Start with high-confidence prehistoric ya books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
Never Fall Down
Patricia McCormick
Wuthering Heights
Emily Bronte, Emily Brontë
Rifles for Watie
Harold Keith
Among the Red Stars
Gwen C. Katz
Banner in the Sky
James Ramsey Ullman
S.o.s. Titanic
Eve Bunting
Far North
Will Hobbs
The Devil's Paintbox
Victoria McKernan
Shane
Jack Schaefer, Wendell Minor
Paradise
Joan Elizabeth Goodman