Ann Rinaldi
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sixteen-year-old Jem struggles to maintain the status quo at home in Trenton, New Jersey, when the family men join the war for independence.
There are signs of rebellion in the Emerson household several years before the actual American Revolution hits in 1776! Brought up in a relatively liberal household, Jemima Emerson is quite a challenge for her tutor, John Reid, who is known as a Tory with strong ties to England. How could Jem's parents be...
There are signs of rebellion in the Emerson household several years before the actual American Revolution hits in 1776! Brought up in a relatively liberal household, Jemima Emerson is quite a challenge for her tutor, John Reid, who is known as a Tory with strong ties to England. How could Jem's parents be...
2) Amelia's war
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
When a Confederate general threatens to burn Hagerstown, Maryland, unless it pays an exorbitant ransom, twelve-year-old Amelia and her friend find a way to save the town.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
In 1542, nine-year-old Lady Elizabeth lives on an estate near London, striving to get back into the good graces of her father, King Henry VIII, and as the years pass she faces his death and those of other close relatives until she finds herself next in line to ascend the throne of England in 1558.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
1991
Language
English
Description
Harriet Hemings, rumored to be the daughter of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings, one of his black slaves, struggles with the problems facing her--to escape from the velvet cage that is Monticello, or to stay, and thus remain a slave.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
In 1861, eighteen-year-old Sarah Tracy, from New York state, comes to work at Mount Vernon, the historic Virginia home of George Washington, where she tries to protect the safety and neutrality of the site during the Civil War, and where she encounters her future husband, Upton Herbert. Includes historical notes.