Adler, Elizabeth

CROSSING THE PANTHER'S PATH 1809. 16-year-old Billy Calder, son of a British soldier and a Mohawk woman, leaves school to join Tecumseh in his efforts to prevent the Americans from taking any more land from the Indians in the Northwest Territory. Based on a true story.

1999

153 p.

Anderson, Margaret

CHILDREN OF SUMMER HENRI FABRE’S INSECTS 10-year old Paul describes how he and his sisters learned insects from the observations and writings of their father, the 19th century French entomologist Jean-Henri Fabre.

1997

89 p.

Auch, Mary Jane

FROZEN SUMMER sequel to Journey to Nowhere. In 1816, 12-year-old Mem’s new home in the wilderness of western New York is disrupted when the birth of another baby sends her mother into “spells” that disconnect her reality.

1998

196 p.

Auch, Mary Jane

JOURNEY TO NOWHERE In 1815, while traveling by covered wagon to settle in the wilderness of western New York, eleven-year-old Mem experiences a flood and separation from her family.

1997

202 p.

Auch, Mary Jane

THE ROAD TO HOME In 1817, after her mother has died and her father abandoned his children, 13-year-old Mem searches for a new home for Joshua, herself, and their little sister. End of trilogy.

2000

211 p.

Avi LORD KIRKLE’S MONEY
Book II Beyond the Western Sea
Driven from their impoverished Irish village, 15-year-old Maura and her younger brother meet their landlords runaway son in Liverpool while all three wait for a ship to America; their fates continue to intertwine on board ship and in the New World. 1996 380 p.

Avi

PUNCH WITH JUDY An outcast 8-year-old boy, orphaned by the Civil War, is taken in by the owner of a traveling medicine show and despite the doubts of others, years later he confirms the man’s faith in him.

1993

167 p.

Bartoletti, Susan

THE JOURNAL OF FIN REARDON A NEWSIE My Name is America Finn Reardon, a 13-year-old Irish-American newspaper carrier who hopes to be a journalist someday, keeps a journal of his experiences living in New York City in 1899.

2003

136 p.

Beatty, Patricia

BEHAVE YOURSELF, BETHANY BRANT A preacher's daughter with lots of curiosity and a penchant for getting into trouble has an eventful year and a half, as all the predictions of a fortune-teller at a Texas county fair in 1898 come true.

1986

166 p.

Beatty, Patricia

SARAH AND ME AND THE LADY FROM THE SEA When, in 1894, their father’s business failure forces the family to live in their beach home on the peninsula just above the Oregon border, 12- year-old Marcella and her younger brother and sister find the experience much more rewarding than they imagined, especially when they become friends with the numerous members of the Kimball family.

1989

177 p.

Berry, James

AJEEMAH AND HIS SON In 1807, at the height of the slave trade, Ajeemah and his 18-year-old son Atu are snatched in mid stride by slave traders from their home in Africa, while en route to deliver a dowry to Atus bride-to-be. Ajeemah and Atu are then taken to Jamaica and sold to neighboring plantations, never to see one another again.

1991

83 p.

Buckey, Sarah Masters

THE SMUGGLER'S TREASURE American Girls History Mysteries Sent to live with relatives in New Orleans during the War of 1812, 11-year-old Elisabet determines to find a smuggler's treasure to ransom her imprisoned father.

1999

153 p.

Carbone, Elisa

STORM WARRIORS In 1895, after his mother's death, 12-year-old Nathan moves with his father and grandfather to Pea Island off the coast of North Carolina, where he hopes to join the all-black crew at the nearby lifesaving station, despite his father's objections.

2001

166 p.

Burkes, Brian

SOLDIER BOY A boy who grew up in the slums of late 19th century Chicago runs away, joins the cavalry, and fights with General Cutter in the Battle of Little Big Horn.

1997

148 p.

Conlon-McKenna, Marita

WILDFLOWER GIRL In the mid-19th century, 13-year-old Peggy O'Driscoll sets out along from Ireland for America, hoping to make a better life for herself.

1991

173 p.

Culvert, Patricia

SOONER sequel to Bigger With the realization that his father may not return now that the Civil War is over, 13-year-old Tyler finds himself the man of their Missouri farm and the master of a new dog, the strikingly-colored Sooner.

1998

168 p.

Cornelissen, Cornelia

SOFT RAIN The Story of the Cherokee Trail of Tears Soft Rain, a 9-year-old Cherokee girl, is forced to relocate, along with her family, from North Carolina to the West.

1998

109 p.

Easton, Richard

A REAL AMERICAN Eleven-year-old Nathan, his older brother dead, his best friend gone, and his father busy trying to save the family farm in western Pennsylvania, befriends an immigrant boy who has moved to town with his family to work in the new coal mines, but finds it more difficult to convince others to overcome their prejudices.

2002

155 p.

Duey, K and K.A. Bale

SURVIVAL! TRAIN WRECK. Kansas, 1892 In 1892 Max and Jodi, young employees of a traveling circus, find their lives endangered when their train wrecks in a storm.

1999

172 p.

Durbin, William

THE BROKEN BLADE When an injury prevents his father from going into northern Canada with fur traders, 13-year-old Pierre decides take his father’s place as a voyageur. Spring 1800.

1997

163 p.

Durbin, William

WINTERING In 1801, 14-year-old Pierre returns towork for the North West Company and makes the long and difficult journey to a winter camp where he learns both from the other voyageurs and from the Ojibwa Indians whose land they share. sequel to: The Broken Blade.

1999

191 p.

Easton, Richard

A REAL AMERICAN 1892. Resentful of the Italian miners who inhabit his Pennsylvania town during the coal boom, an eleven-year-old boy discovers that being American has nothing to do with the color of your skin or the languages you speak.

2002

156 p.

Eckert, Allan

INCIDENT AT HAWK'S HILL A shy, lonely 6-year-old wanders into the Canadian prairie and spends a summer under the protection of a badger.

1971

207 p.

Ellsworth, Loretta

THE SHROUDING WOMAN When her aunt Flo comes to help care for 11-year-old Evie and her younger sister after their mother's death, Evie wants nothing to do with her and she is especially uncomfortable with her aunt's calling to hlep prepare bodies for burial.

2002

155 p.

Fleischman, Sid

BANDIT’S MOON 12-year-old Annyrose relates her adventures with Joaquin Murieta and his band of outlaws in the California gold-mining region during the mid-1800’s.

1998

132 p.

Frederick, Heather Vogel

THE VOYAGE OF PATIENCE GOODSPEED Following their mother's death in Nantucket, Captain Goodspeed brings 12-year-old Patience and six-year-old Tad aboard his whaling ship, where a new crew member incites a mutiny and Patience puts her mathematical ability to good use.

2002

213 p.

Gaeddert, LouAnn

BREAKING FREE In 1800, shortly before his 12th birthday, Richard is sent to live with his uncle on a farm in upper New York State, where he teaches a young slave to read and encourages her dream of freedom.

1994

136 p.

Griffin, Peni

SWITCHING WELL Two 12-year-old girls in San Antonio, Texas, Ada in 1891 and Amber in 1991, switch places through a magic well and try desperately to return to their own times.

1993

218 p.

Hart, Alison

FIRES OF JUBILEE Abby Joyner still lives on the plantation where she was raised, but she and her grandparents are free now and continue on for a small salary. Abby still doesn't know what became of her parents and she is determined to find out the truth.

2003

185 p.

Hausman, Gerald

TOM CRINGLE THE PIRATE AND THE PATRIOT In 1813, a 14-year-old British navy lieutenant records in his logbook, a perilous journey as he and his men attempt to return a group of slaves to the Jamaican plantation from which pirates stole them: pirates who are determined to reclaim their bounty.

2001

137 p.

Heisel, Sharon

PRECIOUS GOLD, PRECIOUS JADE A young woman befreinds a Chinese family despite the racism and fear that overwhelm the residents of her small western mining town at the end of the gold rush.

2000

184 p.

Hermes, Patricia

ON WINTER’S WIND As she struggles to make ends meet while maintaining her family’s dignity, 11-year-old Genevieve faces the possibility of turning in a slave for the bounty. Pre-civil war New Bedford, MA.

1995

163 p.

Hickman, Janet

SUSANNAH After her mother’s death, 14-year-old Susannah is taken by her father to live in a Shaker community in Ohio, but she does not find the same sense of peace there that he does. 1810 Lebanon, Ohio.

1998

138 p.

Hill, Kirkpatrick

MINUK ASHES IN THE PATHWAY Girls of Many Lands series Twelve-year-old Minuk's traditional Eskimo way of life is changed forever in 1892 with the arrival of Christian missionaries.

2002

185 p.

Hobbs, Will

DOWN THE YUKON sequel to Jason's Gold. In the wake of Dawson City's Great Fire of 1899, 16-year-old Jason and his girlfriend jamie canoe the Yukon River across Alaska in an epic race from Canada's Klondike to the new gold fields at Cape Nome.

2001

187 p.

Hobbs, Will

JASON'S GOLD When news of the discovery of gold in Canada's Yukon in 1897 reaches 15-year-old Jason, he embarks on a 5,000-mile journey to strike it rich.

1999

216 p.

Hurst, Carol Otis

THROUGH THE LOCK Etta, a 12-year-old orphan in 19th century Connecticut, meets a boy living ina an abandoned cabin on the New Haven and Northampton Canal and has adventures with him while trying to be reunited with her sibilings.

2001

160 p.

Jones, Elizabeth McDavid

GHOST LIGHT ON GRAVEYARD SHOAL American Girl History Mysteries In 1895, twelve-year-old Rhoda investigates her suspicion that a wrecker may be luring ships to their destruction on the Virginia barrier island where her father is Keeper of a U.S. Lifesaving Station. Includes historical notes on the United States Life-Saving Service.

2003

153 p.

Jones, Veda

BETSY'S RIVER ADVENTURE Sisters in Time The Westward Journey In 1808, Betsy Miller's family is moving from Boston to Cincinnati, and that means a long river journey.

2004

141 p.

Karwoski, Gail

SEAMAN: THE DOG WHO EXPLORED THE WEST WITH LEWIS AND CLARK Seaman, a Newfoundland, proves his value as a hunter, navigator, and protector while serving with the Corps of Discovery when it explores the West under the leadership of Lewis and Clark.

1999

183 p.

Klass, Sheila

A SHOOTING STAR: A NOVEL ABOUT ANNIE OAKLEY As one who prefers hunting over sewing, Annie Oakley breaks free from conventional behavior for girls and goes on to develop her talent as a sharpshooter and entertainer.

1996

173 p.

LaFaye, A.

WORTH When an accident crushes Nathaniel's leg, his father brings home an orphan to work their farm in Nebraska. At first the two boys are resentful of each other and their situations, but they slowly learn to help each other face the future.

2004

144 p.

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Lasky, Kathryn

BEYOND THE DIVIDE In 1949, 14-year-old Amish girl defies convention by leaving her secure home in Pennsylvania to accompany her father across the continent by wagon train.

1983

293 p.

Lasky, Kathryn

THE JOURNAL OF AUGUSTUS PELLETIER The Lewis and Clark Expedition My Name is America series A fictional journal kept by 12-year-old Augustus Pelletier, the youngest member of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery.

2000

149 p.

Lawlor, Laurie

EXPLORING THE CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR It's the most fabulous sight the girls have ever seen…the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, with its dazzling electric lights and incredible sights, sounds, smells, crowds. But in the chaos of the White City, 12-year-old Dora Pomeroy yearsn for Nebraska and the secure life she left behind. Her father has joined Buffalo Bill cody's Wild West show, leaving Mrs. Pomeroy and her chidren on their own.

2001

210 p.

Lutz, Norma

ESCAPE FROM SLAVERY A Family's Fight for Freedom The American Adventure In 19th century Cincinnati, 14-year-old Tim allerton finds his anti-slavery views tested when he and his younger sister Pam save the life of a slave baby whose mother has recently been murdered.

2000

143 p.

MacBride, Roger

LITTLE TOWN IN THE OZARKS When drought and fire afflict Rocky Ridge Farm, 11-year-old Rose Wilder and her parents temporarily move to Mansfield and try to adjust to a new life in town. 5th in series of 8.

1996

336 p.

Major, Charles

THE BEARS OF BLUE RIVER Little Balser, a pioneer boy growing up in early nineteenth-century Indiana, has many adventures and dangerous encounters with bears while learning the ways of the woods.

1984

177 p.

Marzolo, Jean

HALFWAY DOWN PADDY LANE 15-year old Kate finds herself transported where she must adjust to the prejudices against Irish immigrants, working long hours in a cotton mill, and tragically, falling in love with a boy who believes he is her brother.

1981

178 p.

Mazzio, Joann

LEAVING ELDORADO In 1896-97, after her gold-mad father abandons her in the small New Mexico Territorymining town of Eldorado, 14-year-old Maude struggles to survive and to hold onto her dream of becoming an artist.

1993

170 p.

McCaughrean, Geraldine

STOP THE TRAIN! Despite the opposition of the owner of the Red Rock Railroad in 1893, the new settlers of Florence, Oklahoma, are determined to build a real town.

2001

187 p.

Meltzer, Milton

UNDERGROUND MAN A courageous young white man aids slaves escaping from Kentucky in pre-Civil War days.

1972

261 p.

Meyer, L.A.

CURSE OF THE BLUE TATTOO In 1803, after being exposed as a girl and forced to leave her ship, Jacky Faber finds herself attending school in Boston, where, instead of learning to be a lady, she battles her snobbish classmates, roams the city in search of adventure, and learns to ride a horse.

2004

488 p.

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Meyer, L.A.

UNDER THE JOLLY ROGER A Bloody Jack Adventure sequel to Curse of the Blue Tattoo In 1804, 15-year-old Jacky Faber heads back to sea where she gains control of a British warship and eventually becomes a privateer.

2005

518 p.

O'Dell, Scott

STREAMS TO THE RIVER, RIVER TO THE SEA A Novel of Sacagawea A young Indian woman, accompanied by her infant and cruel husband, experience joy and heart-break when she joins the Lewis and Clark Expedition seeking a way to the Pacific.

1986

191 p.

Osborne, Mary Pope

ADALINE FALLING STAR Fictionalized account of the life of Kit Carson's daughter, Adaline.

2000

169 p.

Pearsall, Shelley

CROOKED RIVER When twelve-year old Rebecca Carter's father brings a Native American accused of murder into their 1812 Ohio settlement town, Rebecca, witnessing the town's reaction to the Indian, struggles with the idea that an innocent man may be convicted and sentenced to death.

2005

248 p.

Pfeffer, Susan Beth

AMY’S STORY Portraits of Little Women Because she desperately wants to have her picture taken, 10-year-old Amy finds a way to accumulate the necessary five dollars but then decides to spend it in another way.

1997

69 p.

Pfeffer, Susan Beth

BETH MAKES A FRIEND Portraits of Little Women Beth tries to help an impoverished Irish immigrant boy and his family by stealing a silver bowl from her great-aunt and giving it to the O’Neills to sell.

1998

87 p.

Pfeffer, Susan Beth

BETH’S STORY Portraits of Little Women Relates 10-year-old Beth's exciting trip to pre-Civil War New York City with Marmee and Father.

1997

76 p.

Pfeffer, Susan Beth

A GIFT FOR BETH Portraits of Little Women Beth March receives a mysterious, but welcome, gift of new sheet music for the piano.

1999

76 p.

Pfeffer, Susan Beth

A GIFT FOR AMY Portraits of Little Women Pretty Amy March intends to marry a wealthy man when she’s all grown up. But she worries that her family’s lack of money will scare suitors away. Rich boys marry rich girls – at least, that’s what the snobby girls at school say. So Amy encourages the attentions of Robert Lloyd, a classmate whose family is well-to-do. When he surprises her with an expensive gift, Amy must face her true feelings – and her heart’s real dreams for the future.

1999

91 p.

Pfeffer, Susan Beth

A GIFT FOR MEG Portraits of Little Women Meg treasures the bolt of Belgian lace that Aunt March brings her from a tip to Europe. The exquisite lace is to be used on her wedding day, far in the future. For now, Meg wants only to admire it and, above all, to safeguard it from jealous Jo.

1999

84 p.

Pfeffer, Susan Beth

JO MAKES A FRIEND Portraits of Little Women At the request of her great-aunt, 10-year-old Jo tries to befriend a sad and lonely blind girl who is visiting the neighborhood.

1998

92 p.

Pfeffer, Susan Beth

MEG’S STORY Portraits of Little Women When 10-year-old Meg receives an invitation to a friend’s picnic but Jo does not, Meg must decide whether to decline out of loyalty to her sister or to follow her heart and attend.

1997

71 p.

Pfitsch, Patricia Curtis

RIDING THE FLUME In 1894, 15-year-old Francie determines to fight the lumbermen and protect the largest sequoia tree ever seen which had been given to her sister just before her death six years earlier.

1997

71 p.

Philbrick, Rodman

THE JOURNAL OF DOUGLAS ALLEN DEEDS The Donner Party Expedition My Name is America series This harrowing story of the Donner Party is told through the viewpoint of Douglas Allen Deeds, an enthusiastic young farm boy traveling West with the doomed expedition.

2001

155 p.

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Rinaldi, Ann

AN ACQUAINTANCE WITH DARKNESS When her mother dies and her best friend’s family is implicated in the assassination of President Lincoln, 14-year-old Emily Pigbush must go live with an uncle she suspects of being involved in stealing bodies for medical research. Washington, D.C./Maryland.

1997

291 p.

Robinet, Harriette

THE TWINS, THE PIRATES, AND THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS Twelve-year-old African-American twins attempt to escape in the face of pirates, an American army, and the British forces during the Battle of New Orleans in 1815.

1997

134 p.

Robinet, Harriette

WASHINGTON CITY IS BURNING In 1814 Virginia, a slave in President Madison's White House experiences the burning of Washington by the invading British army.

1996

149 p.

Ryan, Pam

RIDING FREEDOM A fictionalized account of Charley (Charlotte) Parkhurst who ran away from her New Hampshire orphanage, posed as a boy who worked in a stable, moved to California With her stage coach company, and through disguise was the first woman to vote. 1812-1879.

1998

134 p.

Steiner, Barbara

MYSTERY AT CHILKOOT PASS 1897. Swept up in the great Klondike gold rush, Hetty McKinley sails north with Papa and her dashing Uncle Donall. Landing n Alaska, Hetty feels excitement in the air. But as the McKinleys trek the rugged trail inland to Chilkoot Pass, their adventure turns grim. Winter descends, and Hetty discovers she is traveling with thieves...one of whom may be her own uncle.

2002

155 p.

Steiner, Barbara

MYSTERY AT CHILKOOT PASS 1897. Swept up in the great Klondike gold rush, Hetty McKinley sails north with Papa and her dashing Uncle Donall. Landing n Alaska, Hetty feels excitement in the air. But as the McKinleys trek the rugged trail inland to Chilkoot Pass, their adventure turns grim. Winter descends, and Hetty discovers she is traveling with thieves...one of whom may be her own uncle.

2002

155 p.

Van Leeuwen, Jean

CABIN ON TROUBLE CREEK Summary In 1803 in Ohio, two young brothers are left to finish the log cabin and guard the land while their father goes back to Pennsylvania to fetch their mother and younger siblings.

2004

219 p.

Voight, Cynthia

THE CALLENDER PAPERS 1894. In 19th-century Massachusetts, orphan Jean, employed to sort out the family papers of a reclusive artist, becomes curious about the mysterious, long-ago death of his wife and the subsequent disappearance of their young child.

1983

214 p.

Wait, Lea

WINTERING WELL 1819. Fifteen-year-old Will Ames and his sister Cassie go to stay with their sister in nearby Wiscasset, Maine, after a disabling accident ruins Will's plans for a career in farming.

2004

186 p.

Wait, Lea

SEAWARD BORN Working on the docks in Charleston Harbor in 1805, thirteen-year-old slave Michael longs to sail the open seas. When his protective mistress dies, turning his world upside down, he must decide whether to risk sailing north to freedom.

2003

156 p.

Wallace, Barbara Brooks

SECRET IN ST. SOMETHING Fleeing from a cruel stepfather, 11-year-old Robin takes his baby brother and finds shelter with street boys living in a church in a tenement area of New York City.late 1800's.

2001

149 p.

Whelan, Gloria

FAREWELL TO THE ISLAND In 1816, 16-year-old Mary O’Shea accepts her married sister’s invitation to visit her in London and experiences much of the world beyond her beloved farm on Mackinac Island.

1998

200 p.

Wilkes, Maria

LITTLE TOWN AT THE CROSSROADS The Brookfield Years Young Caroline Quiner, who would grow up to become Laura Ingalls Wilder's mother, and her family have new adventures as the frontier outpost of Brookfield, Wisconsin, grows into a busting town.

1997

343 p.