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| Title | A Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt |
| Author | C. Coco De Young |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Independent Readers • Middle Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • Great Depression • helping others • historical fiction • hope • Independent reader • making a difference • middle readers • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
Eleven year old Margo Bandini is so worried that her family and the families all around her may lose their homes and their jobs. It's the Great Depression in Johnstown,...
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| Title | A Medieval Feast |
| Author | Aliki |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Young Listeners • Picture Books |
| Keywords | boys • boys/girls • girls • historical fiction • medieval times • Read aloud to 4's, 5's, 6's |
What was it like back in the Middle Ages? It would be a hard task to try to bring this time in history alive for a young child but open...
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| Title | A Ride Into Morning The Story of Tempe Wick |
| Author | Ann Rinaldi |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | adventure • American history • American Revolution • boys/girls • courage • girl power • girls • historical fiction • mature reader • older reader • values • war |
Strong-minded Tempe Wick is struggling to care for her addled mother, her "lunatic" brother, and her farm, amidst the turmoil of the American Revolution. The war is reaching into Tempe's...
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| Title | A Thousand Never Evers |
| Author | Shana Burg |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | prejudice • multicultural • fiction |
It's 1963 in Kuckachoo, Mississippi, and Addie Mae Pickett is about to start junior high school. She's also about to enter into the heart of the Civil Rights movement...
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| Title | Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek: A Tall, Thin Tale |
| Author | Deborah Hopkinson |
| Illustrator | John Hendrix |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Picture Books |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • accidents • adventure • American history • art • artists • friends • friendship • great read aloud • helping others • heroes • historical fiction • humor • presidents • Read aloud to 6's, 7's, 8's • reluctant listener • reluctant reader • risk • Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • Answerman |
| Reluctant Reader | Good for Reluctant Readers |
Abe Lincoln is one of those historical figures who looms larger than life. We read and learn all about his wisdom and his leadership and his wit but when...
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| Title | Abner & Me: A Baseball Card Adventure |
| Author | Dan Gutman |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • adventure • baseball • Civil War • historical fiction • sports • time travel |
| Reluctant Reader | Good for Reluctant Readers |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
Did Abner Doubleday REALLY invent baseball, or is it a myth? Stosh goes back to 1863 to find out for sure, but finds himself in the middle...
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| Title | Across Five Aprils |
| Author | Irene Hunt |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • boys/girls • American history • bravery • character • choices • Civil War • coming of age • family • fathers/sons • historical fiction • mature reader • older reader • war • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • If You Liked My Brother Sam Is Dead |
| Reluctant Reader | Good for Reluctant Readers |
The five Aprils are the five years of the American Civil War. Fifteen-year-old Jethro Creighton lives those five Aprils, and it's through his experiences that we follow the paths of...
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| Title | Alchemy and Meggy Swann |
| Author | Karen Cushman |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • apprenticeship • being yourself • disabilities • dysfunctional families • English history • England • fathers/daughters • finding yourself • friendship • historical fiction • love • middle readers • murder • older readers • overcoming obstacles • science • self-confidence • self-esteem • self-reliance • Seeker/Leader |
To be released April 2010: “If she could find sixpence for the carter she could return to the village and the alehouse” where her mother, bad temper and all, was...
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| Title | Amelia and Eleanor Go For a Ride |
| Author | Pam Munoz Ryan |
| Illustrator | Brian Selznick |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Picture Books • Independent Readers |
| Keywords | adventure • friendship • girl power • heroines • historical fiction • Read aloud to 5's, 6's, 7's, 8's • risk |
Two daring, adventurous friends decided to get together for dinner and even have a sleepover. One friend happened to be Eleanor Roosevelt and the other was Amelia Earhart. The...
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| Title | Anna Maria's Gift |
| Author | Janice Shefelman |
| Illustrator | Robert Papp |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Independent Readers • Middle Readers |
| Keywords | girls • boys/girls • 18th century • fathers/daughters • forgiveness • historical fiction • independent readers • Italy • middle readers • music • Vivaldi |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
Musically gifted, nine year old Anna Maria’s life changes forever after her father’s sudden death. It is the year 1715 and Anna Maria is sent to the Pietà, a...
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| Title | Arabus Family Saga: Jump Ship to Freedom |
| Author | James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier (Arabus Family Saga) |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • African American • American history • American Revolution • Arabus Family Saga • courage • historical fiction • journeys • mature reader • older reader • racial differences • series • slavery • war • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • If You Liked My Brother Sam Is Dead • If You Liked Across FIve Aprils |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
Fourteen-year-old Daniel and his mother are slaves owned by an evil man named Captain Ives. Daniel learns that his father had earned enough revolutionary notes to buy their freedom when...
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| Title | Arthur's Thanksgiving |
| Author | Marc Brown (Arthur Adventure Series) |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Picture Books • Independent Readers |
| Keywords | boys • boys/girls • girls • historical fiction • Read aloud to 4's, 5's, 6's, 7's • school story • Thanksgiving • humor |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
Arthur is going to be the director of the school Thanksgiving play. His first job is to give out the parts. He needs someone to be the narrator, to be...
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| Title | Birmingham, 1963 |
| Author | Carole Boston Weatherford |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • African American • American history • Civil Rights • danger • death • discrimination • great read aloud • growing up • historical fiction • injustice • loss • poetry • prejudice • racial differences • racism • society • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • Answerman |
It's 1963 and the Civil Rights movement has begun. A hopeful voice waits excitedly on her tenth birthday for her special moment. She's going to sing a solo at church...
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| Title | Blood on the River James Town, 1607 |
| Author | Elisa Carbone |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • American history • historical fiction • Jamestown • middle reader • older reader • Belonger/Connector • If You Liked My Brother Sam Is Dead |
What would life have been like for an eleven-year-old boy who finds himself sent off to the colonies as a page to Captain John Smith. Young Samuel Collier has an...
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| Title | Blueberries For the Queen |
| Author | John and Katherine Paterson |
| Illustrator | Susan Jeffries |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Picture Books |
| Keywords | historical fiction • kindness • queens • Read aloud to 5's, 6's, 7's, 8's • risk • self-confidence • siblings • World War II |
It's the time of World War II, and everyone in William's family is doing some kind of war work. William wants to do something powerful, exciting, important, and filled with...
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| Title | Bread and Roses, Too |
| Author | Katherine Paterson |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • American history • child abuse • girl power • historical fiction • immigrants • industrial revolution • mature reader • older reader • thoughtful • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
It's 1912, and Mamma is on strike against the big mill owner in Lawrence, Massachusetts. The crowds march and Mamma carries a sign that says, "WE WANT BREAD AND ROSES,...
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| Title | Bride for Anna's Papa, A |
| Author | Isabel R. Marvin |
| Illustrator | Kay Sather |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Independent Readers • Middle Readers |
| Keywords | Middle Reader-Careful Content • girls • boys/girls • change • choices • dreams • family • fathers/daughters • historical fiction • independent readers • middle readers • overcoming obstacles • stepfamilies |
The year is 1907. Thirteen-year-old Anna has been running the household and caring for her brother, Matti, age 9, since her mother passed away the year before. Longing to...
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| Title | Bronze Bow |
| Author | Elizabeth George Speare |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • adventure • character • historical fiction • mature reader • Newbery Medal • older reader • religion • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • If You Liked Across FIve Aprils |
Imagine reading a book in which the names from the Bible emerge as a characters set in a plot of historical fiction, and you will have a sense of this...
Books » Historical Fiction
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| Title | Bud, Not Buddy |
| Author | Christopher Paul Curtis |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • adventure • African American • choices • fathers/sons • historical fiction • If You Liked Tangerine • journeys • middle readers • multicultural • Newbery Medal • realistic fiction • reluctant reader • Belonger/Connector • 5th Grade Read Alouds |
| Reluctant Reader | Good for Reluctant Readers |
Ten-year-old Bud Caldwell is on the road and setting forth on his own plan for a change. He has summoned his courage and is going to find the man who...
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| Title | Buffalo Thunder |
| Author | Paricia Wittman |
| Illustrator | Bert Dodson |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Picture Books |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • adventure • American history • buffalo • change • danger • exploration • family • historical fiction • journeys • Read aloud to 6's, 7's, 8's • risk • Wild West • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • Answerman |
Ever wondered what it would have been like to pack the family up lock, stock and barrel and head west in a covered wagon? With all the family possessions loaded...
Books » Historical Fiction
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| Title | By the Great Horn Spoon |
| Author | Sid Fleischman |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • action/adventure • American history • gold rush • great read aloud • historical fiction • journeys • middle reader • older reader • Wild West • Belonger/Connector • If You Liked Nick of Time |
Aha! This is a good one. Take yourself back to the days of the California Gold Rush. It's 1849 and down in the belly of the good ship Lady Wilma...
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| Title | Cate of the Lost Colony |
| Author | Lisa Klein |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | Middle Reader-Careful Content • boys • girls • boys/girls • American history • character • conflict • consequences • English history • England • expectations • finding yourself • girl power • growing up • historical fiction • history • If You Liked Across FIve Aprils • intrigue • journeys • mystery • Native American • nature • older readers • orphans • overcoming obstacles • perseverance • queens • relationships • self-reliance • ships • standing up for yourself • travel • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • Answerman |
Seeing Indians in Queen Elizabeth’s court, young Lady Catherine Archer is enthralled by Sir Walter Raleigh’s reports of his New World colony and by Sir Walter himself. But when...
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| Title | Catherine, Called Birdy |
| Author | Karen Cushman |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers |
| Keywords | boys/girls • confidence • diary • girl power • girls • historical fiction • medieval England • medieval times • middle readers • Newbery Honor • older reader • overcoming obstacles • self-reliance |
One of the best ways I ever found of learning history was to read historical fiction and understand the times through the eyes of a sympathetic character. Here is just...
Books » Picture Book
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| Title | Cats in Krasinski Square |
| Author | Karen Hesse |
| Illustrator | Wendy Watson |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Picture Books |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • cats • courage • danger • helping others • historical fiction • horror • Nazis • overcoming obstacles • self-reliance • war • World War II • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • Answerman |
In 1942 in Warsaw, Poland, many Jewish were trapped in the ghetto. They needed food and supplies which came by train. But the Germans suspected the flow of goods...
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| Title | Chains |
| Author | Laurie Halse Anderson |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • African American • American history • American Revolution • coming of age • discrimination • historical fiction • prejudice • self-reliance • slavery • struggle • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • Answerman • If You Liked Across FIve Aprils |
We’ve all had the units in school where they talk about the economic, social and political impact of slavery in the history of the U.S. This story is a look...
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