Book Club: The Best of Young Adult Historical Fiction

If your learner is in love with Historical Fiction, and enjoys interacting and socializing with other book lovers, then this is the class for them! We will be reading well beloved books such as, "The Book Thief," "Fever,"  and so many more of the most popular young adult Historical Fiction novels from the past few decades. Over the course of the class, we will be reading 14 books in all! 

The class will meet once every two weeks to give students adequate time to read. Learners will read the novels at home, and come ready to have lively, guided,  group discussions with their peers once every other week.  Students will have two weeks at home to read each book, so that they will have enough to time to read at home between classes. You will only be charged for the weeks that we meet (so every other week). 

This is an ongoing class that spans multiple months in which students can join or leave at anytime. Ongoing classes are amazing for book clubs because they allow students the time to really get to know their peers which aids in rich discussion and interaction during class. 

Students will read the current Historical Fiction young adult novel at home and come to class prepared for discussions and activities related to the assigned reading for that class. To find the correct schedule, scroll down below to the section that meets on your learner's day and time. If your learner is the first one to enroll in any particular section, it may take 24hrs after you enroll them for their schedule to show up. The usual schedule/class order is as follows: 

 Here is our book/class order. For specific dates for your particular class section, scroll down to the class that meets on the day and time of yours:

Class 1) (to be read before our first class meeting)  "Pirates!" Celia Rees
Class 2) "The Witch of Blackbird Pond," Elizabeth George Speare
Class 3) “Woods Runner” Gary Paulsen
Class 4) “Fever 1793” Laurie Halse Anderson
Class 5) "A Spy in the House," Y.S. Lee
Class 6) “Dread Nation” Justina Ireland
Class 7) “Dark Water Rising” Marian Hale
Class 8) “Uprising” Margaret P. Haddix
Class 9)  “Luck of the Titanic” Stacey Lee
Class 10)  “When the World Was Ours” Liz Kessler
Class 11) “The Book Thief” Markus Zusak
Class 12) "They Call Us Enemy" - George Takei
Class 13) "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two," Joseph Bruchac
Class 14) “The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963” Christopher Paul Curtis
Class 15) “The Wednesday Wars” Gary D. Schmidt
Class 16) "For What it's Worth," Janet Tashjian 
Class 17)  “Towers Falling” Jewell Parker Rhodes
Class 18) "An Emotion of Great Delight," Tahereh Mafi


Schedule for specific sections: 


For the class that meets every other Sunday at 9pm (first class started Sep 29th)

Class 9)  “Dark Water Rising,” Marian Hale Sun, Feb 2, 2025 9:00 – 9:45 PM
Class 10) “Uprising” Margaret P. Haddix:  : Sun, Feb 16, 2025 9:00 – 9:45 PM
*****March 2nd SPRING BREAK – NO CLASS MEETING***** (Your adult will not be charged for this week)
Class 11) “Luck of the Titanic” Stacey: Sun, Mar 16 9:00 – 9:45 PM
Class 12) Lee “When the World Was Ours” Liz Kessler: Sun, Mar 30 9:00 – 9:45 PM
Class 13) “The Book Thief” Markus Zusak : Sun, Apr 13 9:00 – 9:45 PM
Class 14) "They Call Us Enemy" - George Takei: Sun, Apr 27 9:00 – 9:45 PM
Class 15) "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two," Joseph Bruchac  : Sun, May 11 9:00 – 9:45 PM
Class 16) “The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963” Christopher Paul Curtis: Sun, May 25 9:00 – 9:45 PM
Class 17)  “The Wednesday Wars” Gary D. Schmidt   : Sun, Jun 8 9:00 – 9:45 PM
Class 18) "For What it's Worth," Janet Tashjian: Sun, Jun 22nd 9-945pm (est)
Class 19)  “Towers Falling” Jewell Parker Rhodes : Sun, July 6th 9-945pm (est)