Historical - United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877)
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Secrets of Civil War Spies
$8.99 Add to cartIn this historical fiction book by former educator Nancy Lesourd, young readers can experience American history through the letters of two girls witnessing the Civil War firsthand: Molly, who joins a
- Series: Liberty Letters
- Author: LeSourd, Nancy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: August 25 2008
- ISBN10: 0310713900
- Language: English
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The Door of No Return
$8.99 Add to cartFrom the Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award winning author Kwame Alexander, comes the first book in a searing, breathtaking trilogy that tells the story of a boy, a village, and the epic odyss
- Series: The Door of No Return #1
- Author: Alexander, Kwame
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: May 07 2024
- ISBN10: 0316441961
- Language: English
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Ann Fights for Freedom: An Underground Railroad Survival Story
$27.99 Add to cartTwelve-year-old Ann understands there is only one thing to be grateful for as a slave: having her family together. But when the master falls into debt, he plans to sell both Ann and her younger brothe… [more below]
- Series: Girls Survive
- Author: Smith, Nikki Shannon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: January 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1496578538
- Language: English
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Tennessee Rose
$7.99 Add to cartAlabama, 1856. Tennessee Rose is a dark bay Tennessee Walking Horse with a rose-shaped marking on her forehead. She loves dashing around the plantation in the running walk that her breed is famous for… [more below]
- Series: Horse Diaries (Quality) #9
- Author: Kendall, Jane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: August 07 2012
- ISBN10: 0375870067
- Language: English
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The Journey of Little Charlie (National Book Award Finalist)
$19.99 Read moreNewbery Medalist Christopher Paul Curtis brings his trademark humor and heart to the story of a boy struggling to do right in the face of history’s cruelest evils.
The National Book Award finalist by C… [more below]
- Author: Curtis, Christopher Paul
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 01 2018
- ISBN10: 0545156661
- Language: English
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Addy: A Heart Full of Hope
$7.99 Add to cartHaving Poppa home fills Addy’s heart with happiness, and moving to a boarding house brings a new special friend — one who encourages Addy to always stay hopeful for the future. Then Addy enjoys the v… [more below]
- Series: American Girl Historical Characters
- Author: Porter, Connie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: February 18 2020
- ISBN10: 1683371615
- Language: English
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Addy: Finding Freedom
$7.99 Read moreAddy Walker’s family is planning a dangerous escape from slavery during the summer of 1864. But before they can leave, the most terrible thing Addy can imagine happens — her Poppa and her brother, Sa… [more below]
- Series: American Girl Historical Characters
- Author: Porter, Connie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: February 18 2020
- ISBN10: 1683371607
- Language: English
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Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women: A Paper Doll Collectible
$12.99 Read moreGenerations of young readers have taken the characters of Little Women to their hearts, and this collection of paper dolls offers a delightful continuation of the tradition. Six dolls depict the March… [more below]
- Series: Dover Paper Dolls
- Author: Miller, Eileen Rudisill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: October 16 2019
- ISBN10: 0486837971
- Language: English
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They Call Me Teach: Lessons in Freedom
$18.99 Add to cartIn this stirring and powerfully illustrated story, an enslaved young man uses his ability to read and write to educate others in the pursuit of freedom.
Back inside the store
I write up receipts
for M- Author: Cline-Ransome, Lesa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 24 2024
- ISBN10: 0763681555
- Language: English
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The Journey of Little Charlie (Scholastic Gold)
$8.99 Read moreThe National Book Award finalist by Christopher Paul Curtis
Twelve-year-old Charlie is down on his luck: His sharecropper father just died and Cap’n Buck — the most fearsome man in Possum Moan, South
- Author: Curtis, Christopher Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 04 2021
- ISBN10: 054515667X
- Language: English
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The Clothesline Code: The Story of Civil War Spies Lucy Ann and Dabney Walker
$13.95 Add to cartLucy Ann and Dabney Walker didn’t have to risk their lives to spy for the Union army. The couple had already risked everything to escape slavery themselves.
But in early 1863, in the midst of the Civ
- Author: Halfmann, Janet
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 36
- Publish Date: February 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1951565584
- Language: English
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Lizzie Demands a Seat!: Elizabeth Jennings Fights for Streetcar Rights
$17.99 Read moreIn 1854, Elizabeth “Lizzie” Jennings, an African American schoolteacher, fought back when she was unjustly denied entry to a New York City streetcar, sparking the beginnings of the long struggle to ga… [more below]
- Author: Anderson, Beth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 07 2020
- ISBN10: 1629799394
- Language: English
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The Everything Gang: A Journey of Friendship Beyond the Civil War
$16.99 Add to cartThe Civil War is over and thirteen-year-old Marty now begins the most dangerous expedition of his life. He and best friend Slim travel south to find the gravesite of their truest hero Tip. It might ju
- Series: The Deyo Hill #2
- Author: Kronwald, Ann
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 206
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1736215221
- Language: English
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Unbound: A Novel in Verse
$8.99 Add to cartFrom the award-winning author of All the Broken Pieces and Serafina’s Promise comes a breathtaking new novel that is her most transcendent and widely accessible work to date.
The day Grace is called fr… [more below]
- Author: Burg, Ann
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 28 2018
- ISBN10: 1338282085
- Language: English
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Pink and Say
$19.99 Read moreWhen Sheldon Russell Curtis told this story to his daughter, Rosa, she kept every word in her heart and was to retell it many times.
He was wo
I will tell it in Sheldon’s own words as nearly as I can.- Series: The Kindness Editions
- Author: Polacco, Patricia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: September 15 1994
- ISBN10: 0399226710
- Language: English
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Last of the Name
$9.99 Read moreTwelve-year-old Danny O’Carolan and his sister, Kathleen, arrive in New York City in 1863, at the height of the Civil War. Kathleen finds a job in domestic service for herself and Danny, hoping to kee
- Author: Parry, Rosanne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1728467667
- Language: English
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Charlotte Spies for Justice: A Civil War Survival Story
$9.99 Add to cartTwelve-year-old Charlotte lives on a plantation in Richmond, Virginia, where the American Civil War is raging. All around her, citizens and the Confederate army are fighting to protect slavery — the … [more below]
- Series: Girls Survive
- Author: Smith, Nikki Shannon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: August 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1496584465
- Language: English
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All Different Now: Juneteenth, the First Day of Freedom
$17.99 Add to cartExperience the joy of Juneteenth in this celebration of freedom from the award-winning team of Angela Johnson and E.B. Lewis.
Through the eyes of one little girl, All Different Now tells the story of- Author: Johnson, Angela
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: May 6, 2014
- ISBN10: 068987376X
- Language: English
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Ann Fights for Freedom: An Underground Railroad Survival Story
$9.99 Add to cartTwelve-year-old Ann understands there is only one thing to be grateful for as a slave: having her family together. But when the master falls into debt, he plans to sell both Ann and her younger brothe
- Series: Girls Survive
- Author: Smith, Nikki Shannon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: February 01, 2019
- ISBN10: 1496580133
- Language: English
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I Survived the Battle of Gettysburg, 1863 (I Survived #7): Volume 7
$5.99 Add to cartThe bloodiest battle in American history is under way . . .
It’s 1863, and Thomas and his little sister, Birdie, have fled the farm where they were born and raised as slaves. Following the North Star, … [more below]
- Series: I Survived #07
- Author: Tarshis, Lauren
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: February 01, 2013
- ISBN10: 0545459362
- Language: English
