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1) Pink and Say
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Say Curtis describes his meeting with Pinkus Aylee, a black soldier, during the Civil War, and their capture by Southern troops.
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Addy 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, Sam, are sold! Addy and her Momma decide they must head out on their own. Although the road to freedom is difficult, Addy's new life brings new friends, school, and even the opportunity to help others. But when will her family be reunited?
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl Publishing
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Having 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 victory of having her idea chosen for a fair fundraiser, where a friendship is born, and the answer to a riddle brings a wonderful surprise. But will the rest of Addy's family be reunited before the New Year?
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Tommy, the son of a Presbyterian minister in Augusta, Georgia, during the Civil War, must search his conscience to decide whether he should help a Yankee soldier escape and return home. Inspired by the early life of Woodrow Wilson.
Author
Series
Boys of wartime volume 2
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
In 1863, twelve-year-old Will, who longs to be a drummer in the Union army, is stuck in his sleepy hometown of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, but when the Union and Confederate armies meet right there in his town, he and his family are caught up in the fight. Includes historical notes, glossary, and a timeline of events.
14) Magic in the mix
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Life seems to be back to normal for "newly twinned" sisters Miri and Molly until their magical house sends them on a new time-traveling adventure to the Civil War, where they must risk everything to save two unusual soldiers and come to terms with the emotional truth about Molly's past.
Author
Publisher
W. Morrow
Pub. Date
1984
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Hannalee Reed, forced to relocate in Indiana along with other Georgia millworkers during the Civil War, leaves her mother with a promise to return home as soon as the war ends.
Author
Publisher
Pleasant Company Publications
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
In 1865, while helping her family keep their Virginia farm going through the end of the Civil War, twelve-year-old Cassie meets a Confederate deserter and a Yankee prisoner of war and tries to discover who has been stealing from the farm.
Author
Publisher
Kingfisher
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Away from home during the battle of Vicksburg, fourteen-year-old Jacquetta returns to find her parents gone and the plantation in Yankee hands, but with help from a slave girl, she devises a plan to rescue the family's Morgan horses.
18) 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
Scholastic
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
In 1860 and 1861, while working in her father's lighthouse on an island off the coast of Delaware, fifteen-year-old Amelia records in her diary how the Civil War is beginning to devastate her divided state.
20) After the rain
Author
Series
Virginia's Civil War diary volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
In her diary, a ten-year-old girl writes about her family's experiences living in Washington, D.C., in 1864-65, during which time the Civil War comes to an end and President Lincoln is assassinated. Includes historical notes.
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