Books About the 13 Colonies
Below is a continuation of our best children's books about the 13 colonies. These books are largely for upper elementary through high school. To see a list of the best books on the 13 colonies for K-3, click the link.
I Walk in Dread
The Diary of Deliverance,
Witness to Salem Witch Trials
by Lisa Fraustino
4th grade - 6th grade
Great Colonial
Projects You Can
Build Yourself
by Kris Bordessa
4th grade - 10th grade
Standing in the Light
The Captive Diary of Catherine
(Dear America series)
by Carey Logan
4th grade - 7th grade
Blood on the River
James Town 1607
by Elisa Carbone
5th grade - 7th grade
Witches
The Absolutely True Tale
of Disaster in Salem
by Rosalyn Schanzer
5th grade & Up
Written in Bone
Buried Lives of Jamestown
and Colonial Maryland
by Sally Walker
6th grade - 9th grade
A Break with Charity
Story About Salem Witch Trials
by Ann Rinaldi
6th grade - 10th grade
Pocahontas
by Joseph Bruchac
6th grade - 12th grade
John Winthrop, Oliver
Cromwell, and the
Land of Promise
by Marc Aronson
7th grade & Up
Witch Child
by Celia Rees
7th grade & Up
Hang a Thousand
Trees with Ribbons
The Story of Phillis Wheatley
by Ann Rinaldi
7th grade -10th grade
The Mayflower
and the Pilgrim's New World
by Nathaniel Philbrick
7th grade & Up
Do you want to see books on life in colonial America for younger kids? Click the link or click the arrow below.
