Quick view Details Abraham Lincoln: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #47: Abe Lincoln at Last by Mary Pope Osborne
Quick view Purple Mountain Majesties by Barbara Younger Glowing paintings and lyrical text blend together to show the magnificence of the U.S. and how it inspired Bates to pen the poem that would become the unofficial national anthem. Full-color illustrations. View Details
Quick view In My Own Backyard by Judi Kurjian A young child looks out a bedroom window seeing the backyard as it would have looked if she had seen it during various historical and geological periods. View Details
Quick view From Slave Ship to Freedom Road by Julius Lester A powerful exploration of what slavery meant for both slaves and slave owners, this book provides not just knowledge of history, but a true understanding of the evils of slavery on a personal level. Full color. View Details
Quick view Abraham Lincoln: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #47: Abe Lincoln at Last by Mary Pope Osborne Presents a non-fiction companion to the book "Abe Lincoln At Last!," discussing what it was like to grow up in a log cabin and what Lincoln's family life was like, and describes how he became the sixteenth president of the United States. View Details
Quick view Will at the Battle of Gettysburg 1863 by Laurie Calkhoven In 1863, 12-year-old Will, who longs to be a drummer in the Union army, is stuck in his sleepy hometown of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. But when the Union and Confederate armies meet, he and his family are caught up in the fight. View Details
Quick view Calebs Choice by G Clifton Wisler In 1858 Texas, people are violently divided over a law that makes it a crime to help runaway slaves. When an escaped slave saves Caleb's life, he must decide if he can break the law and risk his life to repay the debt. View Details
Quick view Harriet Beecher Stowe and the Beecher Preachers by Jean Fritz Harriet Beecher Stowe grew up in a family in which her seven brothers were expected to be successful preachers and the four girls were never to speak in public. Then she penned "Uncle Tom's Cabin" and changed the course of American history. View Details
Quick view Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane Long considered the first great modern novel of war by an American author, this classic work is set in the time of the Civil War and tells a powerful, psychological story of a young soldier's struggle with the horrors--both within and without the war. View Details
Quick view Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco Drawing from the rich store of Civil War reminiscences handed down in her family, acclaimed author/illustrator Polacco tells the true story of a remarkable wartime friendship between a young white Union soldier and a young black Union soldier who are... View Details
Quick view Root Cellar by Janet Lunn Twelve-year-old orphan Rose, sent to live with unknown relatives on a farm in Canada, ventures into her aunt's root cellar and finds herself making friends with people who lived on the farm more than a century earlier. View Details
Quick view Keeping Secrets by Joan Lowery Nixon It's the autumn of 1863, and as the Civil War rages, a stranger named Violet seeks refuge with the Kelly family. Peg Kelly, 11, is thrilled--Violet treats her like an adult, not a child. Violet is fleeing Confederate raiders and has information that may... View Details
Quick view You Want Women to Vote, Lizzie Stanton? by Jean Fritz With her trademark humor and anecdotal style, the Newbery Honor Award-winner and preeminent biographer for young people turns her attention to Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the lively, unconventional spokeswoman of the woman suffrage movement. Convinced from... View Details
