Civil War Fiction for Children and Young Adults
Prepared by Dr. Carolyn Gabb
March 2005
*picturebook
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Title |
Author |
Illustrator |
Publisher |
Date |
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Abraham Lincoln: Letters from a Slave Girl |
Pinkney, Andrea Davis |
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Winslow Press |
2001 |
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Across Five Aprils |
Hunt, Irene |
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Grosset/ Tempo |
1986 |
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After the Rain: Virginia's Civil War Diary, Book 2 |
Pope, Mary Osborne |
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Scholastic |
2002 |
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Alec's Primer |
Walter, Mildred Pitts |
Johnson, Larry* |
Univ. Press of New England |
2004 |
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Alice Rose & Sam |
Lasky, Kathryn |
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Hyperion |
1999 |
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Amelia's War |
Rinaldi, Ann |
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Scholastic |
1999 |
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Amelina Carrett, Bayou Grand Coeur (Louisiana 1863) |
Duey, Kathleen |
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Aladdin |
1999 |
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Amistad: A Long Road to Freedom: A Thirst for Freedom |
Myers, Walter Dean |
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Dutton |
1998 |
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Anna Sunday |
Keehn, Sally |
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Philomel |
2002 |
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Ballad of the Civil War (A) |
Stolz, Mary |
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Harper Collins |
1997 |
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Barefoot: Escape on the Underground Railroad |
Edwards, Pamela |
Cole, Henry* |
Harper Collins |
1997 |
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Be Ever Hopeful, Hannalee |
Beatty, Patricia |
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Morrow Junior |
1988 |
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Becca's Story |
Forman, James |
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Atheneum |
1992 |
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Before the Creeks Ran Red |
Reeder, Carolyn |
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Harper Collins |
2003 |
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Behind the Lines |
Holland, Isabelle |
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Scholastic |
1994 |
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Bigger |
Calvert, Patricia |
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Aladdin |
2003 |
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Black, Blue & Gray: African Americans in the Civil War |
Brooks, Victor |
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Chelsea House |
2000 |
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Blue and the Gray |
Bunting, Eve |
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Scholastic |
1997 |
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Bound for the North Star: True Stories of Fugitive Slaves |
Frodin, Dennis |
Frodin, Dennis* |
Clarion |
2000 |
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Boy of Chancellorville and Other Civil War Stories |
Marten, James A. |
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Oxford Univ. Press |
2002 |
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Braving the Fire |
Severance, John B. |
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Clarion |
2002 |
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Bright Freedom's Song: a story of the underground railroad |
Houston, Gloria |
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Harcourt Brace |
1998 |
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Bull Run |
Fleischmann, Paul |
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Harper Collins |
1993 |
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Bushwacker: A Civil War Adventure (The) |
Garrity, Jennifer |
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Peachtree |
1999 |
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Caleb's Choice |
Wisler, G. Clifton |
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Dutton |
1996 |
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Captain Kate |
Reeder, Carolyn |
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Avon |
1999 |
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Cecil's Story |
Lyon, George Ella |
Catalanotto, Peter* |
Orchard |
1991 |
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Cezanne Pinto: A Memoir |
Stolz, Mary |
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Knopf |
1994 |
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Charley Skedaddle |
Patricia Beatty |
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William Morrrow |
1987 |
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Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nelllie Lee Love |
McKissack, Pat |
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Scholastic |
2000 |
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Dangerous Promise (A) |
Nixon, Joan |
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Gareth Stevens |
2000 |
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Dear Ellen Bee: a civil war scrapbook of two Union spies |
Lyons, Mary |
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Atheneum |
2000 |
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Diary of a Drummer Boy |
Brill, Marlene |
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Millbrook |
1998 |
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Drummer Boy: Marching to the Civil War |
Turner, Ann Warren |
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Harper Collins |
1998 |
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Drummer Boy of Vicksburg (The) |
Wisler, G. Clifton |
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Lodestar Books |
1997 |
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Dust from Old Bones |
Forrester, Sandra |
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Morrow Junior |
1999 |
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Eben Tyne, Powermonkey |
Beatty, Patricia |
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Morrow Junior |
1990 |
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Education of Mary: a Little Miss of Color (1832) |
Rinaldi, Ann |
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Hyperion |
2000 |
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Elizabeth Van Lew: Southern Belle, Union Spy |
Zeinert, Karen |
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Dillon |
1995 |
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Evvy's Civil War |
Brenaman, Miriam |
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Putnam |
2002 |
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Follow the Drinking Gourd |
Connelly, Bernadine |
Buchanan, Yvonne* |
Rabbit Ears |
1997 |
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Follow the Drinking Gourd |
Winter, Jeannette |
Winter, Jeannette* |
Random |
1988 |
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Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule |
Robinet, Harriette |
Nickens, Bess* |
Atheneum |
1998 |
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Freedom's Wings [My America Series] |
Wyeth, Sharon |
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Scholastic |
2001 |
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Ghost Cadet (The) |
Alphin, Elaine |
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HenryHolt |
1991 |
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Ghost Soldier |
Alphin, Elaine |
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HenryHolt |
2001 |
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Ghost Wore Gray (The) |
Coville, Bruce |
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Yearling |
1988 |
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Ghosts of the Civil War |
Harness, Cheryl |
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Simon & Schuster |
2001 |
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Girl in Blue |
Rinaldi, Ann |
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Scholastic |
2001 |
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Hear the Wind Blow |
Hahn, Mary Downing |
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Clarion |
2003 |
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Here and Then |
Lyon, George Ella |
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Orchard |
1994 |
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How I Found the Strong |
McMullan, Margaret |
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Houghton-Mifflin |
2004 |
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I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: the Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl |
Hansen, Joyce |
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Scholastic |
1997 |
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In My Father’s House |
Rinaldi, Ann |
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Scholastic |
1994 |
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Island Far From Home (An) |
Donahue, John |
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Carolrhoda |
1995 |
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Jayhawker |
Beatty, Patricia |
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Morrow Jr. |
1991 |
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Jip: His Story |
Paterson, Katherine |
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Lodestar |
1996 |
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Jonkonnu: a Story from the Sketchbook of Winslow Homer |
Littlesugar, Amy |
Schoenherr, Jon* |
Philomel |
1997 |
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Journal of James Edmond Pease, a Civil War Union Soldier (The) |
Murphy, Jim |
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Scholastic |
1998 |
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Journal of Rufus Rowe: Witness to the Battle of Fredericksburg |
Hite, Sid |
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Scholastic |
2003 |
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Letters from a Slave Girl: The Story of Harriet Jacobs |
Lyons, Mary |
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Simon Pulse |
1996 |
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Lightning Time: A Novel |
Rees, Douglas |
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Puffin |
1999 |
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L’il Dan, the Drummer Boy |
Beard, Romare |
Beard, Romare |
Simon & Schuster |
2003 |
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Matty’s War |
Thomas, Carroll |
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Smith & Kraus |
1998 |
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Miles’ Song |
McGill, Alice |
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Scholastic |
2002 |
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Moon Over Tennessee: A Boy’s Civil War Journal |
Crist-Evans, Craig |
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Houghton Mifflin |
2003 |
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Mustang Flats |
Wisler, G. Clifton |
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Puffin |
1999 |
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My Brother’s Keeper: Virginia’s Civil War Diary (Book 1) |
Pope, Mary Osborne |
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Scholastic |
2002 |
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My Brother’s Keeper: A Civil War Story |
Johnson, Nancy |
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Down East |
1997 |
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My Home is Over Jordan |
Forrester, Sandra |
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Lodestar |
1997 |
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Nettie’s Trip South |
Turner, Ann |
Himler, Ronald* |
Simon & Schuster |
1987 |
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Nightjohn |
Paulsen, Gary |
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LaurelLeaf |
1995 |
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North by Night: A Story of the Underground Railroad |
Ayres, Katherine |
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Delacorte |
1998 |
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Numbering All the Bones |
Rinaldi, Ann |
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Hyperion |
2002 |
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On Winter’s Wind |
Hermes, Patricia |
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Little, Brown |
1995 |
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Pink and Say |
Polacco, Patricia |
Polacco, Patricia* |
Philomel |
1994 |
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Private Captain: A Story of Gettysburg |
Crisp, Marty |
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Philomel |
2001 |
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Promise Quilt (The) |
Ransom, Candice F. |
Beier, Ellen* |
Walker & Co |
1999 |
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Promises to the Dead |
Hahn, Mary Downing |
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Clarion |
2000 |
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River Between Us (The) |
Peck, Richard |
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Dial |
2003 |
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Run Away Home |
McKissack, Pat |
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Scholastic |
1997 |
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Run the Blockade |
Wisler, G. Clifton |
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HarperCollins |
2000 |
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Sarny |
Paulsen, Gary |
Pinkney, Jerry* |
Delacorte |
1997 |
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School for Pompey Walker (A) |
Rosen, Michael J. |
Robinson, Aminah* |
HarcourtBrace |
1995 |
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Secret to Freedom (The) |
Vaughan, Marcia K. |
Johnson, Larry* |
Lee & Low |
2001 |
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Send One Angel Down |
Schwartz, Virginia |
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Holiday House |
2000 |
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Soldier's Heart: Being the Story of the Enlistment and Due Service of the Boy Charley Goddard in the First Minnesota Volunteers |
Paulsen, Gary |
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Delacorte |
1998 |
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Sooner |
Calvert, Patricia |
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Atheneum |
1998 |
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Sound the Jubilee |
Forrester, Sandra |
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Lodestar |
1995 |
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Spy in the Sky |
Karr, Kathleen |
Yezerski, Thomas* |
Hyperion |
1997 |
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Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt |
Hopkinson, Dorothy |
Ransome, James |
Knopf |
2003 |
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There’s a Dead Person following My Sister Around |
Vande Velda, Vivian |
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Harcourt |
1999 |
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Three Against the Tide |
Love, D. Anne |
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Holiday |
1998 |
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Treemonisha |
Medearis, Angela S. |
Bryant, Michael* |
Holt |
1995 |
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Trembling Earth |
Siegelson, Kim L. |
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Philomel |
2004 |
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True North: A Novel of the Underground Railroad |
Lasky, Kathryn |
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Blue Sky Press |
1996 |
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Twelve Travelers, Twenty Horses |
Robinet, Harriette |
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Atheneum |
2003 |
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Virgie Goes to School with Us Boys |
Howard, Elizabeth F. |
Lyons, E.B.* |
Simon & Schuster |
1999 |
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Wagon (The) |
Johnston, Tony |
Ransome, James* |
Tambourine |
1996 |
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War Within: A Novel of the Civil War (The) |
Matas, Carol |
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Simon & Schuster |
2001 |
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We Played Marbles |
Seymour, Tres |
Andreasen, Dan* |
Orchard |
1998 |
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Which Way Freedom |
Hansen, Joyce |
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Walker & Co |
1986 |
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William Parker |
Rosenberg, John |
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Millbrook |
1996 |
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With Every Drop of Blood |
Collier, Christopher and James L. |
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Delacorte |
1994 |
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