant librarians, they were good in recommending book titles for her.

My friend Caroline Lawrence writes awesome Roman mysteries for older DC

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_LawrenceDC

I also love I, Coriander by Sally Gardner

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/I,_Coriander

My 12 year old DS recently enjoyed the Bronze Axe and The Desperate Journey both written by Kathleen Fidler.

This is a great thread for recommendations. Thanks!

She has read all the Roman mysteries novels..
wow, Caroline Lawrence is your friend- how cool !