Quick view The Hope Chest by Karen Schwabach When Violet runs away from home in 1918 to find her suffragist sister, she ends up in Nashville, Tennessee, where "Suffs" and "Antis" are gathered, awaiting the crucial vote on the nineteenth amendment. View Details
Quick view January's Sparrow by Patricia Polacco Suffering at the hands of their vicious slave master and watching one of their kin beaten to death, Sadie and the rest of her family flee to the safety of the north, but just as they begin to settle into a free and happy new life, a package containing a... View Details
Quick view Dear Levi: Letters from the Overland Trail by Elvira Woodruff Twelve-year-old Austin Ives writes letters to his younger brother describing his three-thousand-mile journey from their home in Pennsylvania to Oregon in 1851. View Details
Quick view 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? View Details
Quick view 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. View Details
Quick view 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,... View Details
Quick view Caught in the Act by Joan Lowery Nixon Eleven-year-old Michael Patrick Kelly from New York City is sent to a foster home, a Missouri farm with a sadistic owner, a bullying son, and a number of secrets, one of which may be murder. View Details
Quick view Black Eyed Susan by Jennifer Armstrong Ten-year-old Susie and her father love living on the South Dakota prairie with its vast, uninterrupted views of land and sky, but Susie's mother greatly misses their old life in Ohio. View Details
Quick view Jericho's Journey by G Clifton Wisler Jericho Wetherby yearns for adventure, so he is thrilled when his father decides to move the family from Tennessee to Texas. In a lively first-person narrative, Jericho relates a string of colorful happenings on the westward trail. "A fast-paced,... View Details
Quick view Shh! We're Writing the Constitution by Jean Fritz Describes how the Constitution came to be written and ratified. Also includes the full text of the document produced by the Constitutional Convention of 1787 View Details
Quick view Dear Mr. Washington by Lynn Cullen In April, 1796, young Charlotte Stuart writes a series of letters to George Washington, whose portrait's being painted by her father, reporting on her efforts and those of her brothers to follow the rules of good behavior in the book Mr. Washington gave... View Details
Quick view Can't You Make Them Behave, King George? by Jean Fritz All King George III ever wanted was for everyone to be as conscientious as he was about obeying the rules! After all, he followed the rules for being a good king, so why were those pesky Americans causing so much trouble? View Details
