Avi

THE TRUE CONFESSIONS OF CHARLOTTE DOYLE Although Charlotte Doyle was warned not to board the brig Seahawk on June 16, 1832, no young girl could have dreamed she'd face a murderous captain and rebellious crew.

1990

210 p.

Blos, Joan

A GATHERING OF DAYS A New England Girl’s Journal, 1830-1832 14-year-old Catherine Hall begins her journal of a year and a half on her family’s New Hampshire Farm. Catherine writes of ordinary happenings – chores, school, church And occasional celebrations. Some excitement is experienced when a “phantom” (a runaway slave) leaves a note in the woods.

1979

144 p.

Dadey, Debbie

CHEROKEE SISTER Because she is mistaken for an Indian, 12-year-old Allie, a white girl, is forced to travel the Trail of Tears (1838) along with her best friend, a young Cherokee.

2000

117 p.

DeFelice, Cynthia

WEASEL Alone in the frontier wilderness in the winter of 1839 while his father is recovering from an injury, 11-year-old Nathan runs afoul of the renegade killer known as Weasel and makes a surprising discovery about the concept of revenge. Shawnee Indians. Ohio 1839.

1990

119 p.

Frederick, Heather

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.

Frederick, Heather

THE EDUCATION OF PATIENCE GOODSPEED Sequel to: The voyage of Patience Goodspeed Summary Patience is not happy that instead of becoming the assistant navigator on her father's whaling ship as planned, she is sent ashore in Hawaii to attend a boarding school with a headmaster who is opposed to girls learning math.

2004

314 p.

Garland, Sherry

IN THE SHADOW OF THE ALAMO Conscripted into the Mexican army, 15-year-old Lorenzo Bonifacio makes some unexpected alliances and learns some harsh truths about General Santa Ana as the troops move toward the Battle of the Alamo (1836).

2001

276 p.

Garland, Sherry

A LINE IN THE SAND: THE ALAMO DIARY OF LUCINDA LAWRENCE In the diary she receives for her 13th birthday in 1835, Lucinda describes thehardships her family and other residents of the “Texas colonies” endure when theydecide to face the Mexicans in a fight for their freedom.

1998

177 p.

Hermann, Spring

SEEING LESSONS The Story of Abigail Carter and America's First School for Blind People When 10-year-old Abby Carter attends the newly established school for the blind in Boston in 1832, she proves that blind people can learn and be independent.

1998

160 p.

Krisher, Trudy

UNCOMMON FAITH In 1837-38, residents of Millbrook, Massachusetts, speak in their different voices of major issues of their day, including women's rights, slavery, religious differences, and one fiery girl named Faith.

2003

263 p.

Mitchell, Elizabeth

JOURNEY TO THE BOTTOMLESS PIT THE STORY OF STEPHEN BISHOP AND MAMMOTH CAVE Summary In 1838, as the nation struggles with issues of slavery, seventeen-year-old Stephen Bishop serves his master as a guide in Kentucky's Mammoth Cave and spends his free time exploring and discovering new passages and rooms.

2004

99 p.

Myers, Anna

HOGGEE Always overshadowed by his competitive older brother, especially in their work as mule drivers on the Erie Canal, fourteen-year-old Howard finally finds the courage to pursue his dreams of becoming an educator after he learns about sign language and teaches it to his deaf friend in 1830's New York State.

2004

182 p.

Rinaldi, Ann

THE EDUCATION OF MARY A Little Miss of Color, 1832 In 1832, Prudence Crandall begins admitting black girls to her exclusive Connecticut school, scandalizing white society and eventually causing her arrest and the closing of her school.

2000

243 p.

Stewart, Elisabeth

ON THE LONG TRAIL HOME Meli and her brother Tahlikwa escape from the Cherokee people being herded Westward on the Trail of Tears, determined to return to their beloved mountain home (now environs Cherokee, North Carolina). 1838-9.

1994

97 p.

Walsh, Jill Paton

GRACE September 7, 1838. As Grace begins her watch in the dim morning hours, she longingly looks toward her former home, only to see the wreck of the Forfarshire on a closer island. This is the story of the rescue and the reluctance of the people of England to believe such a slight of a girl could do such a thing.

1991

253 p.

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