Historical - United States - 20th Century
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Death in the Tallgrass
$18.99 Read moreThe author of the Walter Award-winning Man Made Monsters and the Caldecott Medal-winning ChoochHelped delivers a thriller that reads like Holes for a new generation–a murder mystery interwoven with C
- Author: Rogers, Andrea L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 15 2026
- ISBN10: 1646146344
- Language: English
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Pearl Harbor: Ready-To-Read Level 3
$5.99 Add to cartBringing a dramatic moment of World War II to vivid life, author Stephen Krensky answers questions about the historic importance of the military action at Pearl Harbor. Written in simple yet clear lan… [more below]
- Series: Ready-To-Read
- Author: Krensky, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: May 01 2001
- ISBN10: 0689842147
- Language: English
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Books Up the Mountain: A Packhorse Librarian Story
$18.99 Read moreSome stories are too important to be forgotten.
During the Great Depression, families living deep in the Appalachian mountains had little access to books. But a group of determined women changed that.- Author: Rose, Caroline Starr
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: August 04 2026
- ISBN10: 1956393218
- Language: English
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Paloma Joins the Circus
$18.99 Read moreA story of following your dreams and growing into new ones, of finding home in the people around you, and of creating something beautiful through hard work and perseverance.
Twelve-year-old Paloma co
- Author: Ruiz-Flores, Lupe
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: August 04 2026
- ISBN10: 9798765683217
- Language: English
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Roi and Me and the Double V: A WWII Story
$17.99 Read moreBest friends Marvel and Roi help out on the WWII homefront, but when racial injustice threatens their community, they must turn to activism for a victory of their own in this empowering middle grade n… [more below]
- Author: Headen, Sandra W.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: August 25 2026
- ISBN10: 0823453790
- Language: English
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Night on Fire
$9.99 Add to cart2016-2017 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award Master List
2016 Best Children’s Book of the Year–Historical Fiction List, Bank Street College
2016 Paterson Prize for Books for Young People Grades 4-6
2017-2- Author: Kidd, Ronald
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 01 2016
- ISBN10: 0807570265
- Language: English
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Wanderville
$12.99 Add to cartTHE FIRST BOOK IN A HISTORICAL SERIES THAT’S PERFECT FOR FANS OF THE BOXCAR CHILDREN!
Jack, Frances, and Frances’s younger brother Harold have been ripped from the world they knew in New York and sent- Series: Wanderville #01
- Author: McClure, Wendy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 04 2014
- ISBN10: 1595147012
- Language: English
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Don’t You Know There’s a War On?
$10.99 Add to cartWorld War II is on everyone’s mind and in every headline, and Howie Crispers has a hunch that his school principal is a spy. With a little snooping around, Howie finds out something even more alarming
- Author: Avi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: February 04 2003
- ISBN10: 0380815443
- Language: English
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Serpent on the Mountain
$17.99 Add to cartFrom acclaimed author J. Kasper Kramer comes a poignant coming-of-age middle grade story that captures the wild beauty of 1970s Appalachia and the tender, fragile ties that bind us to family, faith, a… [more below]
- Author: Kramer, J. Kasper
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 16 2026
- ISBN10: 166594417X
- Language: English
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Walk the Walk
$18.99 Add to cartWe all have the power to make meaningful change! This story about one step in the civil rights movement – the Montgomery Bus Boycott – follows one boy’s day walking the walk.
Dexter and his Papa have- Author: Owens, R. J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: April 14 2026
- ISBN10: 1547609605
- Language: English
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Deep Secrets (a Titanic Novel)
$8.99 Add to cartFrom Nikki Shannon Smith, author of Stranded, comes a story of the Titanic, family, survival, and the secrets we hide from those we love.
Colette only wants three things: to prove she isn’t weak, to ge
- Author: Smith, Nikki Shannon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 21 2026
- ISBN10: 1546164952
- Language: English
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Magnitude
$18.99 Add to cartFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Iceberg and The Free State of Jax comes the harrowing story of the fight for survival during the Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 and the despera
- Author: Nielsen, Jennifer A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 03 2026
- ISBN10: 1546166114
- Language: English
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Hattie Mae Begins Again
$17.99 Add to cartFrom the three-time Coretta Scott King Honor winning author of The Skin I’m In comes a poignant story about a southern girl far from home at an elite girls boarding school in the north, who must find … [more below]
- Author: Flake, Sharon G.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: January 13 2026
- ISBN10: 0593650344
- Language: English
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Light Comes to Shadow Mountain
$9.99 Add to cartCora Mae Tipton is determined to light up her Appalachian community in this historical fiction novel from an award-winning author and former librarian.
It’s 1937 and the government is pushing to bring- Author: Buzzeo, Toni
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 03 2024
- ISBN10: 0823459020
- Language: English
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Escape from the USS Indianapolis (Escape from #5)
$8.99 Add to cart“Nonstop action, real history, serious danger. You gotta read these books!” –Alan Gratz, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Refugee
July, 1945
The end of World War II is finally in sight. The Nazi
- Series: Escape from
- Author: Marino, Andy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 16 2025
- ISBN10: 1546123202
- Language: English
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Where Only Storms Grow: A Novel about the Dust Bowl
$17.99 Add to cartFor Fans of the I Survived series and The War That Saved My Life, this gripping middle grade novel is set during one of the most dangerous storms in American history.
It’s been four years since rain f- Author: Colman, Alyssa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 19 2025
- ISBN10: 0374392781
- Language: English
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Gingersnap
$6.99 Read moreIt’s 1944, W.W. II is raging. Jayna’s big brother Rob is her only family. When Rob is called to duty on a destroyer, Jayna is left in their small town in upstate New York with their cranky landlady. B… [more below]
- Author: Giff, Patricia Reilly
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: January 07 2014
- ISBN10: 0440421780
- Language: English
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The Secret of Honeycake
$17.99 Add to cartHurricane is quiet while her Aunt Claire is a force of nature with very particular ideas–and a host of Latin sayings to back them up. When Hurricane gets stuck living with her, she retreats into hers… [more below]
- Author: Fusco, Kimberly Newton
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: January 21 2025
- ISBN10: 0593121775
- Language: English
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Bea and the New Deal Horse
$9.99 Add to cartThis lyrical middle grade historical novel set during the Great Depression from award-winning author L. M. Elliott is a moving tale of the spirit of American persistence, found family, and the magical
- Author: Elliott, L. M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: November 12 2024
- ISBN10: 0063219018
- Language: English
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Mighty Inside
$10.99 Add to cartGolden Kite Award Finalist
Melvin Robinson wants a strong, smooth, He-Man vo
Washington State Book Award Winner
Junior Library Guild Gold Standard
Notable Social Studies Reading List
CCBC Choices- Author: Frazier, Sundee
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: March 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1646144112
- Language: English
