Middle Grade Fiction set in the 1930s

1.
Esperanza Rising
Esperanza Rising 4.04 avg rating — 111,357 ratings
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4)
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4) 3.90 avg rating — 128,892 ratings
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Meet Kit: An American Girl 1934 (American Girls: Kit, #1)
Meet Kit: An American Girl 1934 (American Girls: Kit, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 5,758 ratings
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Out of the Dust
Out of the Dust 3.77 avg rating — 78,810 ratings
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Let the Circle Be Unbroken (Logans, #5)
Let the Circle Be Unbroken (Logans, #5) 4.22 avg rating — 6,254 ratings
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A Year Down Yonder (A Long Way from Chicago, #2)
A Year Down Yonder (A Long Way from Chicago, #2) 4.13 avg rating — 30,704 ratings
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Moon Over Manifest
Moon Over Manifest 4.04 avg rating — 35,701 ratings
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Kit Learns a Lesson: A School Story (American Girls: Kit, #2)
Kit Learns a Lesson: A School Story (American Girls: Kit, #2) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,285 ratings
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Christmas After All: The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1932
Christmas After All: The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1932 3.92 avg rating — 3,479 ratings
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Survival in the Storm: The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards
Survival in the Storm: The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards 3.94 avg rating — 2,415 ratings
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Blue Willow
Blue Willow 3.88 avg rating — 3,862 ratings
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Al Capone Does My Shirts (Tales from Alcatraz, #1)
Al Capone Does My Shirts (Tales from Alcatraz, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 45,628 ratings
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Happy Birthday, Kit: A Springtime Story (American Girls: Kit, #4)
Happy Birthday, Kit: A Springtime Story (American Girls: Kit, #4) 4.08 avg rating — 2,464 ratings
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Kit's Surprise: A Christmas Story (American Girls: Kit, #3)
Kit's Surprise: A Christmas Story (American Girls: Kit, #3) 4.05 avg rating — 2,507 ratings
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Behind the Bedroom Wall
Behind the Bedroom Wall 3.98 avg rating — 4,257 ratings
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When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit (Out of the Hitler Time, #1)
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit (Out of the Hitler Time, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 23,722 ratings
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Love from Your Friend, Hannah
Love from Your Friend, Hannah really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 573 ratings
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Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: The Diary of Bess Brennan
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: The Diary of Bess Brennan 3.93 avg rating — 2,488 ratings
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From Anna
From Anna 4.20 avg rating — 1,291 ratings
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Listen for the Singing
Listen for the Singing 4.25 avg rating — 291 ratings
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To Stand On My Own: The Polio Epidemic Diary of Noreen Robertson, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 1937
To Stand On My Own: The Polio Epidemic Diary of Noreen Robertson, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 1937 4.25 avg rating — 861 ratings
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Not a Nickel to Spare: The Great Depression Diary of Sally Cohen
Not a Nickel to Spare: The Great Depression Diary of Sally Cohen 3.72 avg rating — 788 ratings
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Bud, Not Buddy
Bud, Not Buddy 3.97 avg rating — 114,067 ratings
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A Long Way from Chicago (A Long Way from Chicago, #1)
A Long Way from Chicago (A Long Way from Chicago, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 35,261 ratings
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Stella by Starlight
Stella by Starlight 4.10 avg rating — 15,252 ratings
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Turtle in Paradise
Turtle in Paradise 3.94 avg rating — 20,179 ratings
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Kit Saves the Day: A Summer Story (American Girls: Kit, #5)
Kit Saves the Day: A Summer Story (American Girls: Kit, #5) 4.02 avg rating — 2,167 ratings
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The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1)
The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1) 4.49 avg rating — 111,803 ratings
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Every Day After
Every Day After 4.01 avg rating — 545 ratings
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Danger at the Zoo: A Kit Mystery
Danger at the Zoo: A Kit Mystery 4.06 avg rating — 1,201 ratings
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Changes for Kit: A Winter Story (American Girls: Kit, #6)
Changes for Kit: A Winter Story (American Girls: Kit, #6) 4.10 avg rating — 2,495 ratings
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Kit's Short Story Collection
Kit's Short Story Collection 4.16 avg rating — 165 ratings
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A Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt
A Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt 3.90 avg rating — 1,188 ratings
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One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping: The Diary of Julie Weiss
One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping: The Diary of Julie Weiss 4.04 avg rating — 3,244 ratings
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The Velvet Room
The Velvet Room 4.29 avg rating — 2,573 ratings
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Sweet Home Alaska
Sweet Home Alaska 4.25 avg rating — 2,030 ratings
37.
What the Moon Said
What the Moon Said 3.95 avg rating — 631 ratings
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A Jar of Dreams
A Jar of Dreams 3.95 avg rating — 745 ratings
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Welcome to Kit's World · 1934: Growing Up During America's Great Depression
Welcome to Kit's World · 1934: Growing Up During America's Great Depression 4.24 avg rating — 241 ratings
40.
Mississippi Bridge (Logans, #4.5)
Mississippi Bridge (Logans, #4.5) 3.98 avg rating — 1,564 ratings
41.
Better to Wish (Family Tree, #1)
Better to Wish (Family Tree, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 990 ratings
42.
The Wonder of Charlie Anne
The Wonder of Charlie Anne 4.03 avg rating — 659 ratings
43.
The Truth About Sparrows
The Truth About Sparrows 3.94 avg rating — 583 ratings
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Thimble Summer
Thimble Summer 3.75 avg rating — 8,118 ratings
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Treasures in the Dust
Treasures in the Dust 3.63 avg rating — 112 ratings
46.
The Best Bad Thing
The Best Bad Thing 3.97 avg rating — 176 ratings
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Neela: Victory Song
Neela: Victory Song 3.86 avg rating — 1,192 ratings
48.
Booky: A Trilogy
Booky: A Trilogy 4.40 avg rating — 244 ratings
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Nothing to Fear (Gulliver Books)
Nothing to Fear (Gulliver Books) 4.16 avg rating — 723 ratings
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Daniel's Story
Daniel's Story 4.11 avg rating — 3,744 ratings
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Looking for Me
Looking for Me 4.05 avg rating — 763 ratings
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Al Capone Shines My Shoes (Tales from Alcatraz, #2)
Al Capone Shines My Shoes (Tales from Alcatraz, #2) 4.01 avg rating — 8,473 ratings
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The Sky Is Falling (The Guests of War Trilogy, #1)
The Sky Is Falling (The Guests of War Trilogy, #1) 4.22 avg rating — 3,878 ratings
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Al Capone Does My Homework (Tales from Alcatraz, #3)
Al Capone Does My Homework (Tales from Alcatraz, #3) 4.12 avg rating — 3,944 ratings
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Pennies for Hitler (Hitler Trilogy, #2)
Pennies for Hitler (Hitler Trilogy, #2) 4.18 avg rating — 1,939 ratings
56.
Missing Grace: A Kit Mystery
Missing Grace: A Kit Mystery really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 428 ratings
57.
Kit's Home Run
Kit's Home Run 3.94 avg rating — 246 ratings
57.
A Thief in the Theater: A Kit Mystery
A Thief in the Theater: A Kit Mystery 4.05 avg rating — 721 ratings
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Really Truly Ruthie
Really Truly Ruthie 4.07 avg rating — 1,099 ratings
60.
I Was There
I Was There 3.50 avg rating — 214 ratings
61.
Friedrich
Friedrich 3.75 avg rating — 4,711 ratings
62.
The Trial
The Trial 3.81 avg rating — 635 ratings
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Goldie's Fortune: A Story of the Great Depression (Doll Hospital, #2)
Goldie's Fortune: A Story of the Great Depression (Doll Hospital, #2) 3.74 avg rating — 62 ratings
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R My Name Is Rachel
R My Name Is Rachel 3.77 avg rating — 492 ratings
64.
The Colored Car (Great Lakes Books)
The Colored Car (Great Lakes Books) 3.93 avg rating — 67 ratings
66.
Nowhere to Call Home
Nowhere to Call Home 4.09 avg rating — 304 ratings
67.
Winter Cottage
Winter Cottage 4.21 avg rating — 395 ratings
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Murder Most Unladylike (Murder Most Unladylike, #1)
Murder Most Unladylike (Murder Most Unladylike, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 26,640 ratings
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A Year in the Life of Rosie Bernard
A Year in the Life of Rosie Bernard 3.77 avg rating — 13 ratings
70.
A Tiny Piece of Sky
A Tiny Piece of Sky 3.72 avg rating — 180 ratings
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Cat Running
Cat Running 3.76 avg rating — 355 ratings
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Strawberry Hill
Strawberry Hill 3.88 avg rating — 530 ratings
71.
Bird in a Box
Bird in a Box 3.73 avg rating — 1,012 ratings
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The Mighty Miss Malone
The Mighty Miss Malone 4.13 avg rating — 16,125 ratings
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And Nothing But the Truth (The Whole Truth, #2)
And Nothing But the Truth (The Whole Truth, #2) 4.12 avg rating — 319 ratings
76.
The Whole Truth (The Whole Truth, #1)
The Whole Truth (The Whole Truth, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 652 ratings
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Kit's World: A Girl's-eye View of the Great Depression
Kit's World: A Girl's-eye View of the Great Depression 4.20 avg rating — 51 ratings
78.
What About Annie? (Walker's American History Series for Young People)
What About Annie? (Walker's American History Series for Young People) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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The Year of Goodbyes
The Year of Goodbyes 3.96 avg rating — 569 ratings
80.
Finding Sophie
Finding Sophie 3.65 avg rating — 98 ratings
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Midnight in Lonesome Hollow: A Kit Mystery
Midnight in Lonesome Hollow: A Kit Mystery 3.98 avg rating — 560 ratings
82.
The Sky Is Falling
The Sky Is Falling 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
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The Year of the Sawdust Man (Nissa, #1)
The Year of the Sawdust Man (Nissa, #1)
by: A. LaFaye
3.94 avg rating — 142 ratings
82.
Play to the Angel
Play to the Angel really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 291 ratings
85.
Intruders at Rivermead Manor: A Kit Mystery
Intruders at Rivermead Manor: A Kit Mystery 4.02 avg rating — 315 ratings
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Mandy the Outsider: Prelude to the Second World War (1939) (Sisters in Time #22)
Mandy the Outsider: Prelude to the Second World War (1939) (Sisters in Time #22) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 106 ratings
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On the Blue Comet
On the Blue Comet 3.89 avg rating — 1,119 ratings
87.
Genevieve's War
Genevieve's War 4.05 avg rating — 753 ratings
89.
Kit: An American Girl
Kit: An American Girl 4.10 avg rating — 2,368 ratings
89.
The Sound of Freedom (The Heroes Quartet, 1)
The Sound of Freedom (The Heroes Quartet, 1) 3.77 avg rating — 139 ratings
91.
First Class Murder (Murder Most Unladylike, #3)
First Class Murder (Murder Most Unladylike, #3) 4.31 avg rating — 11,436 ratings
92.
Boxcar Molly: A Story from the Great Depression
Boxcar Molly: A Story from the Great Depression 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
92.
Kit's Railway Adventure
Kit's Railway Adventure 4.32 avg rating — 120 ratings
94.
Fire on the Wind
Fire on the Wind 3.86 avg rating — 58 ratings
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Someday
Someday 3.85 avg rating — 110 ratings
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The Magic Half (Miri and Molly, #1)
The Magic Half (Miri and Molly, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 4,454 ratings
97.
The Journal of C.J. Jackson: A Dust Bowl Migrant, Oklahoma to California, 1935
The Journal of C.J. Jackson: A Dust Bowl Migrant, Oklahoma to California, 1935 3.98 avg rating — 246 ratings
97.
Welcome to the Grand View, Hannah!
Welcome to the Grand View, Hannah! 4.15 avg rating — 71 ratings
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The Dollhouse Magic
The Dollhouse Magic 3.77 avg rating — 35 ratings
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Ida Early Comes over the Mountain
Ida Early Comes over the Mountain 3.90 avg rating — 329 ratings
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