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George Washington's Socks: A Time Travel Adventure

Written by Elvira Woodruff

A mysterious rowboat transports five adventurous kids back in time to the eve of the Battle at...

4th - 7th
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Riding on a Caravan

Written by Laurie Krebs and Illustrated by Helen Cann
Explore the sights, smells and sounds of China in this rhyming tale about a Chinese family's journey...
K - 5th
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I Survived the Battle of Gettysburg, 1863

Written by Lauren Tarshis
The year is 1863, and Thomas and his little sister, Birdie,have fled the farm where they have been...
2nd - 5th
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Dear America: Down The Rabbit Hole

Written by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Newbery Honor author Susan Campbell Bartoletti brings the story of a young girl caught up in a web...

5th - 9th
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My Brother Sam Is Dead

Written by James Lincoln Collier
All his life, Tim Meeker has looked up to his brother Sam. Sam's smart and brave -- and is now a...
7th - 12th
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Salt A Story of Friendship in a Time of War

Anikwa and James, twelve years old in 1812, spend their days fishing, trapping, and exploring...

4th - 8th
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Temple Boys

Written by Jamie Buxton
Jerusalem, year zero. Flea belongs to a gang of teenage vagrants living in the shadow of the Temple...
7th - 12th
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Sweet Clara And The Freedom Quilt

Written by Deborah Hopkinson and Illustrated by James Ransome
When slave and seamstress Clara learns about the underground railroad, she dreams of freedom for her...
Pre-K - 2nd
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My Name is Not Angelica

Written by Scott O'Dell
n this historical novel set in the Virgin Islands of 1733, Raisha escapes from her Dutch "owners" in...
2nd - 5th
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Caddie Woodlawn

Written by Carol Ryrie Brink
Based on the life of author Carol Ryrie Brink's grandmother, Caddie Woodlawn is about adventurous...
3rd - 7th
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Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

Written by Jean Lee Latham
Based on the life of Nathaniel Bowditch, the story focuses on his determination of learn the ins and...
7th - 10th
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Johnny Tremain

Written by Esther Forbes and Illustrated by Michael McCurdy

The story of Johnny Tremain, a 14-year-old boy who becomes a horse boy for The Boston Observer and a...

5th - 7th
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A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-1832

Written by Joan W. Blos
A novel about New England between 1830 and 1832, written in the form of a journal by a girl named...
3rd - 7th
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I, Juan de Pareja

Written by Elizabeth Borton de Trevino
The story of Juan de Pareja, who was born a slave but became the assistant to the great Spanish...
7th - 12th
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Blood Red Snow White

Written by Sedgwick and Marcus
There never was a story that was happy through and through. When writer Arthur Ransome leaves his...
10th - 12th
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Finding Someplace

Written by Patrick and Denise Lewis

Reesie Boone just knows that thirteen is going to be her best year yet-this will be the year she...

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Gilded Cage

Written by Lucinda Gray
After growing up on a farm in Virginia, Walthingham Hall in England seems like another world to...
7th - 12th
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Nettie and Nellie Crook: Orphan Train Sisters (Based on a True Story)

Written by E. F. Abbott
Nettie and Nellie Crook are only five years old in 1910 when they are removed from their neglectful...
3rd - 4th
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John Lincoln Clem: Civil War Drummer Boy (Based on a True Story)

Written by E. F. Abbott
In 1861, nine-year-old Johnny Clem sneaks onto a train filled with men from the 3rd Ohio Union...
3rd - 4th
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Battlesaurus Rampage at Waterloo

Written by Brian Falkner
Fifteen-year-old Willem lives in hiding in a small Belgian village on the edge of the great Sonian...
7th - 9th
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Cinnamon Moon

Written by Tess Hilmo

On the same day as the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, 250 miles away in Peshtigo, Wisconsin, there was...

4th - 6th
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A Long Way from Chicago

Written by Richard Peck and Illustrated by Yang Hee

Set in the Depression, the book is a series of stories about the adventures Joey Dowdel and his...

3rd - 7th
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I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916

Written by Lauren Tarshis and Illustrated by Scott Dawson

Another book in the "I Survived" series, this one focuses on the shark attacks of 1916. During that...

3rd - 7th
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Martin's Dream Day

Written by Kitty Kelley and Illustrated by Stanley Tretick
The story of the historic March on Washington on August 28, 1963, written specifically for young...
K - 4th

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