Shifting perspectives bibliography

Shifting Perspectives:
Making History Relevant and Relatable for Students
Teaching the Hudson Valley Summer Institute 2013
Bibliography
The followingsourcesare arrangedby the time periodtheycoverorrepresentandalsobyage range of readinglevel.All
hyperlinksgotoAmazon.com.
Fiction, Ages 7-10
Exploration/Colonies
 Our Strange New Land byPatriciaHermes.My Americabook. A younggirl sailsfromPlymouth,Englandwith
herfamilytoJamestown,Virginiain1609. Ages7-10. Bookone in a series. http://www.amazon.com/My-
America-Strange-Elizabeths-
Jamestown/dp/0439368987/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373742700&sr=1-
1&keywords=my+america
 A Journey to the New World by KathrynLasky.Dear Americabook – a younggirl’svoyage onthe Mayflower.
Ages8 andup, grade 3 and up. http://www.amazon.com/Dear-America-Journey-World-
ebook/dp/B005ES46C6/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1369596597&sr=8-5&keywords=dear+america
 I Walkin Dread by Lisa Rowe Fraustino.DearAmericabook – a younggirl’saccountof the Salemwitch
trials.Ages8 and up. http://www.amazon.com/Dear-America-I-Walk-
Dread/dp/0545311659/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1369596597&sr=8-14
 Meet Kayaby JanetShaw.AmericanGirl book.A youngNezPerce girl livesinthe 1764 Northwest.Ages8
and up. http://www.amazon.com/Meet-American-Girls-Collection-
ebook/dp/B00AKF6KA4/ref=pd_sim_b_38
RevolutionaryWar
 Five SmoothStones byKristianaGregory.My Americabook.A younggirl’sfamilyhasdividedloyaltiesduring
RevolutionaryWarera Philadelphia.Ages7-10.Bookone in a series. http://www.amazon.com/Five-Smooth-
Stones-Revolutionary-America/dp/0439369053/ref=sr_1_20?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373742731&sr=1-
 The Winterof the Red Snowby KristianaGregory.A Dear Americabook.A younggirl livinginValleyForge,
PA experiencesthe arrival of George Washingtonandhistroopstotheirwinterencampment.Ages8and up,
grades3 and up. http://www.amazon.com/Dear-America-Winter-Snow-
ebook/dp/B005ES45XQ/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1369596597&sr=8-6&keywords=dear+america
 Meet FelicitybyValerie Tripp.AmericanGirl books.A youngmiddleclassgirl in 1774 Williamsburgdeals
withthe comingRevolution.Ages8and up. http://www.amazon.com/Felicity-American-Girls-Collection-
ebook/dp/B00AHZ95IG/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1374768914&sr=1-
2&keywords=felicity+american+girl
War of 1812

 Meet CarolinebyKathleenErnst.A younggirl’sfatheriscapturedbythe Britishin Canadafor being
American.Ages8and up. http://www.amazon.com/Caroline-American-Girls-Collection-
ebook/dp/B00945LTR0/ref=pd_sim_b_17
Early West
 The Journal ofWongWing-Chung:AChineseMiner by Laurence Yep.My Name is Americabook.A young
Chinese immigrantinearlyCalifornia.Ages8and up. http://www.amazon.com/The-Journal-Wong-Ming-
Chung-California/dp/0590386077/ref=pd_sim_b_52
 Meet Josephina byValerie Tripp.AmericanGirl books.A youngMexicangirl livesonaranch nearSanta Fe in
1820s NewMexico.Ages8and up. http://www.amazon.com/Josefina-American-Girls-Collection-
ebook/dp/B00AHYUSXI/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1374769973&sr=1-
1&keywords=meet+josephina
 Meet Marie Graceby Sarah M. Buckley.AmericanGirlsbook.A younggirl movestoNew Orleansinthe
1850s and meetsafree blackgirl namedCecile andbecomesfriendswithher.(MeetCecileisthe nextinthis
series whichfocusessimultaneouslyontwogirlsasmain characters.) Ages8 and up.
http://www.amazon.com/Marie-Grace-American-Girls-Collection-ebook/dp/B005J5S850/ref=pd_sim_b_77
Civil War/Slavery
 Freedom’sWings by SharonDennisWyeth.MyAmericabook.A youngslave boyandhisfamilytryto escape
Kentuckytofreedom.Ages7-10.Bookone ina series. http://www.amazon.com/My-America-Freedoms-
Underground-Railroad/dp/043936907X/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373742700&sr=1-
 My Brother’s Keeper by Mary Pope Osborne.My Americabook.A younggirl witnessesthe Battle of
Gettysburg. Ages7-10. Book one ina series. http://www.amazon.com/My-America-Brothers-Keeper-
Virginias/dp/0439153077/ref=sr_1_8?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373742700&sr=1-8&keywords=my+america
 Meet Addyby Connie Porter.AmericanGirl book.A younggirl andherfamilyescape slaveryin1864 and
headnorth.Ages8 and up. http://www.amazon.com/Meet-Addy-
ebook/dp/B00AKF5I16/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1374770086&sr=1-1&keywords=meet+addy
 AmistadRising by VeronicaChambers.A youngboyiskidnappedbyslave traders,sold,andfindshimself
aboard the ship Amistad.Ages8and up. http://www.amazon.com/Amistad-Rising-Freedom-Veronica-
Chambers/dp/0152018034/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1375042924&sr=1-
1&keywords=amistad+rising
WestwardExpansion
 Westwardto Home byPatriciaHermes.My Americabook.A youngboy travelswithhisfamilytoOregonon
a wagon train.Ages7-10. Book one ina series. http://www.amazon.com/My-America-Westward-Joshuas-
Oregon/dp/0439388996/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373742700&sr=1-6&keywords=my+america
 As Far as I CanSee by Kate McMullan.My Americabook.A younggirl and herfamilyflee acholeraepidemic
inSt. Louisfor the prairiesof Kansas. Ages7-10. Book one ina series. http://www.amazon.com/My-
America-Megs-Prairie-Diary/dp/0439403219/ref=sr_1_23?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373742731&sr=1-
 Across the Wideand Lonesome Prairieby KristianaGregory.A Dear Americabook.A younggirl and her
familymove fromMissouri toOregonCityviathe OregonTrail.Ages8 and up.
http://www.amazon.com/Dear-America-Lonesome-Prairie-ebook/dp/B0091LYD48/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-
text&ie=UTF8&qid=1373747020&sr=1-1&keywords=across+the+wide+and+lonesome+prairie

 All the Stars inthe Sky byMegan McDonald. A Dear Americabook.A younggirl andher familyfollowthe
Santa Fe Trail from Missouri toNewMexico.Ages7 and up. http://www.amazon.com/All-Stars-Sky-Santa-
Florrie/dp/0439169631/ref=pd_sim_b_25
 The Journal ofJededia Barstow: An Emigranton the Oregon Trail by EllenLevine.MyName isAmerica
book.A youngboyloseshisfamilytryingtoforda riverand joinsanotherontheirjourneywest.Ages8and
up. http://www.amazon.com/The-Journal-Jedediah-Barstow-Emigrant/dp/0439063108/ref=pd_sim_b_74
 Little House in the Big Woods byLaura IngallsWilder.Lauraandherfamilylive inalogcabin inthe woodsof
Wisconsinin1871. Ages8 andup. http://www.amazon.com/Little-House-Woods-Ingalls-
Wilder/dp/0060581808/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373745911&sr=1-
1&keywords=little+house+in+the+big+woods
 Little House on the Prairie by Laura IngallsWilder.Lauraandher familyleaveWisconsinforKansasina
coveredwagon.Ages8 andup. http://www.amazon.com/Little-House-Prairie-
No/dp/0064400026/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373745827&sr=1-
3&keywords=little+house+on+the+prairie
 Meet Kirsten byJanetShaw.Kirstenisa SwedishimmigrantwhotravelstofrontierMinnesotawithher
family.Ages8and up. http://www.amazon.com/Kirsten-Boxed-Game-American-
Girl/dp/1593697880/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1374768809&sr=8-1&keywords=kirsten+american+girl
Immigration
 Hope in My Heart byKathrynLasky. My Americabook.A young Italiangirl goesthroughEllis Islandwhere
she isquarantinedawayfromherfamily.Ages7-10. Bookone in a series. http://www.amazon.com/My-
America-Heart-Sofias-Island/dp/0439449626/ref=sr_1_11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373742700&sr=1-
 Beyond the Western Sea: Escape from Home by Avi.TwoIrishchildrenencounterarunawayBritishlord’s
son ontheirwayto America.Ages8 and up. http://www.amazon.com/Escape-Home-Beyond-Western-
Book/dp/0380728753/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373746159&sr=1-
1&keywords=beyond+the+western+sea
 Beyond the Western Sea: Lord Kirkle’s Money byAvi.The story of Maura, Patrick,andLawrence continues
as theymake theirwayfrom the shipto Lowell,Massachusettswhere MauraandPatrick’sfatherworksin
the mills.Ages8and up. http://www.amazon.com/Lord-Kirkles-Money-Beyond-
Western/dp/0380728761/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373746248&sr=1-
2&keywords=beyond+the+western+sea
Progressive Era/Labor
 Meet Samantha bySusanAdler. AmericanGirl book.A youngorphanlivingwithhergrandmotherin1904
whena servantgirl movesinnextdoor.Ages8 and up. http://www.amazon.com/Samantha-American-Girls-
Collection-ebook/dp/B00AFZ0ONS/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1374770191&sr=1-
1&keywords=meet+samantha
 Meet Rebecca by JaquelineDembarGreene.AmericanGirl book.A youngJewishgirl growsupin1914 New
York. Ages8 and up. http://www.amazon.com/Rebecca-American-Girls-Collection-
ebook/dp/B005JCYMZI/ref=pd_sim_b_50
 CountingonGrace by ElizabethWinthrop.A fictionalizedtale of 12 yearoldGrace andher bestfriend
Arthurwho leave school togowork inthe textile millwiththeirmothers.A covertlettertothe ChildLabor
Board resultsinthe appearance of a photographernamedLewis Hines,whoiscollectingevidenceof

underagedchildlabor.Ages8and up. http://www.amazon.com/Counting-Grace-Elizabeth-
Winthrop/dp/0553487833/ref=pd_rhf_dp_s_cp_36_DXA0?ie=UTF8&refRID=1945ZWT5FACT8XJDT5QC
Great War (WWI)
 Hattie Big Sky by KirbyLarson.OrphanedHattie istiredof beingshuttledbetweenrelativesandsetsouton
herown to prove upher late uncle’shomesteadclaiminMontanaduringWWI.Once there she feels
pressure tobe a “loyal”Americanbecause of herGermanheritage.Ages8andup.
http://www.amazon.com/Hattie-Big-Sky-Kirby-
Larson/dp/0385735952/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1373746500&sr=8-1&keywords=hattie+big+sky
Great Depression
 ChristmasAfter All by KathrynLasky.Dear Americabook – A younggirl’slife inthe Midwestduringthe
Great Depression.Ages8and up. http://www.amazon.com/Dear-America-Christmas-After-
All/dp/0545381770/ref=pd_sim_b_9
 Meet Kit byValerie Tripp.AmericanGirl book.A younggirl andherfamilyface the Great Depression.Ages8
and up. http://www.amazon.com/Meet-Kit-
ebook/dp/B00945LUYM/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1374770951&sr=1-1&keywords=meet+kit
WorldWar II
 The Fences Between Us by KirbyLarson.Dear Americabook.A Japanese AmericanlivinginSeattlewitha
brotherinthe militarywhowasatPearl Harbor is removedtoan internmentcampwithherfamily.Ages8
and up. http://www.amazon.com/Dear-America-Fences-Between-
ebook/dp/B005ES4586/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1369596597&sr=8-11&keywords=dear+america
 Meet MollybyValerie Tripp.AmericanGirl book.A younggirl’sfatherisawayat war in 1944. Ages8 and up.
http://www.amazon.com/Meet-Kit-
ebook/dp/B00945LUYM/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1374770951&sr=1-1&keywords=meet+kit
Civil Rights
 Withthe Might ofAngels byAndreaDavisPinkney.A DearAmericabook.A youngAfricanAmericangirl is
amongthe firstto integrate anall-white school inthe 1950s. Ages8 and up.
http://www.amazon.com/Dear-America-Andrea-Davis-
Pinkney/dp/0545297052/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373745446&sr=1-
1&keywords=with+the+might+of+angels
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Fiction, Ages 9 and Up
Exploration/Colonies
 The StowawaybyKaren Hesse.Fictionalizeddiaryof real-life stowawayNicholasYoungonCaptainCook’s
journeyaroundthe world.Ages10 and up. http://www.amazon.com/Stowaway-Karen-
Hesse/dp/0689839898/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1373736824&sr=8-1&keywords=the+stowaway
 Standinginthe Lightby Mary Pope Osborne.DearAmericabook –A Quakergirl capturedby the Lenape.
Ages10 and up. http://www.amazon.com/Dear-America-Mary-Pope-
Osborne/dp/0545266874/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373737005&sr=1-
2&keywords=standing+in+the+light

 The WitchofBlackbird Pond by ElizabethGeorge Speare.A once-wealthyfromBarbadosfindsherself thrust
intoherUncle’sPuritanical communitywhere she meetsawomanotherpeoplecall awitch. Ages9 and up.
http://www.amazon.com/Witch-Blackbird-Elizabeth-George-
Speare/dp/0547550294/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373737502&sr=1-
1&keywords=witch+of+blackbird+pond
 The Journal ofJasper JonathanPierce, A PilgrimBoy byAnn Rinaldi.MyName isAmericabook.A young
orphancomesto Plymouthandencountersthe Nauset tribe.Ages9and up. http://www.amazon.com/My-
Name-America-Journal-Jonathan/dp/0590510789/ref=sr_1_18?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373742731&sr=1-
 Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by JeanLee Latham.Fictionalizedaccountof the real-life Nathaniel Bowditchwho,
despite washingoutasa sailor,became amasternavigatorand wrote “The AmericanPractical Navigator,”
alsoknownas “The Sailor’sBible,”in18th
centuryAmerica.Ages12 and up. http://www.amazon.com/Carry-
Mr-Bowditch-Jean-Latham/dp/0618250743/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373746611&sr=1-
1&keywords=carry+on+mr.+bowditch
Frenchand IndianWar
 Look to the Hills byPatriciaC. McKissack.A Dear Americabook.A youngFrenchslave girl emigrateswithher
mastersto upstate NewYorkat the tail endof the Frenchand IndianWar. Ages9 andup.
http://www.amazon.com/Look-Hills-Lozette-Moreau-America/dp/0439210380/ref=pd_sim_b_21
RevolutionaryWar
 Cannonsat Dawn byKristianaGregory.A Dear Americabook.Sequel to TheWinter of theRed Snow.A
younggirl and herfamilybecome campfollowersof herfather’sunitduringthe RevolutionaryWar.Ages10
and up. http://www.amazon.com/Dear-America-Cannons-Dawn-
ebook/dp/B005F3UEBC/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1369596597&sr=8-4&keywords=dear+america
 Fever: 1793 byLaurie Halse Anderson.A youngwomaninearlyPhiladelphiamustlearntosurvive an
outbreakof deadlyfever. Ages10and up. http://www.amazon.com/Fever-1793-Laurie-Halse-
Anderson/dp/0689848919/ref=la_B000AP5REO_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373737631&sr=1-2
 ChainsbyLaurie Halse Anderson. Youngslave girl Isabel waspromisedfreedomwhenherownerdiedbutis
insteadsoldtothe cruel Locktons,whoare Loyalistsduringatime of burgeoningrevolution.Ages10and up.
http://www.amazon.com/Chains-Seeds-America-Laurie-Anderson/dp/1416905863/ref=pd_sim_b_4
 Forge by Laurie Halse Anderson.Sequelto Chains.Followsyoungescaped slave Curzonashe passesforfree
enlistedinthe ContinentalArmyatValleyForge.Ages10and up. http://www.amazon.com/Forge-Seeds-
America-Laurie-Anderson/dp/1416961453/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373737590&sr=1-6
 The Journal ofWilliamThomasEmerson,A RevolutionaryWarPatriot byBarry Denenberg.MyName is
Americabook.A youngorphan becomesarebel spyinBostonin1774. Ages9 andup.
http://www.amazon.com/My-Name-Is-America-Revolutionary/dp/0590313509/ref=pd_sim_b_83
 Love Thy NeighborbyAnnTurner.A Dear Americabook.A youngTory girl’slife istornapart by the start of
the AmericanRevolution.Ages9andup. http://www.amazon.com/Love-Thy-Neighbor-Prudence-
Emerson/dp/0439153085/ref=pd_sim_b_23
 JohnnyTremain by EstherHoskinsForbes.Apprentice silversmithJohnnyTremainfindshimself asadispatch
riderfor the Committee of PublicSafetyafterahorrible burnruinshissilversmithingcareer.Ages9and up.
http://www.amazon.com/Johnny-Tremain-Esther-Hoskins-Forbes/dp/0547614322/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_y
Early America

 The Journal ofAugustusPelletier: The Lewis and ClarkExpedition,1804 by KathrynLasky.My Name is
Americabook.A half Frenchhalf Omaha Indianboyaccompaniesthe Corpsof Discovery.Ages9and up.
http://www.amazon.com/Journal-Augustus-Pelletier-Expedition-
America/dp/0590684892/ref=sr_1_33?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373742757&sr=1-
Industrial Revolution
 So Far From Home by Barry Denenberg.A DearAmericaBook.FollowsayoungIrishgirl asshe worksin the
millsof Lowell,Massachusetts.Ages10and up. http://www.amazon.com/So-Far-From-Home-
Massachusetts/dp/043955506X/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1373738095&sr=1-1-
catcorr&keywords=dear+america+lowell
Early West
 A Line in the Sand bySherryGarland. DearAmericabook.Followsayounggirl inthe “Texascolonies”during
the Alamo.Ages9 and up. http://www.amazon.com/Line-Sand-Lucinda-Lawrence-
Gonzales/dp/0590394665/ref=pd_sim_b_18
 Valleyof the Moon by SherryGarland.Dear Americabook.Anorphanedgirl isa servantat a ranchoin
MexicanCalifornia.Ages9andup. http://www.amazon.com/Valley-Moon-Diary-Rosalia-
Milagros/dp/0439088208/ref=pd_sim_b_24
 The Journal ofJesse Smoke, A Cherokee Boy byJosephBruchac.My Name Is Americabook.A young
Cherokee boy recordshisexperiencesonthe Trail of Tears.Ages9 andup. http://www.amazon.com/My-
Name-America-Journal-Cherokee/dp/0439121973/ref=sr_1_47?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373742779&sr=1-
Civil War
 A Picture of Freedom byPatriciaC. McKissack.Dear AmericaBook.A younghouse slave learnstoreadand
write,meetsanabolitionist,andmustdecide if she will tryforherfreedom.Ages9andup.
http://www.amazon.com/Dear-America-Picture-Freedom-
ebook/dp/B005ES45ZO/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&qid=1369596597&sr=8-16&keywords=dear+america
 WhenWill ThisCruel War Be Over? By Barry Denenberg.A DearAmerica Book.A Confederate girl records
the hardshipsof live inthe Southduringthe Civil War.Ages9 and up. http://www.amazon.com/Dear-
America-When-Cruel-ebook/dp/B005ES45R2/ref=sr_1_18?ie=UTF8&qid=1369597517&sr=8-
18&keywords=dear+america
 I Thought My Soul WouldRiseand Fly byJoyce Hansen.A DearAmericabook.A recentlyfreedslave girl
strugglesona Southernplantation.Ages9andup. http://www.amazon.com/Dear-America-Thought-
Would-ebook/dp/B005ES45N6/ref=sr_1_21?ie=UTF8&qid=1369597541&sr=8-21&keywords=dear+america
 A Light in the Storm by KarenHesse.DearAmericabook.A Uniongirl liveswithherfamilyinalighthouse as
Delaware becomesdividedoverthe war.Ages9 andup. http://www.amazon.com/Light-Storm-Fenwick-
Delaware-America/dp/0439555353/ref=pd_sim_b_32
 The Journal ofJames EdmondPease: A Civil War UnionSoldier,Virginia1863 byJimMurphy. A My Name Is
Americabook.A youngsoldierisorderedbyhiscommandingofficertokeepawrittenrecordof his unit.
Ages9 andup. http://www.amazon.com/The-Journal-James-Edmond-
Pease/dp/059043814X/ref=pd_sim_b_88
 The Journal ofRufus Rowe, Witnessto the Battle of Fredricksburg by SidHite.My Name is Americabook.A
youngSouthernboyrunsaway fromhome and befriendsConfederateofficersjustbefore the Battle of
Fredricksburg.Ages9and up. http://www.amazon.com/My-Name-America-Journal-

Fredricksburg/dp/0439353645/ref=sr_1_34?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373742757&sr=1-
WestwardExpansion
 My Face to the Wind byJimMurphy.A Dear Americabook.Diaryof a youngteacher inNebraska,1881.
Ages9 andup. http://www.amazon.com/My-Face-Wind-Prairie-Nebraska/dp/0590438107/ref=pd_sim_b_6
 Land ofthe BuffaloBones by Marion Dane Bauer.A Dear Americabook.WithherBaptistministerfather
and theirreligiouscommunity,ayoungEnglishgirl movestothe prairiesof Minnesota.Ages9andup.
http://www.amazon.com/Land-Buffalo-Bones-Elizabeth-Minnesota/dp/0439220270/ref=pd_sim_b_17
 West to a Land ofPlenty by JimMurphy.A Dear Americabook.Diaryof a youngItalianimmigrantwho
moveswithherfamilyfromNewYorkto IdahoTerritory.Outof Print. http://www.amazon.com/West-Land-
Plenty-Angelino-Territory/dp/B000FILL5A/ref=pd_sim_b_16
 The GreatRailroadRace by KristianaGregory.DearAmericabook.A younggirl movesfromColoradoto
Cheyenne asherjournalistfatherreportsonthe transcontinentalrailroad.Ages9andup. Grades4 and up.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Great-Railroad-Race-Territory/dp/059010991X/ref=pd_sim_b_9
 The Journal ofDouglasAllenDeeds, Donner Party Expedition byRodmanPhilbrick. MyName isAmerica
book.Ages9 and up. http://www.amazon.com/My-Name-Is-America-
Expedition/dp/0439216001/ref=pd_sim_b_80
 The Journal ofSean Sullivan,ATranscontinental RailroadWorker by WilliamDurbin.MyName IsAmerica
book.A youngmangoeswithhisfatherto work onthe UnionPacificrailroadduringthe “greatrace” to
finishthe transcontinental railroad.Ages9andup. http://www.amazon.com/My-Name-Is-America-
Transcontinental/dp/0439049946/ref=pd_sim_b_89
 The Journal ofJoshuaLoper, A Black Cowboy by WalterDean Myers.My Name is Americabook.A young
African-Americanstruggleswithracismandhardworkon a post-Civil Warcattle drive.Ages9and up.
http://www.amazon.com/My-Name-America-Journal-
Joshua/dp/0590026917/ref=sr_1_58?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373742803&sr=1-58&keywords=my+america
Immigration
 The Coal Miner’sBride by SusanCampbell Bartoletti.A DearAmericabook.Diaryof a youngPolishmail
orderbride whomovestoa coal miningtowninPennsylvania.Ages9andup.
http://www.amazon.com/Coal-Miners-Bride-Anetka-Kaminska/dp/0439053862/ref=pd_sim_b_13
 Dreams in the GoldenCountry by KathrynLasky.Dear Americabook.Diaryof a youngRussianJewish
immigrantgirl livingonthe LowerEastSide of New York City.Ages9 and up.
http://www.amazon.com/Dreams-Golden-Country-Zipporah-Immigrant/dp/0590029738/ref=pd_sim_b_2
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Progressive Era/Labor
 Hear My Sorrow byDeborahHopkinson.A DearAmericabook.Diaryof a shirtwaistworkerinNYCduring
the burgeoninglabormovement.Ages9andup. http://www.amazon.com/Hear-My-Sorrow-Shirtwaist-
America/dp/0439221617/ref=pd_sim_b_5
 A Time For Courage byKathrynLasky. A Dear Americabook.Followsayoungsuffragette in1917
WashingtonDC.Ages9 andup. http://www.amazon.com/Time-For-Courage-Suffragette-
Washington/dp/0590511416/ref=pd_sim_b_9

 The Journal ofOtto Peltonen,A FinnishImmigrant byWilliamDurbin.A MyName isAmericabook.A young
Finnemigratestothe IronRange of northernMinnesotaandgetscaught up inlabordisputes.Ages9and up.
http://www.amazon.com/My-Name-Is-America-Immigrant/dp/043909254X/ref=pd_sim_b_73
 The Journal ofFinnReardon, A Newsie, New York City,1899 by SusanCampbell Bartoletti.MyName Is
Americabook.Afterthe deathof hisfather,a youngboysupportshisfamilybysellingnewspapers,onlyto
findhimself inthe middle of 1899 Newsie Strike.Ages9and up. http://www.amazon.com/Name-America-
Susan-Campbell-Bartoletti/dp/0439188946/ref=sr_1_69?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373742821&sr=1-
 UprisingbyMargaret PetersonHaddix.Followsthreeyounggirlsandhow theirlivesintertwinewiththe
Triangle ShirtwaistFactory.Ages10and up. http://www.amazon.com/Uprising-Margaret-Peterson-
Haddix/dp/1416911723/ref=pd_sim_b_99
Great War (WWI)
 WhenChristmasComesAgain by BethSeidel Levine.A DearAmericabook.A youngAmericanwhoishalf
French,she leavesforthe WesternFronttooperate switchboardsasa “HelloGirl.”Ages9 and up.
http://www.amazon.com/When-Christmas-Comes-Again-Spencer/dp/0439439825/ref=pd_sim_b_14
Great Depression
 Survival inthe Storm byKatelanJanke.A Dear AmericaBook.A younggirl and herfamilysurvive the Dust
Bowl inthe Texaspanhandle.Ages9and up. http://www.amazon.com/Survival-Storm-Edwards-Dalhart-
America/dp/0439215994/ref=pd_sim_b_4
 Mirror, Mirror on the Wall byBarry Denenberg.A DearAmericaBook.Followsagirl blindedinanaccident
as she navigatesthe PerkinsSchool forthe BlindinDepression-EraMassachusetts.Ages9andup.
http://www.amazon.com/Mirror-Wall-Brennan-Perkins-America/dp/0439194466/ref=pd_sim_b_10
WorldWar II
 One Eye Laughing,theOther Eye Weeping by Barry Denenberg.A DearAmericabook.A youngJewish
Austriangirl escapesthe NazistoNew YorkCity.Ages9 andup. http://www.amazon.com/One-Eye-
Laughing-Other-Weeping/dp/0439095182/ref=pd_sim_b_1
 Early SundayMorning byBarry Denenberg.A DearAmericabook.A youngAmericangirl livinginHawaii
experiencesPearlHarborfirsthand.Ages9 and up. http://www.amazon.com/Early-Sunday-Morning-
Billows-America/dp/0439328748/ref=pd_sim_b_20
 My Secret Warby Mary Pope Osborne.DearAmericabook.The diaryof a younggirl whose father isa naval
officerinthe Pacificwhile she andherfamilylive onLongIsland. Ages9and up.
http://www.amazon.com/My-Secret-War-Madeline-America/dp/0590687158/ref=pd_sim_b_25
 The Journal ofScott PendaltonCollins: AWorldWar II Soldierby WalterDeanMyers.A My Name is
Americabook.A youngAmericantakespart inthe D-Day Invasionof France. Ages9 and up.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Journal-Scott-Pendalton-Collins/dp/0439050138/ref=pd_sim_b_93
 The Journal ofBen Uchida: Citizen13559, Mirror Lake Internment Camp by Barry Denenberg.MyName Is
Americabook.A youngboy andhis familyare imprisonedinaJapanese internmentcampduringWWII.Ages
10 and up. http://www.amazon.com/The-Journal-Ben-Uchida-
Internment/dp/0590485318/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1373744035&sr=1-26
Civil Rights

 Colorme Dark by PatriciaC.McKissack. DearAmericabook.A youngAfricanAmericangirl movesfromthe
Southnorth to Chicagoinsearch of a betterlife duringthe GreatMigration.Ages9 and up.
http://www.amazon.com/Color-Me-Dark-Migration-America/dp/0590511599/ref=pd_sim_b_15
 The Journal ofBiddy Owens,Birmingham,Alabama,1948 by WalterDeanMyers.My Name isAmerica
book.A youngbatboyaccompaniesthe BirminghamBlackBarons,one of the bestteamsinthe Negro
League,astheytravel throughthe South.Ages9 and up. http://www.amazon.com/My-Name-America-
Journal-Birmingham/dp/0439095034/ref=sr_1_48?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373742779&sr=1-
 Roll Thunder,Hear My Cry by MildredD.Taylor.An AfricanAmericanfamilyenduresracisminthe Deep
Southof the 1930s. Ages11 and up. http://www.amazon.com/Roll-Thunder-Hear-My-
Cry/dp/0142401129/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373748376&sr=1-
1&keywords=roll+thunder+hear+my+cry
VietnamWar
 Where Have all the FlowersGone? By EllenEmersonWhite.A DearAmericabook.A younganti-waractivist
struggleswiththe factthat herbrotheris a Marine fightinginVietnam.Companionto My NameisAmerica:
The Journalof PatrickSeamusFlaherty,USMarineCorps. Ages9 and up. http://www.amazon.com/Where-
Have-All-Flowers-Gone/dp/0439148898/ref=pd_sim_b_12
 My Name isAmerica: The Journal ofPatrick Seamus Flaherty,US MarineCorps byEllenEmersonWhite.A
youngmarine inVietnamstruggleswiththe beliefsof hisanti-warsisterbackhome.Companionto Where
Have all the FlowersGone? Ages9 and up. http://www.amazon.com/My-Name-Is-America-
Flaherty/dp/0439148901/ref=pd_sim_b_5
Published Primary Sources, Memoirs, and First-Hand Accounts
 A YoungPatriot: The American Revolutionas Experiencedby One Boy byJimMurphy. Aboutthe real-life
experiencesof a15 year-oldConnecticutboyfrom1776 until the endof the war in1783. Usesquotations
fromreal-life JosephPlumbMartin’sself-publishedmemoir,“A Narrative of Some of the Adventures,
Dangersand Sufferingsof aRevolutionarySoldier.”Ages8and up. http://www.amazon.com/Young-Patriot-
American-Revolution-Experienced/dp/0395900190/ref=pd_sim_b_24
 The Boys’War: Confederateand UnionSoldiersTalkAbout the Civil War byJimMurphy. Usestextfrom
primarysourcesof boys whoservedinthe war (fromsoldierstotelegraphers) totell the storyof the Civil
War froma child’sPOV.Ages8and up. http://www.amazon.com/Boys-War-Confederate-Union-
Soldiers/dp/0395664128/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1375024892&sr=1-
6&keywords=historical+literature+for+boys
 Reluctant Witnesses:Children’sVoicesFromThe Civil War byEmmy E. Werner.First-handaccountsfrom
over120 childrenwhoparticipatedinorwere affectedbythe Civil War.Youngadult.
http://www.amazon.com/Reluctant-Witnesses-Childrens-Voices-
Civil/dp/0813328233/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top
 Journey to Topaz:A Story ofthe Japanese-AmericanEvacuation byYoshikoUchida.A first-handaccountof
herchildhoodmemoriesof Japanese internmentduringWWII,writtenbythe author.Ages9 and up. Author
alsowrote a sequel accountcalled“JourneyHome”aboutwhathappenedtoherfamilyaftertheywere
releasedfrominternment. http://www.amazon.com/Journey-To-Topaz-Japanese-American-
Evacuation/dp/1890771910/ref=pd_sim_b_42
 A Narrative ofthe Life ofMrs. Mary Jemison by JamesE. Seaver.Original 1824 account of Mary Jemison’s
teenagedcapture bythe Shawnee andlatersale tothe Seneca,where she remainedwillingly,marryingand

havingchildrenwithinthe tribe.Astoldbyherself,butrecordedbyJamesE.Seaver.
http://www.amazon.com/Narrative-Life-Mrs-Jemison-
ebook/dp/B0082XKUTS/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1375037554&sr=1-
1&keywords=narrative+of+the+life+of+mrs.+mary+jemison
 Childrenofthe Great Depression by Russell Freedman.Usingprimarysourcesfromchildrenof the period,
thisbooktellsthe storiesof childrenfromall social classesandethnicities,urbanandrural,duringthe
hardshipsof the Great Depression.Ages10 andup. http://www.amazon.com/Children-Great-Depression-
Russell-Freedman/dp/0547480350/ref=pd_sim_b_35
 Kidson Strike! By SusanCampbell Bartoletti.Usingfirst-handaccounts,thisbookoutlinesthe role of
childrenandchildlaborinUS industriesandthe effortstheymade towardmore justtreatment.Ages9and
up. http://www.amazon.com/Kids-Strike-Susan-Campbell-Bartoletti/dp/0618369236/ref=pd_sim_b_32
 The Captured:A True Story of AbductionbyIndianson the Texas Frontier byScott Zesch.The Author
investigateswhyhiscapturedgreat-great-great-unclethrivedinaComanche tribe inthe 1870s and howhe
faredafterhe was forciblyreturnedtohisparents. http://www.amazon.com/The-Captured-Abduction-
Indians-
Frontier/dp/0312317891/ref=pd_rhf_dp_s_cp_20_DXA0?ie=UTF8&refRID=0P5SZ4KHZMWXAC5W5Y1V
 Home Front Girl:A Diary of Love, Literature, andGrowingUpin WartimeAmerica by JoanWehlen
Morrison.The author’sdiary,keptfrom age 14 to 20, recountshereverydaylife aswell asreflectsnational
events. Publishedposthumouslybythe author’sdaughter. http://www.amazon.com/Home-Front-Girl-
Literature-ebook/dp/B009REXWGY/ref=sr_1_90?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1375040519&sr=1-
90&keywords=historical+literature+for+boys

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