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A Boy at War
Harry Mazer |
9
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Adam's dad is in the Navy on the U.S.S Arizona
during the attack on Pearl Harbor. He is
fishing
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A Separate Peace
John Knowles |
9
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Best friends Gene and Phineas are completely
different. Gene is smart, while Phineas is
athleti
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Bridges at Toko-Ri
James A. Michener |
9
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In this short, fast paced book about the Korean
War, Harry Brubaker reluctantly leaves his
famil
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Bull Run
Paul Fleischman |
7
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In this brilliant fictional tour de force that
can be read as a novel or performed as readers'
t
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Charley Skedaddle
Patricia Beatty |
9
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About a boy from New York City who joins up in
the army as a drummer boy. He picks up a gun
and
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Don't You Know There's a War On
Avi |
7
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This is a story about a boy whose dad has gone
to war and how he has to live with the rations
in
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Finishing Becca
Ann Rinaldi |
9
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Fourteen-year-old Becca takes a position as a
maid in a wealthy Philadelphia Quaker home and
wit
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Jason's Gold
Will Hobbs |
9
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Soon after hearing the headline "Gold, Gold
discovered in Alaska" Jason sets off with
many "Klon
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Jayhawker
Patricia Beatty |
8
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A book from before the Civil War when there was
fighting in Kanses between the Bushwackers and
t
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John Muir
 
Rod Miller |
7
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From John Muir's childhood in Scotland to his
adventures in Yosemite, Alaska, and in numerous
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Napoleon & Josephine
G & L Hausman |
9
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This is the story of the relationship between
Napoleon Bonaparte and Josephine Beauharnais.
A
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Red Cap
G. Clifton Wisler |
9
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About a Yankee who is captured and taken to the
Confederate prison, Andersonville.
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Shades of Gray
Carolyn Reeder |
6
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His family all killed, Will Page has to go live
with his Uncle who refused to fight for the
Conf
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Smiler's Bones
Peter Lerangis |
8
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Famous Artic explorer, Robert Peary, takes a
young Eskimo, Minik, and five other Eskimos from
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Stonewall
Jean Fritz |
7
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The life of Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson.
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The Civil War
Ward, Burns, Burns |
10
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This is a great book about the Civil War with excellent pictures and descriptions of every part of t
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The Devil's Arithmetic
Jane Yolen |
8
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Hannah hates going to her family Passover Seder,
her complaint is her relatives always tell the
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The Drummer Boy of Vicksburg
G. Clifton Wisler |
7
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Orion Howe is left behind while his father and
brother go to war to drum. He is desperate to
jo
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The Great Train Robbery
Michael Crichton |
7
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Edward Pierce plans the robbery of a train
carrying an exorbitant amount of money in gold.
The
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Thomas Alva Edison
Margaret Cousins |
8
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This is a good biography about Thomas Edison.
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Thunder on the Tennessee
G. Clifton Wisler |
8
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Willie dreams of honor and glory as he leaves
home to fight the Yankees but is he ready for the
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