A spy in the king's colony /
Lisa Banim ; illustrated by Tatyana Yuditskaya
J FICTION Banim
In British-occupied Boston in 1776, eleven-year-old Emily Parker is determined
to find out if a family friend is a traitor to the American patriots.
My brother Sam is dead / James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
J FICTION Collier
Recounts the tragedy that strikes the Meeker family during the Revolution when
one son joins the rebel forces while the rest of the family tries to stay neutral in a Tory town.
The midwife's apprentice / Karen Cushman
J FICTION NEWBERY Cushman
In medieval England, a nameless, homeless girl is taken in by a sharp-tempered midwife, and in spite of obstacles
and hardship, eventually gains the three things she most wants: a full belly, a contented heart, and a place in this
world.
Shadow spinner / Susan Fletcher
J FICTION Fletcher
When Marjan, a thirteen-year-old crippled girl, joins the Sultan's harem in ancient Persia, she gathers for Shahrazad the stories which will save the queen's life.
Eleanor : crown jewel of Aquitaine / Kristiana Gregory
J FICTION Gregory
The diary of Eleanor, first daughter of the duke of Aquitaine, from 1136 until
1137, when at age fifteen she becomes queen of France. Includes historical notes
on her later life.
The boy and the samurai / Erik Christian Haugaard
J PB HISTORICAL FICTION Haugaard
Having grown up as an orphan of the streets while
sixteenth-century Japan is being ravaged by civil war, Saru
seeks to help a samurai rescue his wife from imprisonment by a
warlord so they can all flee to a more peaceful life.
Gaudenzia, pride of the Palio/ Marguerite Henry; illustrated by Lynd Ward
J FICTION Henry
A story, based on real events, about a boy and a half-Arabian mare who enter the Palio, an annual race in
Siena, Italy, with all the pageantry of a medieval contest
Stick and Whittle / Sid Hite
J FICTION Hite
In 1872, while journeying from Texas to Kansas, a Civil War veteran named Melvin meets a sixteen-year-old orphan,
another Melvin, and they give each other nicknames and become partners and traveling companions on an
exciting adventure.
The war within : a novel of the Civil War / Carol Matas
J FICTION Matas
In 1862, after Union forces expel Hannah's family from Holly Springs, Mississippi, because they are Jews,
Hannah
reexamines her views regarding slavery and the war.
Galen : my life in imperial Rome / Marissa Moss
J FICTION Moss
Twelve-year-old Galen describes his life as a slave in Rome under the Emperor Augustus. Features hand-printed
text,drawings, and marginal notes.
A single shard / Linda Sue Park
J FICTION NEWBERY Park
Tree-ear, a thirteen-year-old orphan in medieval Korea,lives under a bridge in a potters' village, and longs
to learn how to throw the delicate celadon ceramics
himself.
Numbering all the bones / Ann Rinaldi
J FICTION Rinaldi
It is 1864, the Civil War is moving toward an end.
President Lincoln has proclaimed his 'great measure,'
and Southern slaves are slowly gaining their freedom. But
for thirteen-year-old Eulinda, a house slave on a Georgia
plantation, it is the most difficult time of her
life..."
A place in the sun / Jill Rubalcaba
J FICTION Rubalcaba
In ancient Egypt, the gifted young son of a sculptor is taken into slavery when he attempts to save his
father's life, and is himself almost killed before his exceptional talent leads Pharoah to name him Royal Sculptor.
The land / Mildred D. Taylor
J FICTION Taylor
After the Civil War Paul, the son of a white father and a black mother, finds himself caught between the two
worlds of colored folks and white folks as he pursues his dream of owning land of his own
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