From the Revolutionary War to the Civil War to life on the frontier,
these are stories about the history of our country.


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Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt Addie's Dakota Winter by Laurie Lawlor Addy Learns a Lesson by Connie Porter Amelia's War by Ann Rinaldi Anastasia, the Last Grand Duchess by Carolyn Meyer Battle of Bull Run by Paul Fleischman Ben and Me by Robert Lawson  Boy at War by Harry Mazer Bread Sister of Sinking Creek by Robin Moore A Break with Charity by Ann Rinaldi Bully for You, Teddy Roosevelt by Jean Fritz The Cabin Faced West by Jean Fritz Cabin on Trouble Creek by Jean Van Leeuwen Calico Bush by Rachel Field Carlota by Scott O'Dell The Cat Who Escaped From Steerage by Evelyn Mayerson Cezanne Pinto by Mary Stolz The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh Dakota Spring by D. Love Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers A Family Apart by Jean Lowery Nixon Fifth of March by Ann Rinaldi  Fighting Ground by Avi Fire on the Wind by Linda Crew Ghost Cadet by Elaine Alphin Grasshopper Summer by Ann Turner Hope by Louann Gaeddert The House of Dies Drear by Virginia Hamilton A House of Tailors by Patricia Reilly Giff I Have Lived a Thousand Years by Livia Bitton-Jackson In the Year of Boar & Jackie Robinson by B Lord Jayhawker by Patricia Beatty Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes The Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce by Ann Rinaldi The Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins by Walter Dean Myers The Journal of Sean Sullivan by William Durbin A Journey to the New World by Kathryn Lasky Journey to Topaz by Yoshiko Uchida Letters from Rifka by Karen Hesse Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder Lyddie by Katherine Patterson Meet Addy by Connie Porter Meet Molly by Valerie Tripp Meet Samantha, an American Girl by Susan Adler My Brother Sam Is Dead by James Collier My Heart is on the Ground by Ann Rinaldi Night Journeys by Avi Number the Stars by Lois Lowry Orders to Vietnam by William E. Butterworth The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell by Kristiana Gregory Orphan Journey Home by Liza Ketchum Prairie Songs by Pam Conrad The President's Daughter by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley Remembrance by Theresa Breslin Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor Samuel's Choice by Richard Berleth Sarah, Plain & Tall by Patricia MacLachlan Save Queen of Sheba by Louise Moeri Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare Silent Wings Savage Death by Dr. Alfred J. Nigl Slave Dancer by Paula Fox Soon Be Free by Lois Ruby Standing in the Light by Mary Pope Osborne Stepping on the Cracks by Mary Hahn Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene Thee, Hannah by Marguerite DeAngeli This Time, Tempe Wick? by Patricia Gauch Thunder on the Tennessee by G. Clifton Wisler Trouble for Lucy by Carla Stevens War Comes to Willy Freeman by James Collier When Will This Cruel War Be Over? by Barry Denenberg Winter of the Wolf by G. Clifton Wisler Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth Speare Worth by A. LaFaye