The Songs of Stones River: A Civil War Novel by Jessica Gunderson

In late 1862 young James of Murfreesboro is a proud Southerner who takes on the responsibility of providing for his newly widowed mother and younger sister by working for his neighbor alongside the field slave Eli--an experience that calls into question...

Paul Bunyan by Steven Kellogg

Recounts the life of the extraordinary lumberjack whose unusual size and strength brought him many fantastic adventures.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: Campfire Graphic Novels by Mark Twain

Tom Sawyer is a mischievous young boy with an undying hunger for adventure, and a knack for getting into trouble. He lives with his Aunt Polly in the Mississippi River town of St Petersburg, Missouri. He plays hooky from school; hangs around with Huck...

King Solomon's Mines: The Graphic Novel by Henry Haggard

In the 1880's in southern Africa, Allan Quatermain, a hunter and guide, joins forces with a sea captain and an English nobleman to find the latter's missing brother, who disappeared while searching for King Solomon's legendary lost diamond mines.

Escape From Berlin by Irene N Watts

Good-bye Marianne - As autumn turns toward winter in 1938 Berlin, life for Marianne Kohn, a young Jewish girl, begins to crumble. First there was the burning of the neighborhood shops. Then her father, a bookseller, must leave the family and go into...

Code Talker: A Novel aboout the Navajo Marines of World War Two by Joseph Bruchac

Bruchac brings to life for young adults the stories of some of the unsung heroes of World War II--the young Navajo men who were a crucial part of the American effort in sending and receiving messages that used their native language. Young Adult.

Earthquake!: A Story of the San Francisco Earthquake by Kathleen V Kudlinski

In 1906, after the devastating earthquake hits San Francisco, twelve-year-old Phillip struggles to save the horses in his family's livery stable.

Bound for Oregon by Jean Van Leeuwen

 Nine-year-old Mary Ellen Todd, filled with the pioneer spirit, treks cross country in 1852 with her family in search of a better life. The Todds survive Indians and swollen rivers, but what will happen when mother has a new baby and winter arrives?

Trail of Tears (Step Into Reading series) by Joseph Bruchac

After losing the fight to keep their land in the 19th century, the Cherokee Nation is led on the heartbreaking and torturous Trail of Tears by Chief John Ross. Young readers learn about this epic true tale of friendships, hopes, fears and dreams.

Soft Rain: A Story of the Cherokee Trail of Tears by Cornelia Cornelissen

This novel recounts the relocation of the Cherokee people in 1838 and their forced march westward across the Trail of Tears, as witnessed through the eyes of a nine-year-old girl who is forced to leave behind her blind grandmother, her father, brother,...

Mama's Nightingale: A Story of Immigration and Separation by Edwidge Danticat

When Saya's mother is sent to jail as an illegal immigrant, she sends her daughter a cassette tape with a song and a bedtime story, which inspires Saya to write a story of her own--one that just might bring her mother home.

Freedom School, Yes! by Amy Littlesugar

When their house is attacked because her mother volunteered to take in the young white woman who has come to teach black children at the Freedom School, Jolie is afraid, but she overcomes her fear after learning the value of education. Full-color...