U.S. Colonial Period (Pre-1776)

Deerslayer (Cooper, James Fenimore) The Matchlock Gun (Edmonds, Walter D.) The Scarlet Letter (Hawthorne, Nathanial) Roanoke: A Novel of the Lost Colony (Levitin, Sonia) The Serpent Never Sleeps (O'Dell, Scott) Tituba of Salem Village (Petry, Ann Lane) A Light in the Forest (Richter, Conrad) The Sign of the Beaver (Speare, Elizabeth George)

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U.S. Revolutionary War (1776-1783)

The Best of Enemies (Bond, Nancy) My Brother Sam is Dead (Collier, James Lincoln) April Morning (Fast, Howard) Johnny Tremain (Forbes, Esther) Brave Enemies (Morgan, Robert) Or Give Me Death (Rinaldi, Ann) Ride Into Morning (Rinaldi, Ann)

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U.S. Civil War (1861-1865)

Red Badge of Courage (Crane, Stephen) Which Way Freedom (Hanson, Joyce) Behind the Lines (Holland, Isabelle) Across Five Aprils (Hunt, Irene) The War Within (Matas, Carol) The Glory Field (Myers, Walter Dean) Trouble Don't Last (Pearsall, Shelley) In My Father's House (Rinaldi, Ann)

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U.S. Settling the West (1865-1900)

My Antonia (Cather, Willa) Sunshine Rider (Hardman, Ric Lynden) Jason's Gold (Hobbs, Will) Sweetgrass (Hudson, Jan) The Big Burn (Ingold, Jeanette) Sing Down the Moon (O'Dell, Scott) Mr. Tucket (Paulsen, Gary) Walking Up a Rainbow (Taylor, Theodore)

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Vietnam War

In Country (Mason, Bobbie Ann) Sonny's War (Hobbs, Valerie) Fallen Angels (Myers, Walter Dean) The Best of Friends (Rostkowski, Margaret I.) The Road Home (White, Ellen Emerson)

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World Wars and the Holocaust

Two Suns in the Sky (Bat-Ami, Miriam) Anne Frank and Me (Bennett, Cherie) For Freedom (Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker) Postcards from No Man’s Land (Chambers, Aiden) Under a War Torn Sky (Elliot, Laura) Summer of My German Soldier(Greene, Bette) Lord of the Nutcracker Men (Lawrence, Iain) The Art of Keeping Cool (Lisle, Janet Taylor) The Man from the Other Side (Orlev, Uri) The Bomb(Taylor, Theodore) Dancing on the Bridge of Avignon (Vos)

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Ancient Civilizations

Warriors of Alavna (Browne, N.M.) Goddess of Yesterday (Cooney, Caroline B.) The Pharaoh’s Daughter (Lester, Julius) The Ugly Goddess (Marston, Elsa) Bull From the Sea (Renault, Mary)

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Middle Ages

Crispin: the Cross of Lead (Avi) Matilda Bone (Cushman, Karne) A Company of Fools (Ellis, Deborah) The Legend of Lady Ilena (Malone, Patricia) Girl in a Cage (Yolen, Jane)

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World History

Before We Were Free (Alvarez, Julia) The Examination (Bosse, Malcolm) The Breadwinner (Ellis, Deborah) Dove and Sword (Garden,Nancy) Maggie’s Door (Giff, Patricia Reilly) The Grave (Heneghan, James) The The Wild Children (Holdman, Felice) King’s Swift Rider (Hunter, Mollie) Escape from Egypt (Levitin, Sonia) Beware, Princess Elizabeth (Meyer, Carolyn) The The Kite Rider (McCaughrean, Geraldine) A Single Shard (Park, Linda Sue) Angel on the Square (Whelan, Gloria)

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