Children & Young Adults Historical - United States
Land of Hope (Ellis Island)
By: Joan Lowery Nixon
Russian immigrant Rebekah Levinsky hopes desperately that her dream will come true in America. On the difficult ocean journey to the 'land of opportunity' she meets two other girls--Kristin Swensen from Sweden and Rose Carney from Ireland. The three...
Published: Aug 1993
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - Historical - United States
Pages: 176
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy (Readers Circle (Laurel-Leaf))
By: Gary D. Schmidt
Not only is Turner Buckminster the son of the new minister in a small Maine town, he is shunned for playing baseball differently than the local boys. Then he befriends smart and lively Lizzie Bright Griffin, a girl from Malaga Island, a poor...
Published: Apr 2006
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - Historical - United States
Pages: 219
Dear Levi: Letters from the Overland Trail
By: Elvira Woodruff
In 1851, 12-year-old orphan Austin Ives joins a wagon train headed for California. As he makes his way across the country, Austin writes home to his brother Levi, describing life on the rugged Overland Trail. Extensively researched, with...
Published: Feb 1998
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - Historical - United States
Pages: 128
Addy Learns a Lesson: A School Story (American Girls Collection)
By: Connie Rose Porter
After arriving in Philadelphia, Addy Walker and her mother set out to build new lives for themselves, with Addy attending school for the first time and making new friends. Simultaneous.
Published: Sep 1993
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - Historical - United States
Pages: 68
Addy's Surprise: A Christmas Story (American Girls Collection)
By: Connie Rose Porter
Knowing that Christmas will be hard without the rest of her family, Addy sets out to earn money to give her mother a special Christmas gift, but after discovering the plight of newly freed slaves, she decides to give her money to the Freedman's...
Published: Sep 1993
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - Historical - United States
Pages: 65
Changes for Addy: A Winter Story (American Girls Collection)
By: Connie Rose Porter
Addy Walker, a courageous girl who made a daring escape to freedom in the North in 1864, finally sees her family united in spite of slavery and Civil War, but there is sadness and heartache along with the happiness. Simultaneous.
Published: Nov 1994
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - Historical - United States
Changes for Molly: A Winter Story (American Girls Collection)
By: Valerie Tripp
Molly, who schemes and dreams on the home front during World War Two. You can share their worlds--their friends and famililes, their struggles and successes, their sad times and celebration, and many more adventures.
Published: Sep 1988
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - Historical - United States
Pages: 67
Counting on Grace
By: Elizabeth Winthrop
1910. Pownal, Vermont. At 12, Grace and her best friend Arthur must leave school and go to work as a "doffers" on their mothers' looms in the mill. Grace's mother is the best worker, fast and powerful, and Grace desperately wants to help...
Published: Aug 2007
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - Historical - United States
Pages: 240
Courage to Run: A Story Based on the Life of Harriet Tubman (Daughters of the Faith Series)
By: Wendy Lawton
Harriet Tubman is born a slave on a Maryland plantation in the 1800s. She trusts in God, but her faith is tested at every turn. Should she obey her masters or listen to her conscience? This story from Harriet's childhood is a record of courage....
Published: Apr 2002
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - Historical - United States
Pages: 144
Happy Birthday, Samantha: A Springtime Story (American Girls Collection)
By: Valerie Tripp
The American Girls Collection. Samantha, a bright Victoria beauty, an orphan raised by her wealthy grandmother. You'll see that some things about growing up have changed, while others--like families, friendships, and feelings--haven't changed at all.
Published: Dec 1987
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - Historical - United States
Pages: 62
I Am David
By: Anne Holm
David's entire twelve-year life has been spent in a grisly prison camp in Eastern Europe. He knows nothing of the outside world. But when he is given the chance to escape, he seizes it. With his vengeful enemies hot on his heels, David struggles to...
Published: Jan 2004
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - Historical - United States
Pages: 239
Josefina's Surprise: A Christmas Story (American Girls Collection)
By: Valerie Tripp
Christmas won't be the same without Mama, and Josefina fears one special tradition will be forgotten. But la Noche buena--Christmas Eve--brings surprises for all. Full color.
Published: Nov 1997
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - Historical - United States
Pages: 69
Meet Samantha: An American Girl (American Girls Collection)
By: Susan S. Adler
Samantha befriends a servant girl named Nellie who moves in next door. The girls become fast friends, though their lives are different.
Published: Sep 1986
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - Historical - United States
Pages: 61
Molly's Surprise: A Christmas Story, Book Three (The American Girls Collection)
By: Valerie Tripp
Even though he is away serving in an English hospital during World War II, Molly's father finds a way to make the family Christmas very special.
Published: Sep 1986
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - Historical - United States
Pages: 64
Peppe the Lamplighter
By: Elisa Bartone
Peppe becomes a lamplighter to help support his immigrant family in turn-of-the-century New York City, despite his papa's disapproval. But when Peppe's job helps save his little sister, he earns the respect of his entire family.
Published: Sep 1997
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - Historical - United States
Pages: 32
The Indian School (Trophy Chapter Book)
By: Gloria Whelan
When shy, ten-year-old Lucy comes to live with her aunt and uncle at their mission school, she's surprised at the number of harsh rules and restrictions imposed on the children. Why, she wonders, should the Indians have to do all the changing? And...
Published: Sep 1997
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - Historical - United States
Pages: 96
The Tinker's Daughter: Based on the Life of Mary Bunyan (Daughters of the Faith Series)
By: Wendy Lawton
John Bunyan, author of Pilgrim's Progress, only mentioned one of his children in his memoirs – Mary. Born blind, her story still intrigues us today. Mary developed a fierce determination for independence despite her disability after years of...
Published: Apr 2002
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - Historical - United States
Pages: 144
Winter Days in the Big Woods (My First Little House Books)
By: Laura Ingalls Wilder
Laura helps Ma and Pa make the little log cabin snug and cozy for the snowy days ahead. 1994 'Pick of the Lists' (ABA)
Published: Oct 1995
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - Historical - United States
Pages: 32
Winter on the Farm (My First Little House)
By: Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Little House books tell the story of a little pioneer girl and her family as they traveled by covered wagon across the Midwest.Laura Ingalls Wilder's classic books, illustrated with Garth Williams' timeless artwork, have been cherished by...
Published: Oct 1997
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - Historical - United States
Pages: 32
Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-Ins
By: Carole Boston Weatherford
There were signs all throughout town telling eight-year-old Connie where she could and could not go. But when Connie sees four young men take a stand for equal rights at a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, she realizes that ...
Published: Dec 2007
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - Historical - United States
Pages: 32
Going West (My First Little House)
By: Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Little House books tell the story of a little pioneer girl and her family as they travled by covered wagon across the Midwest.Laura Ingalls Wilder's classic books, illustrated with Garth Williams' timeless artwork, have been cherished by...
Published: Oct 1997
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - Historical - United States
Pages: 32
Smart about the Fifty States
By: Dana Regan
The kids in Ms. Brandt's class create a special report on the United States of America, with each child doing research on ten states. There's a double-spread map of the whole U.S. and a page for every state jam-packed with trivia, interesting facts,...
Published: May 2003
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - Historical - United States
Pages: 64
Addy Saves the Day: A Summer Story Book 5 (American Girls Collection)
By: Connie Rose Porter
A brave young black girl who fled North with her mother during the Civil War has a feud with her rival, Harriet, until tragedy forces them to resolve their differences and become friends. Simultaneous.
Published: Sep 1994
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - Historical - United States
Pages: 67
Amazing Impossible Erie Canal (Aladdin Picture Books)
By: Cheryl Harness
IMPOSSIBLE! When De Witt Clinton, a young politician, first dreams of building a canal to connect the Hudson River with the Great Lakes, folks don't believe such a thing can be done. But eight long years after the first shovelful of earth is...
Published: Jun 1999
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - Historical - United States
Pages: 32
The Silent Witness
By: Robin Friedman
At the beginning of the Civil War, Lula McLean's family home in Manassas, Virginia, is taken over by the Confederate army and used as its headquarters. Forced to flee by the oncoming Union army, Lula and her family and her favorite rag doll move...
Published: Jun 2008
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - Historical - United States
Pages: 32
Gifts from the Sea
By: Natalie Kinsey-Warnock
Quila MacFarlane is devastated by the death of her mother, especially now that it's just her and her father on Devils Rock where her father is the lighthouse keeper. They can't leave and almost no one ever comes to visit them. But the morning after a...
Published: Jun 2005
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - Historical - United States
Pages: 112
Happy Birthday, Addy!: A Springtime Story (American Girls Collection)
By: Connie Rose Porter
A young African-American girl who is separated from family members by slavery and the Civil War is encouraged by a new friend to claim a birthday and to confront the prejudices she is experiencing. Simultaneous.
Published: Sep 1994
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - Historical - United States
Kirsten Saves the Day: A Summer Story (American Girls Collection)
By: Janet Shaw
Kristen, a pioneer girl of strength and spirit who settles on the frontier. Read about stories of her exciting adventures how she saves the day.
Published: Jun 1988
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - Historical - United States
Pages: 67
With Every Drop of Blood: A Novel of the Civil War
By: James Lincoln Collier
Despite his promise to take care of his family, Johnny embarks on a bold mission to supply the Confederates, only to be taken prisoner by a runaway slave, in a novel that explores the reasons for the Civil War. Reprint. VY. SLJ. PW.
Published: Dec 1996
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - Historical - United States
Pages: 256
Changes for Kirsten: A Winter Story (American Girls Collection)
By: Janet Shaw
Kirsten wonders if the cold Minnesota winter will ever end. It's crowded in the tiny log cabin, and Kirsten looks forward to the days she's allowed outside to help her brother Lars with his trap line. One day she brings home a baby raccoon she's...
Published: Sep 1988
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - Historical - United States
Pages: 64