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3rd Grade Historical Fiction
Friday, November 25, 2011 6:02:54 PM
Emmaus Lutheran School
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Title
Abbie in Stitches
Author
Cotten, Cynthia
Abby Takes a Stand
McKissack, Patricia
C.
Abe's Fish: A Boyhood Tale of
Abraham Lincoln
Bryant, Jen
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Kulling, Monica
Word
Number Lang IL
110212 EN LG
BL Pts F/NF
3.8 0.5 F
Count Book RP
1435 N
N
RV
-
LS
-
VP
Description
- Growing up in western New York State
in the early 1800s, Abbie would much
rather read than embroider a sampler,
which her mother and teacher insist she
do, but she works hard after thinking of
just the right picture and saying to
include.
89267
EN
MG
3.6
1.0
F
8925
N
N
-
-
-
Gee recalls for her grandchildren what
happened in 1960 in Nashville,
Tennessee, when she, aged ten,
passed out flyers while her cousin and
other adults held sit-ins at restaurants
and lunch counters to protest
segregation. Book #1
129321
EN
LG
3.3
0.5
F
1263
N
N
-
-
-
Young Abe Lincoln learns the meaning
of selflessness and freedom when he
encounters a soldier on a country road
and gives up his prized possession, a
fish he caught for the family's evening
meal.
83450
EN
LG
3.3
1.0
F
10669
N
N
-
-
-
An adaptation of the Mark Twain classic,
this book follows the adventures and
pranks of a mischievous boy growing up
in a nineteenth-century Mississippi River
town as he witnesses a crime, hunts for
pirates' treasure, and becomes lost in a
cave.
After the Challenger: A Story of the Marsh, Robert
Space Shuttle Disaster
127474
EN
MG
3.4
1.0
F
3811
N
N
-
-
-
At school in Cocoa Beach, Florida,
fifteen-year-old Dustin Martinez watches
the "Challenger" space shuttle launch.
For the first time in history, a
schoolteacher will be flying aboard the
shuttle.
Ain't Nobody a Stranger to Me
114242
EN
LG
3.2
0.5
F
906
N
N
-
-
-
A grandfather tells his granddaughter
about his journey on the Underground
Railroad and teaches her to be nice to
everyone she meets.
Grifalconi, Ann
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Friday, November 25, 2011 6:02:54 PM
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Title
All Aboard!
Author
Wishinsky, Frieda
The Amazing Air Balloon
Van Leeuwen, Jean
Word
Number Lang IL
133914 EN LG
BL Pts F/NF
3.3 1.0 F
Count Book RP
6741 N
N
RV
-
LS
-
VP
Description
- Matt and Emily use the Canadian Flyer
to travel back in time to the late
nineteenth century and witness the
building of the Canadian Pacific
Railway. Book #9
68166
EN
LG
3.5
0.5
F
1769
N
N
-
-
N
In this story based on true events, on
June 24, 1784, a thirteen-year-old
apprentice takes the first manned hot air
balloon flight in America and gains new
insight into life's possibilities.
Amelia Earhart: This Broad Ocean Taylor, Sarah
Stewart
135013
EN
MG
3.7
1.0
F
3688
N
N
-
-
-
Grace, an aspiring young journalist, is
there when Amelia Earhart becomes the
first female passenger to cross the
Atlantic Ocean by air, from Trepassey,
Newfoundland, to Ireland on June 4,
1928. The coauthor is Ben Towle.
Anna Maria's Gift
Shefelman, Janice
136955
EN
LG
3.6
1.0
F
9733
N
N
-
-
-
In 1715 Italy, 8-year-old Anna Maria
arrives at an orphanage with little but
the special violin her father made for
her. When her teacher favors her over
another student, the beloved instrument
is tossed out a window and Anna Maria
longs to get it back.
Anne of Green Gables
Felder, Deborah G.
83442
EN
LG
3.5
2.0
F
13313
N
N
-
-
-
In an adaptation of the L.M.
Montgomery classic, Anne, an elevenyear-old orphan, is sent by mistake to
live with a lonely, middle-aged brother
and sister on a Prince Edward Island
farm and proceeds to make an indelible
impression on everyone around her.
Arctic Adventure: Inuit Life in the
1800s
Rau, Dana Meachen
52312
EN
MG
3.8
0.5
F
2316
N
N
-
-
-
While visiting the exhibit on native
cultures at the National Museum of
Natural History, Tomas travels back in
time and becomes an Inuit boy living in
the Arctic regions in the 1800s.
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Friday, November 25, 2011 6:02:54 PM
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As Far as I Can See: Meg's Prairie McMullan, Kate
Diary
Word
Number Lang IL
62174 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF
3.8 2.0 F
Count Book RP
12433 N
N
RV
-
LS
-
VP
Description
N In her diary for 1856, nine-year-old Meg
describes the long, dangerous journey
she and her younger brother make from
Missouri to Kansas, as well as the new
life they find there.
At Home in a New Land
Sandin, Joan
118605
EN
LG
3.1
0.5
F
1881
N
N
-
-
-
Carl Erik, a recent immigrant from
Sweden, becomes the man of the house
when his father and uncle go to work in
a logging camp. He learns many things
about life in Minnesota while attending
school, doing his chores, and trying to
put meat on the table.
Audrey Goes to Town
Harris, Christine
140026
EN
MG
3.8
3.0
F
21419
N
N
-
-
-
When the Barlows move to the outback
town of Beltana, Audrey makes new
friends and sees amazing new things,
such as houses with real glass for
windows, but when her mother falls ill,
she is left with Mrs Paterson, who has
rules about behavior. Book #2
Audrey of the Outback
Harris, Christine
140027
EN
MG
3.8
3.0
F
18679
N
N
-
-
-
Audrey Barlow uses her imagination to
ponder all kinds of questions about the
world around her as she tries to ignore
the loneliness she feels living in the
Australia Outback with her family. Book
#1
The Battle for St. Michaels
McCully, Emily
Arnold
61047
EN
LG
3.1
0.5
F
2238
N
N
-
-
N
In 1813, nine-year-old Caroline, a fast
runner, helps the residents of St.
Michaels, Maryland, as they defend their
town against the British.
The Bear Makers
Cheng, Andrea
124737
EN
MG
3.3
4.0
F
33603
N
N
-
-
-
In post-World War II Budapest, a young
girl and her family struggle against the
oppressive Hungarian Worker's Party
policies and try to find a way to a better
life.
Bell's Star
Hart, Alison
129429
EN
MG
3.7
1.0
F
9569
N
N
-
-
-
In the Vermont spring of 1853, Bell's
Star, a Morgan horse, and his owner,
Katie, rescue a runaway slave and try to
outwit the slave catchers in order to help
her to freedom. Book #2
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Friday, November 25, 2011 6:02:54 PM
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Title
The Best Kind of Gift
Author
Appelt, Kathi
Number Lang IL
70064 EN LG
BL Pts F/NF
3.6 0.5 F
RV
-
LS
-
Beware the Vikings
Boyd, David
126255
EN
MG
3.2
0.5
F
2747
N
N
-
-
-
When Thorfinn the Viking is found guilty
of murder, he is sent abroad as an
outlaw. He says goodbye to his son,
Snorri, and sets sail with his band of
men, but things do not work out as he
has planned.
Beware, Pirates!
Wishinsky, Frieda
122126
EN
LG
3.2
1.0
F
6078
N
N
-
-
-
The old Canadian Flyer in the attic of
Emily's house looks like just another old
sled, but when eight-year-old Emily and
nine-year-old Matt rub its maple leaf
logo, they suddenly find themselves
transported from the attic to Frobisher
Bay. Book #1
Beyond the Mountains: Coming to
America from Haiti-1991
Muldoon, Kathleen
M.
79118
EN
MG
3.4
1.0
F
5886
N
N
-
-
-
Louis Dupree and his family risk their
lives to immigrate to America from Haiti
in 1991.
Billy and the Rebel
Hopkinson, Deborah
86009
EN
LG
3.2
0.5
F
1706
N
N
-
-
-
During the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863,
a mother and son shelter a young
Confederate deserter. This book is
based on a true Civil War story,
including a historical note on the
incident.
Black Beauty
Dubowski, Cathy
East
83443
EN
LG
3.6
1.0
F
7391
N
N
-
-
-
In this adaptation of the Anna Sewell
classic, a horse in nineteenth-century
England recounts his experiences with
both good and bad masters.
The Black Brothers
Tetzner, Lisa
79379
EN
MG
3.9
2.0
F
15942
N
N
-
-
N
In the middle of the 19th century, many
young men were sent to Milan to work
as slaves. However, Giorgio was able to
survive because of the friendship and
solidarity he experienced with a secret
band known as "the black brothers."
The Blue Stone Plot
Blackaby, Susan
119868
EN
LG
3.1
0.5
F
3379
N
N
-
-
-
Working in their uncle's pottery shop,
Rufus and Silvia find a secret message
that is left for their uncle, propelling
them to figure out the mystery and save
the day.
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1463 N
N
VP
Description
- Jory fears that he is too small to find a
suitable gift to welcome the new parson.
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Friday, November 25, 2011 6:02:54 PM
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Title
Blueberries for the Queen
Author
Paterson, John
Number Lang IL
79105 EN LG
BL Pts F/NF
3.4 0.5 F
RV
-
LS
-
A Book for Black-Eyed Susan
Young, Judy
142452
EN
LG
3.5
0.5
F
1164
N
N
-
-
-
While traveling the Oregon Trail, tenyear-old Cora and her newborn baby
sister suffer the loss of their mother and
are separated, but Cora stitches a book
to tell the dark-eyed baby about their
journey and family.
The Boy Who Cried Horse
Deary, Terry
119869
EN
LG
3.6
0.5
F
2910
N
N
-
-
-
In Troy in 1180 B.C., Acheron,
storyteller in the palace of Paris and
Helen, is so well-known as a liar that no
one believes him when he is suspicious
of a wooden horse left by the Greek
army.
The Breaker Boys
Hughes, Pat
82262
EN
MG
3.9
8.0
F
55340
N
N
-
-
-
In 1897, Nate, the hot-tempered twelveyear-old son of a wealthy Pennsylvania
mine owner, goes against his father's
wishes by befriending some of the boys
who work in the mines and gets caught
up in a disastrous clash between mine
workers and the law.
Brothers
Yin
107527
EN
LG
3.1
0.5
F
2248
N
N
-
-
-
Having arrived in San Francisco from
China to work in his brother's store,
Ming is lonely until an Irish boy
befriends him.
Busing Brewster
Michelson, Richard
137785
EN
LG
3.9
0.5
F
1470
N
N
-
-
-
Bused across town to a school in a
white neighborhood of Boston in 1974, a
young African American boy named
Brewster describes his first day in first
grade.
Camille and the Sunflowers
Anholt, Laurence
21800
EN
LG
3.3
0.5
F
875
N
N
-
-
-
Despite the opinions of others in their
town, a young boy and his family
befriend an odd painter by the name of
Vincent van Gogh.
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1730 N
N
VP
Description
N In the summer of 1942, when Queen
Wilhelmina of the Netherlands lives
down the road from his family's house in
Massachusetts, young William decides
to take her some of the blueberries he
has picked. The coauthor is Katherine
Paterson.
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Title
Catch a Tiger by the Toe
Author
Levine, Ellen
Number Lang IL
88165 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF
3.7 5.0 F
RV
-
LS
-
Champions on the Bench: The
Cannon Street YMCA All-Stars
Weatherford, Carole
Boston
114952
EN
LG
3.7
0.5
F
1117
N
N
-
-
-
This story is based on the discrimination
faced by the 1955 Cannon Street YMCA
Little League All-Stars when the white
teams refused to play them in the series
tournament.
The Christmas Coat: Memories of
My Sioux Childhood
Sneve, Virginia
Driving Hawk
146544
EN
LG
3.7
0.5
F
1630
N
N
-
-
-
Virginia has outgrown her winter coat
and hopes that one of the packages of
donated clothing that arrive on the Sioux
reservation at Christmas from
congregations in New England will
contain a coat in her size.
Christmas in the Trenches
McCutcheon, John
111651
EN
LG
3.2
0.5
F
627
N
N
-
-
-
A World War I veteran tells his
grandchildren of his experiences in
1914, when British and German soldiers
declared a truce from fighting to
celebrate Christmas together.
Christopher Cowlumbus
Toffoli, Andrew
117083
EN
LG
3.4
0.5
F
498
N
N
-
-
-
Illustrations and simple text tell the story
of an adventurous cow who sails across
the ocean in a retelling of the story of
Christopher Columbus.
Civil War Days
Weiss, Ellen
55241
EN
LG
3.7
1.0
F
9308
N
N
-
-
-
Hitty is a doll. Hitty's owner, Nell, lives
on a plantation in the South. Nell
becomes friends with a slave, Sarina,
and breaks the rules of the plantation.
Cleopatra and the King's Enemies: Holub, Joan
Based on a True Story of Cleopatra
in Egypt
114575
EN
LG
3.3
0.5
F
1988
N
N
-
-
-
Young Cleopatra, not believing herself
to be beautiful, decides to concentrate
on her studies instead, a decision that
proves valuable when her ability to
understand the Egyptian language
allows her to uncover a plot against her
father. Book #2
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35413 N
N
VP
Description
- In the Bronx, New York, during the
McCarthy era, twelve-year-old Jamie
keeps a terrible secret about her family.
But when the truth is exposed, her
parents lose their jobs, and she is fired
from the school newspaper.
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Friday, November 25, 2011 6:02:54 PM
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Title
Clouds of Terror
Author
Welch, Catherine A.
Number Lang IL
47159 EN LG
BL Pts F/NF
3.1 0.5 F
RV
-
LS
-
Courage on the Oregon Trail
Francis, Dorothy
64921
EN
MG
3.5
1.0
F
5534
N
N
-
-
-
The fictional chapters of this book tell
the story of Luke Fletcher and his family
as they make their journey along the
Oregon Trail. The book's nonfiction
chapters detail the realities of life on the
Oregon Trail.
Crazy for Gold
Wishinsky, Frieda
122127
EN
LG
3.5
1.0
F
6740
N
N
-
-
-
Emily and Matt find themselves in the
gold rush of the late 1800s. They soon
catch Klondike Fever and have to make
it through the grueling climb to the
Chilkoot Pass and the dangerous trip
down the rapids to find gold. Book #3
The Crossing
Napoli, Donna Jo
145241
EN
LG
3.6
0.5
F
876
N
N
-
-
-
In this story told through the eyes of a
baby boy, Sacagawea, a woman of the
Shoshoni tribe, helps Meriwether Lewis
and William Clark find a passage to the
West Coast.
Cyber Patrol
Cutting, Robert
126256
EN
MG
3.4
0.5
F
2985
N
N
-
-
-
Mark Lewis is a twelve-year-old expert
at online games. When a powerful and
mysterious computer virus strikes, the
authorities come asking for Mark's help.
Dad, Jackie, and Me
Uhlberg, Myron
103077
EN
LG
3.8
0.5
F
1939
N
N
-
-
N
In Brooklyn, New York, in 1947, a boy
learns about discrimination and
tolerance as he and his deaf father
share their enthusiasm over baseball
and the Dodgers' first baseman, Jackie
Robinson.
Dancing with Katya
Chaconas, Dori
106565
EN
LG
3.6
0.5
F
1710
N
N
-
-
-
In the late 1920s, Anna tries to help her
younger sister Katya regain her strength
and joy in life after she becomes
crippled by polio.
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N
VP
Description
- Living on a farm in southwestern
Minnesota in the 1870's, a brother and
sister try to help their family cope with
plagues of locusts.
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Title
Danger at The Landings
Author
Citra, Becky
BL Pts F/NF
3.8 2.0 F
Count Book RP
12941 N
N
Daredevils
Capeci, Anne
77175
EN
MG
3.7
3.0
F
19145
N
David Joins the California Gold
Rush
Sibley, Linda
82220
EN
MG
3.7
2.0
F
16418
David Takes Part in the Battle of
the Alamo
Sibley, Linda
82221
EN
MG
3.6
2.0
F
Dinosaur Hunter
Alphin, Elaine Marie
72909
EN
LG
3.0
0.5
Disney's Dream
Deutsch, Stacia
88271
EN
LG
3.9
111605
EN
LG
3.9
Do Re Mi: If You Can Read Music, Roth, Susan L.
Thank Guido d'Arezzo
Number Lang IL
62992 EN MG
RV
-
LS
-
N
-
-
-
During the 1920s, Billy, Finn, and
Dannie, encounter Finn's air show pilot
uncle, endure a troublemaking new boy,
and stand up to smugglers, while living
in a railroad workers camp in the
Cascade Mountains.
N
N
-
-
-
David and his family escape a cold
Texas winter to search for gold in
California.
14391
N
N
-
-
-
David travels back in time to learn more
about Davy Crockett and the Battle of
the Alamo.
F
1661
N
N
-
-
-
In Wyoming in the 1880s, a young boy
fulfills his dream of finding a dinosaur
skeleton on his father's ranch, outwits a
man who would cheat him, and sells his
find to a team of fossil hunters.
2.0
F
15584
N
N
-
-
-
On this time-travel day, the kids go back
to the past and discover that Mr. Disney
wants to quit instead of making the first
animated movie with sound. The
coauthor is Rhody Cohon. Book #2
0.5
F
1416
N
N
-
-
-
For many years, Guido d'Arezzo, a
young man from Tuscany, had imagined
that his system of lines and spaces
could be used as a written language of
music and was determined to make his
ideas work.
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- Max longs for adventure, but is
expected to be an obedient son and a
helpful younger brother. When his pig is
slaughtered, Max resolves to run away.
Instead he is bundled off to stay with his
uncle. There, adventure finally comes.
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Title
Dodger Dreams: The Courage of
Jackie Robinson
Author
Terrell, Brandon
BL Pts F/NF
3.8 1.0 F
Count Book RP
3746 N
N
Downtown Boy
Herrera, Juan Felipe
102422
EN
MG
3.7
4.0
F
28332
N
Drop in to the Deep End:
Skateboarding with the Z-Boys
Niz, Xavier W.
131070
EN
MG
3.4
1.0
F
4182
Elephant Army
Muir, Suzanne
126258
EN
MG
3.0
0.5
F
The Elephant Quilt: Stitch by Stitch Lowell, Susan
to California!
121706
EN
LG
3.5
0.5
The Elevator Man
134718
EN
LG
3.4
115485
EN
LG
3.4
Trachtenberg,
Stanley
Elizabeth and the Royal Pony:
Holub, Joan
Based on a True Story of Elizabeth
I of England
Number Lang IL
131069 EN MG
RV
-
LS
-
N
-
-
N
From June 1958 to June 1959, Juanito
tries to stay out of mischief and be good
as he, his mother, and his father move
around the state of California, never
quite feeling at home.
N
N
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-
-
In the late 1970s, Skip Jenson moved
from California to a small town in Ohio.
Although he doesn't fit in at first, he
soon finds other students at Wilbur
Wright Middle School who share his
passion, skateboarding.
2858
N
N
-
-
-
Shaam is a very small elephant who
dreams of becoming the lead elephant
in the army of King Porus of India.
Meanwhile, fearsome conqueror
Alexander the Great is planning to
attack.
F
1795
N
N
-
-
-
Lily Rose and Grandma stitch a quilt
that tells the story of their family's
journey from Missouri to California by
covered wagon in 1859.
0.5
F
1406
N
N
-
-
-
When the elevator in a building in the
1950s is modernized, a young resident
misses the operator.
0.5
F
1979
N
N
-
-
-
Young Elizabeth I gets valuable advice
from her father, the king, when she tries
to teach her pony to jump over a wall.
Book #1
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- Max Owens is Brooklyn's biggest
baseball fan. His grandpa gives him the
greatest gift of all on his birthday, World
Series tickets, so he can watch his
favorite Dodger player, Jackie
Robinson. Even though the Dodgers
lose, Max gets to meet Jackie.
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Elizabeth: Bless This House
Author
Carter, Anne Laurel
Ellen: Hobo Jungle
Harris, Dorothy Joan
60542
EN
MG
3.7
1.0
F
8420
N
Ellie's New Home
Citra, Becky
35787
EN
MG
3.3
1.0
F
9007
Ellis Island Days
Weiss, Ellen
61514
EN
LG
3.9
1.0
F
The Emperor's Painting: A Story of Gunderson, Jessica
Ancient China
122727
EN
LG
3.8
0.5
Escape by Night: A Civil War
Adventure
144809
EN
MG
3.8
1.0
Myers, Laurie
Number Lang IL
60535 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF
3.9 1.0 F
RV
-
LS
-
N
-
-
-
It's 1939 and times are tough in
Vancouver. Ellen's dad has just lost his
job. The Depression has left many
people out of work, so Ellen and her
family have to move across town, away
from all her friends, to stay with her
grandfather. Book #1
N
N
-
-
-
In 1835, Ellie, Max, and their father set
sail from England to a new life in Upper
Canada. Once there, Father leaves the
children with another family while he
travels alone to find land and build a
cabin.
9920
N
N
-
-
N
Hitty, the doll, travels to Italy in style with
a spoiled little rich girl, but soon falls into
the hands of Fiorella Rossi, a kind girl
whose poor family longs to reach
America.
F
2998
N
N
-
-
-
Han Li thinks he is the smartest poet
and most talented painter in China, but
when his master becomes ill before he
can finish a painting for the emperor,
Han Li steps in and learns a lesson
about arrogance.
F
10663
N
N
-
-
-
In this story, inspired by the early life of
Woodrow Wilson, Tommy, the son of a
Presbyterian minister in Augusta,
Georgia, during the Civil War, must
search his conscience to decide
whether he should help a Yankee
soldier escape and return home.
AR BookGuide™
Count Book RP
9624 N
N
VP
Description
- Elizabeth is not happy about the move
to Nova Scotia, and she has a bad
feeling--a feeling that changes only
when she sees how beautiful a place it
is. But soon, her misgivings return when
she realizes that someone is stealing
their eggs & milk. Book #1
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Sorted by: Title
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Title
Escape South
Author
Siegelson, Kim
Escape! A Story of the
Underground Railroad
Gayle, Sharon
Shavers
Far from Home
Word
Number Lang IL
40727 EN LG
BL Pts F/NF
3.3 1.0 F
Count Book RP
6862 N
N
RV
-
LS
-
VP
Description
- Ben and his family escape from their
slave-owner and go to Florida, where
they join other black families who are
living with the Seminole Indians and
help them fight to keep their lands.
52315
EN
MG
3.4
0.5
F
2175
N
N
-
-
-
While on a visit to the Anacostina
Museum of the Smithsonian Institute,
Emma finds herself as a runaway slave
using the Underground Railroad to
make her way to freedom in Canada.
Wishinsky, Frieda
131274
EN
LG
3.6
1.0
F
7483
N
N
-
-
-
At the beginning of World War II, Matt
and Emily board a ship heading for
Halifax, where they meet Brits Kate and
her little brother, John, who were sent to
Canada to escape the blitz. Book #11
Fight for Rights
Winter, Barbara
126262
EN
MG
3.0
0.5
F
3710
N
N
-
-
-
In Victorian England, a young girl
named Mary is drawn into the fight for
women's right to vote. She realizes that
the struggle will be a long and difficult
one.
Fighting Spirit: On the Field with
Jim Thorpe
Gunderson, J.
131071
EN
MG
3.6
1.0
F
3999
N
N
-
-
-
In 1920, Howard Tucker is one of the
smartest kids at Haskell Indian Boarding
School. Unfortunately, this scrawny
fifteen-year-old would rather play
football. With some advice from Jim
Thorpe, he might just get a chance to
play the big game.
A Fine Start: Meg's Prairie Diary
McMullan, Kate
70042
EN
MG
3.4
2.0
F
11224
N
N
-
-
N
In this book, Meg brings her prairie diary
to an end describing her days in the
Kansas Territory, a deadly twister, and
the start of school.
Fire and Snow: A Tale of the
Alaskan Gold Rush
Gunderson, Jessica
112360
EN
MG
3.2
0.5
F
3435
N
N
-
-
-
Ethan Michelson and his family leave
their home in Seattle to seek their
fortune in Alaska.
Fire at the Triangle Factory
Littlefield, Holly
47163
EN
LG
3.5
0.5
F
2244
N
N
-
-
-
Two fourteen-year-old girls, sewing
machine operators at the Triangle
Shirtwaist Company, are caught in the
famous Triangle fire of 1911.
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Title
Fire in the Sky: A Tale of the
Hindenburg Explosion
Author
Gunderson, Jessica
Fire Mountain
Downey, Glen
The Firekeeper's Son
Park, Linda Sue
The First and Final Voyage: The
Sinking of the Titanic
Word
Number Lang IL
127475 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF
3.5 1.0 F
Count Book RP
4110 N
N
RV
-
LS
-
VP
Description
- In 1936, fifteen-year-old Michael Roth
and his family are headed toward
America and will be riding aboard the
giant "Hindenburg" airship.
126263
EN
MG
3.3
0.5
F
2303
N
N
-
-
-
Cato is a young slave boy in the bustling
Roman city of Pompeii. When Mount
Vesuvius erupts without warning, Cato
is separated from his mother.
74612
EN
LG
3.0
0.5
F
1084
N
N
-
-
N
In early 19th-century Korea, after Sanghee's father injures his ankle, Sang-hee
attempts to take over the task of lighting
the evening fire, which signals to the
palace that all is well.
Peters, Stephanie
119927
EN
MG
3.4
0.5
F
3103
N
N
-
-
-
This graphic novel is an adaptation of
the final voyage of the "Titanic," in which
twelve-year-old Christopher Watkins
must find a way to care for his mother
and younger brother after the ship hits
an iceberg and sinks.
The First Emperor
Low, Vicki
126266
EN
MG
3.3
0.5
F
3758
N
N
-
-
-
Emperor Zheng rules over a vast empire
and wants to live forever, so he sends
his son Prince Fu Su on a search for the
secret of everlasting life. As the prince
travels through the land, he learns about
some magic herbs and much more.
Fishing Day
Pinkney, Andrea
Davis
75975
EN
LG
3.5
0.5
F
1601
N
N
-
-
-
In the Jim Crow South, a young AfricanAmerican girl decides to share the
secret of her and her mother's fishing
success with their needy white
neighbors.
79120
EN
MG
3.1
1.0
F
5671
N
N
-
-
-
Philip struggles to find his way home
and make sure his family is safe during
the great Chicago fire of 1871.
Flames of Fear: The Great Chicago Taylor, Bonnie
Fire of 1871
Highsmith
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Title
The Flight of the Union
Author
White, Tekla
Flying Free: Corey's Underground
Railroad Diary
Wyeth, Sharon
Dennis
Flying High!
Wishinsky, Frieda
For This Land: Meg's Prairie Diary
Word
Number Lang IL
47179 EN LG
BL Pts F/NF
3.6 0.5 F
Count Book RP
2088 N
N
RV
-
LS
-
VP
Description
- This book relates the story of Homan
Walsh, a fifteen-year-old boy who in
1847 successfully flew a kite over the
Niagara River from Canada to the
United States, enabling work to begin
on a suspension bridge near Niagara
Falls.
58680
EN
MG
3.3
1.0
F
9366
N
N
-
-
N
In 1858, nine-year-old Corey Birdsong
and his family, fugitive slaves from
Kentucky, build a new life in
Amherstburg, Canada, while still hoping
to help those they left behind.
122129
EN
LG
3.4
1.0
F
6616
N
N
-
-
-
Matt and Emily use the Canadian Flyer
to travel back in time to 1909 and
witness Alexander Graham Bell's first
flight. Book #5
McMullan, Kate
71307
EN
MG
3.6
2.0
F
12695
N
N
-
-
N
Meg records in her diary the events from
July to November of 1856, when her
family is reunited and must face
challenges from fires to pro-slavery
border Ruffians who are trying to take
over Kansas Territory.
The Forty-Niners: The Story of the
California Gold Rush
Mercati, Cynthia
57184
EN
MG
3.5
1.0
F
3833
N
N
-
-
-
This book explains what life was like in
California during the gold rush.
Freedom on the Menu: The
Greensboro Sit-Ins
Weatherford, Carole
Boston
85292
EN
LG
3.5
0.5
F
1460
N
N
-
-
N
This book is a portrait of the 1960 civil
rights sit-ins at the Woolworth's lunch
counter in Greensboro, North Carolina,
as seen through the eyes of a young
Southern black girl.
Freedom Songs: A Tale of the
Underground Railroad
Robbins, Trina
119923
EN
MG
3.8
1.0
F
4182
N
N
-
-
-
Fourteen-year-old Sarah is a slave in
Maryland during the 1850s, and she
knows her only chance at freedom is to
the North, where slavery is illegal. To
get there, Sarah needs help from the
Underground Railroad, but she is not
sure who she can trust.
Freedom's Wings: Corey's
Underground Railroad Diary
Wyeth, Sharon
Dennis
52592
EN
MG
3.0
1.0
F
9950
N
N
-
-
N
A nine-year-old slave keeps a diary of
his journey to freedom along the
Underground Railroad in 1857.
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Title
The Freezing Moon
Author
Citra, Becky
Gladiator
Downey, Glen
Glory's Freedom: A Story of the
Underground Railroad
Word
Number Lang IL
46708 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF
3.7 2.0 F
Count Book RP
11593 N
N
RV
-
LS
-
VP
Description
- In this sequel to ELLIE'S NEW HOME,
the year is still 1835. Ellie has learned
many of the skills she needs to survive
as a pioneer, but she is plagued by
fears. The true test of her courage
comes when Papa fails to return from a
day's hunting.
126264
EN
MG
3.2
0.5
F
2555
N
N
-
-
-
Young Marcus is a slave whose only
chance for freedom is to compete as a
gladiator in Rome.
Holub, Joan
66724
EN
MG
3.5
2.0
F
15185
N
N
-
-
N
This book combines the story of a young
girl who escapes slavery over the
Underground Railroad accompanied by
her doll, Glory, and the story of three
young girls in the twenty-first century
who learn a lesson about friendship
from the very same doll.
Gold Rush Winter
Murphy, Claire
Rudolf
86012
EN
LG
3.1
0.5
F
3102
N
N
-
-
-
At the end of the nineteenth century,
Klondy and her mother travel from
South Dakota to Alaska to live with
Klondy's father, a gold-miner who left
when she was just a baby. This story is
based on events in the life of Klondy
Nelson.
Goldie's Fortune: A Story of the
Great Depression
Holub, Joan
66725
EN
MG
3.4
2.0
F
15144
N
N
-
-
-
While their parents are working in Africa,
Rose and Lila, living with their
grandmother, a doll doctor, learn the
story of Goldie, a very special doll who
comforted its owner all through the
Great Depression.
Good Children Get Rewards: A
Story of Williamsburg in Colonial
Times
Moore, Eva
83289
EN
LG
3.4
0.5
F
1247
N
N
-
-
-
As a brother and sister follow the
directions in a rebus letter they discover
in their father's shop, they are led to
help people in various places
throughout eighteenth-century
Williamsburg.
Good King Wenceslas
Neale, John M.
101130
EN
LG
3.7
0.5
F
258
N
N
-
-
-
This illustrated version of the carol is
about the kindness of Vaclav
Wenceslas, king of Bohemia.
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Word
Title
Grandmama's Pride
Author
Birtha, Becky
Number Lang IL
103950 EN LG
BL Pts F/NF
3.7 0.5 F
RV
-
LS
-
The Great Big Wagon That Rang:
How the Liberty Bell Was Saved
Slate, Joseph
69138
EN
LG
3.0
0.5
F
415
N
N
-
-
-
A farmer rescues the Liberty Bell from
the British in his big wagon.
Great Expectations
Kulling, Monica
83444
EN
LG
3.5
2.0
F
11869
N
N
-
-
-
In this adaptation of the classic Dickens
tale, Pip, an orphan growing up in
Victorian England, is given the means to
become a gentleman by an unknown
benefactor and learns that appearances
can be deceiving.
The Great Race: The Building of
the Transcontinental Railroad
Mercati, Cynthia
57185
EN
MG
3.5
1.0
F
3794
N
N
-
-
-
This book tells us what life was like
when the Transcontinental Railroad was
built.
The Greatest Game Ever Played: A Bildner, Phil
Football Story
109633
EN
LG
3.9
0.5
F
1259
N
N
-
-
-
When their beloved baseball team, the
New York Giants, moves to California,
Sam and Pop switch their loyalties to
the other New York Giants and attend
their championship game with the
Baltimore Colts.
The Hallelujah Flight
Bildner, Phil
135122
EN
LG
3.9
0.5
F
1133
N
N
-
-
-
In 1932, James Banning and his copilot, Thomas Allen make history by
becoming the first African Americans to
fly across the United States, relying on
the generosity of people they meet in
towns along the way who help keep
their "flying jalopy" going.
Henry's Freedom Box
Levine, Ellen
113369
EN
LG
3.0
0.5
F
1260
N
N
N
-
N
This story is a fictionalized account
about Virginia slave, Henry "Box"
Brown, escaping to freedom by shipping
himself in a wooden crate from
Richmond, Virginia, to Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, in 1849.
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1575 N
N
VP
Description
- While on a trip in 1956 to visit her
grandmother in the South, six-year-old
Sarah Marie experiences segregation
for the first time but discovers that things
have changed by the time she returns
the following year.
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Title
The Hidden Message
Author
Boyd, David
Holding the Ribbons: The Story of
the Overland Stagecoach
Cunningham, Alvin
Robert
Hope! A Story of Change in
Obama's America
Word
Number Lang IL
126296 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF
3.2 0.5 F
Count Book RP
3617 N
N
RV
-
LS
-
VP
Description
- The famous writer Christopher (Kit)
Marlowe does secret work as the
Queen's spy, but when the young actor
Jasper Kyd decides to take revenge
against his boss, William Shakespeare,
things get complicated.
79089
EN
MG
3.9
1.0
F
4060
N
N
-
-
N
Willa dreams of driving a stagecoach
when she grows up, but when an
accident forces her to take over a stage,
she wonders if she can handle the
challenge and keep her passengers
safe.
Stevens, Eric
130914
EN
MG
3.9
1.0
F
3951
N
N
-
-
-
Anton Fox is sentenced to community
service and watches the inauguration of
Barack Obama.
Horror from the Sky: The 1924
Lorain, Ohio, Tornado
Taylor, Bonnie
Highsmith
79121
EN
MG
3.1
1.0
F
5983
N
N
-
-
-
Calvin panics when he is caught in the
1924 Lorain, Ohio, tornado and races to
find his family and make sure they
survived.
The Horse on the Hill: A Story of
Ancient India
Gunderson, Jessica
127892
EN
LG
3.2
0.5
F
3298
N
N
-
-
-
In this tale of Ancient India, the arrival of
a black horse warns Prince Rishi of the
coming of King Porus's army to conquer
his father's kingdom and the uncertain
future that looms ahead of him and his
family.
A Horse's Tale: A Colonial
Williamsburg Adventure
Lubner, Susan
124810
EN
LG
3.4
0.5
F
856
N
N
-
-
-
In Williamsburg, Virginia, in colonial
days, Lancer the horse runs loose and
behaves oddly while his owner and
owner's friends try everything they can
think of to help him feel better, until
Margaret the Milliner realizes that
Lancer needs a friend, too.
112361
EN
MG
3.9
0.5
F
3301
N
N
-
-
-
Twelve-year-old Charlie O'Leary signs
aboard the USS "Varuna" in hopes of
finding his brother among the fleet.
Hot Iron: The Adventures of a Civil Burgan, Michael
War Powder Boy
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Word
Title
A House Divided
Author
Poe, Marshall
BL Pts F/NF
3.1 1.0 F
Count Book RP
4029 N
N
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Cerasini, Marc
83451
EN
LG
3.9
2.0
F
16064
N
Hunger Moon
Lamstein, Sarah
79579
EN
MG
3.0
3.0
F
19553
Hurry, Freedom
Wishinsky, Frieda
122131
EN
LG
3.4
1.0
F
I Survived: The Sinking of the
Titanic, 1912
Tarshis, Lauren
137694
EN
MG
3.9
1.0
I Will Come Back for You: A Family Russo, Marisabina
in Hiding During World War II
145767
EN
LG
3.6
Ice Journey
126286
EN
MG
3.0
Downey, Glen
Number Lang IL
129110 EN MG
RV
-
LS
-
N
-
-
-
This book is a retelling of the classic
Victor Hugo tale, set in medieval Paris,
of Quasimodo, the hunchback bellringer
of Notre Dame Cathedral, and his
struggles to save the beautiful gypsy
dancer Esmeralda from being unjustly
executed.
N
N
-
-
-
In 1953 in Chicago, Ruth struggles to
deal with her parents' constant arguing,
taking care of her younger brothers, one
of whom is mentally disabled, and
getting along in middle school.
6685
N
N
-
-
-
The Canadian Flyer takes Emily and
Matt on their most important journey yet,
to the Canada-U.S. border in 1858 to
travel along the Underground Railroad.
Book #7
F
10437
N
N
-
-
N
Ten-year-old George Calder's life
changes forever as he, his little sister,
Phoebe, and Aunt Daisy set out across
the ocean on the "Titanic" in 1912.
0.5
F
1850
N
N
-
-
-
A grandmother tells her granddaughter
the story of the charm bracelet that
represents her own childhood
experiences while she and her family
tried to evade the Nazis in Italy during
World War II.
0.5
F
2551
N
N
-
-
-
North America is covered in ice and
snow, and Bruno, a young bear, is being
hunted down by a saber-toothed cat.
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Description
- This historical graphic novel is about
brothers Owen and Amos Bennington,
who vow to continue their parents' work
to help runaway slaves, but each takes
a different path, Owen campaigning for
Abraham Lincoln and Amos joining with
abolitionist John Brown.
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Quiz
Title
Ida Lou's Story
Author
Kirby, Susan E.
Immigrants and Neighbors
Owens, Thomas S.
In a Class of Her Own
Lundy, Kathleen
Gould
Isabel Saves the Prince: Based on Holub, Joan
a True Story of Isabel I of Spain
Island of Hope: Coming to America Muldoon, Kathleen
from Russia-1903
M.
The Jade Dragon: A Story of
Ancient China
Gunderson, Jessica
Jane Eyre
Gerver, Jane E.
Word
Number Lang IL
55815 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF
3.9 5.0 F
Count Book RP
35131 N
N
RV
-
LS
-
VP
Description
- Ida Lou, her brother, Vic, and their
struggling single mother, are living in
Bloomington, Illinois, in 1918. Vic wants
to join the fighting overseas, while Ida
Lou dreams of becoming an aerialist,
like her heroes, The Flying Wards.
64922
EN
MG
3.5
1.0
F
5557
N
N
-
-
-
The fictional Domato family came to the
United States from Italy to find a new
life. The family came to realize that as
immigrants, they were not welcomed by
all Americans.
126287
EN
MG
3.3
0.5
F
2835
N
N
-
-
-
It is 1960, and a six-year-old girl named
Ruby Bridges makes history by being
the first African American child to attend
an all-white school in New Orleans,
Louisiana.
117708
EN
LG
3.1
0.5
F
2051
N
N
-
-
-
Young Isabel and her brother, Alfonso,
are summoned by the king to live with
him. When the king's men accuse
Alfonso of treason, Isabel knows she
must step up and do what's right for her
brother and for Spain.
79122
EN
MG
3.4
1.0
F
6548
N
N
-
-
-
Sophie and Victor travel by themselves
to America in 1903, where their paoa
hopes they can find a better life.
122728
EN
LG
3.2
0.5
F
2725
N
N
-
-
-
Zhou never seems to beat his brother,
Cheng, at anything, but when he finds a
jade dragon, his luck changes.
83445
EN
LG
3.8
2.0
F
17212
N
N
-
-
-
In early nineteenth-century England, an
orphaned young woman accepts
employment as a governess at
Thornfield Hall, a country estate owned
by the mysteriously remote Mr.
Rochester. This book is adapted from
the classic by Charlotte Brontë.
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Word
Title
January 1905
Author
Boling, Katharine
Number Lang IL
78010 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF
3.9 3.0 F
Count Book RP
22547 N
N
RV
-
LS
-
Julius Caesar
Bowen, Carl
145338
EN
MG
3.3
0.5
F
2915
N
Jungle Scout: A Vietnam War Story Hoppey, Tim
123853
EN
MG
3.4
0.5
F
3144
VP
Description
- In a 1905 mill town, eleven-year-old twin
sisters, one crippled and one forced into
child labor, are convinced that the other
has an easier life until a series of events
help them to see each other in a new
light.
N
-
-
-
This book is a graphic novel adaptation
of William Shakespeare's play about the
first emperor of ancient Rome, the
conspiracy to assassinate him, and the
civil war that follows his murder.
N
N
-
-
-
Sixteen-year-old Lam Hung was once a
member of the Viet Cong, but now, he is
a scout for the U.S. Marines, ordered to
steer the troops safely around land
mines and booby traps. Lam's most
difficult task could be gaining the
platoon's trust.
Kansas
Sargent, Daina
85366
EN
LG
3.8
0.5
F
2055
N
N
-
-
-
Matt and Liz travel through time and get
to fly with Amelia Earhart before her
disappearance. The excitement of
being in an airplane and flying an early
model is enough to keep Matt and Liz
entertained.
Katherine's Story
Tamar, Erika
77517
EN
MG
3.8
4.0
F
30223
N
N
-
-
-
Katherine, the twelve-year-old daughter
of a lighthouse keeper, pursues her
dream of becoming an artist. Book #1.
Kazuma's Quest
Booth, Jack
126288
EN
MG
3.2
0.5
F
2806
N
N
-
-
-
Kazuma, a young samurai, with the help
of a famous swordsman Matayemon,
sets out to confront his father's murderer
and reclaim his family's sword.
The King of Mulberry Street
Napoli, Donna Jo
100593
EN
MG
3.6
8.0
F
60480
N
N
-
-
N
In 1892, Dom, a nine-year old stowaway
from Naples, Italy, arrives in New York
and must learn to survive the perils of
street life in the big city.
The King's Warrior: A Story of
Ancient India
Gunderson, Jessica
127893
EN
LG
3.1
0.5
F
3428
N
N
-
-
-
This historical tale of ancient India
follows Tungar, a smart but proud and
vain boy, who dreams of being a
general for the warrior king Asoka.
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Title
Klondike Fever: The Story of the
Last Great Gold Rush
Author
Cunningham, Alvin
Robert
The Last of the Mohicans
Martin, Les
The Last Rider: The Final Days of
the Pony Express
Gunderson, Jessica
Li'l Dan, the Drummer Boy: A Civil
War Story
Bearden, Romare
Lighthouse Seeds
Love, Pamela
Lincoln's Legacy
Deutsch, Stacia
The Lion's Slave
Lionardo Da Vinci
Word
Number Lang IL
79090 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF
3.9 1.0 F
Count Book RP
4437 N
N
RV
-
LS
-
VP
Description
- The Harts travel to Canada during the
last Gold Rush, hoping to find riches
and a better life for themselves.
83452
EN
LG
3.0
1.0
F
10326
N
N
-
-
-
This simplified retelling of the James
Fenimore Cooper story describes the
exploits of a young white man and his
Mohican Indian friends during the
French and Indian War.
112366
EN
MG
3.1
0.5
F
3621
N
N
-
-
-
Matt Edgars, a Pony Express rider,
worries about rumors of war with the
Paiute nation.
72444
EN
LG
3.7
0.5
F
1052
N
N
-
-
-
When a company of black Union
soldiers tells Li'l Dan that he is no longer
a slave, he follows them, and uses his
beloved drum to save them from attack.
101027
EN
LG
3.7
0.5
F
1148
N
N
-
-
-
Based on a true story, after moving from
the mainland to a barren island, the
daughter of a lighthouse keeper plants
flowers in the cracks of the expanse of
rock to help her mother adjust and finds
she has cheered the local fishermen as
well.
84957
EN
LG
3.6
2.0
F
13208
N
N
-
-
-
Mr. Caruthers wants Abigail and her
friends to travel back in time because it
looks as if President Lincoln might quit
and never free the slaves. The coauthor
is Rhody Cohon. Book #1
Deary, Terry
119870
EN
LG
3.6
0.5
F
2749
N
N
-
-
-
With the help of his clever slave,
forgetful Archimedes creates one
amazing invention after another in order
to foil the attack of the Romans.
Toffoli, Andrew
127216
EN
LG
3.8
0.5
F
471
N
N
-
-
-
Based on the life of the great artist and
inventor Leonardo da Vinci, this story is
about an artistic and curious lion born
during the Renaissance in Italy.
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Sorted by: Title
Quiz
Word
Title
The Listeners
Author
Whelan, Gloria
Number Lang IL
134314 EN LG
BL Pts F/NF
3.6 0.5 F
Count Book RP
1247 N
N
Little Audrey
White, Ruth
125728
EN
Little Rock Nine
Poe, Marshall
124870
Little Women
Kulling, Monica
Lizabeth's Story: A Cape Light
Novel
The Log Cabin Wedding
RV
-
LS
-
MG
3.8
3.0
F
25171
N
EN
MG
3.1
1.0
F
5964
83446
EN
LG
3.4
2.0
F
Tamar, Erika
82256
EN
MG
3.7
4.0
Howard, Ellen
109606
EN
LG
3.4
0.5
N
-
-
-
In 1948, eleven-year-old Audrey lives
with her family in Jewell Valley, a coal
mining camp in Virginia, where her
mother still mourns the death of a baby,
her father goes on drinking binges on
paydays, and Audrey tries to recover
from scarlet fever.
N
N
-
-
-
Little Rock Central High School
prepares to enroll its first nine African
American students, and William and
Thomas are caught in the center of a
storm.
12739
N
N
-
-
-
An adaptation of the Louisa May Alcott
classic, this book chronicles the joys
and sorrows of the four March sisters as
they grow into young ladies in
nineteenth-century New England.
F
29408
N
N
-
-
-
During a scarlet fever outbreak in 1906,
thirteen-year-old Lizabeth must decide
whether it is more important to be
Strawberry Queen or to be at the
bedside of her younger sister, who is ill.
Book #3.
F
3175
N
N
-
-
-
Although it was her idea to bring
together her family and that of a
neighboring widow to reap the harvest,
Elvirey feels her heart squeeze tight at
the thought of the widow and Pap
getting married.
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Description
- After a day of picking cotton in late
1860, Ella May, a young slave, joins her
friends Bobby and Sue at their second
job of listening outside the windows of
their master's house for useful
information.
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Title
Author
Lost in Space: The Flight of Apollo Bush, Gary
13
Lost in the Snow
Wishinsky, Frieda
Lu and the Swamp Ghost
Carville, James
Word
Number Lang IL
127476 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF
3.9 1.0 F
Count Book RP
4395 N
N
RV
-
LS
-
VP
Description
- While helping his mom at work after
school, Ramón Garza meets the crew at
NASA and watches as "Apollo 13" soars
into space, but only two days after the
launch, the mission goes horribly wrong.
131282
EN
LG
3.5
1.0
F
7631
N
N
-
-
-
Emily and Matt land near a small house
in Quebec City in the mid-1600s. There
they meet Marie, whose father has
married one of the filles du roi, or King's
daughters, and begin a snowy
adventure. Book #10
81400
EN
LG
3.5
0.5
F
1725
N
N
-
-
N
During the Depression in the Louisiana
bayou, a curious young girl helps the
"Swamp Ghost" that her cousins warned
her about and finds herself with one
good friend. The coauthor is Patricia
McKissack.
Lucy's Cave: A Story of Vicksburg, Winnick, Karen B.
1863
123151
EN
LG
3.4
0.5
F
2462
N
N
-
-
-
During the attack on Vicksburg in 1863,
Lucy and her family are forced to leave
their home and live in a cave with other
townspeople. While she is there, she
learns to overcome her fears and
discomfort and makes new friends.
Lydia and the Island Kingdom: A
Story Based on the Real Life of
Princess Liliuokalani of Hawaii
Holub, Joan
119862
EN
LG
3.4
0.5
F
1854
N
N
-
-
-
Concerned that the influence of
Americans will make her island's
traditional ways disappear, seven-yearold Princess Lydia Liliuokalani commits
traditional stories of the Hawaiian
people to paper and presents them to
King Kamehameha.
Macbeth
Powell, Martin
145339
EN
MG
3.3
0.5
F
2416
N
N
-
-
-
This book is a graphic novel adaptation
of William Shakespeare's play about
Macbeth, the eleventh-century king of
Scotland, and of the tragedy of
prophecy and royal murder.
The Magic and the Mummy
Deary, Terry
88889
EN
LG
3.5
0.5
F
3462
N
N
-
-
-
After the pharaoh dies, Neria's father
gives her the job of mummifying the
pharaoh's cat, which is still alive.
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Word
Title
The Magic Tile
Author
Muir, Suzanne
Number Lang IL
126297 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF
3.0 0.5 F
RV
-
LS
-
Mama Went to Jail for the Vote
Karr, Kathleen
88689
EN
LG
3.9
0.5
F
2087
N
N
-
-
-
Susan Elizabeth's mother is a suffragist
fighting for women's right to vote and
gets arrested for picketing and staging a
protest in front of the White House.
March of the Dinosaurs
Cutting, Robert
126289
EN
MG
3.1
0.5
F
2804
N
N
-
-
-
Traveling on a time machine, a scientist
and her niece and nephew go back to
the age of the dinosaurs. On their
journey, the time machine breaks down
as a meteor hurtles toward Earth.
Marco Polo and the Roc
Boyd, David
126290
EN
MG
3.8
0.5
F
3372
N
N
-
-
-
When Marco Polo visits Kublai Khan,
the Emperor of China, he is given an
impossible task to find a mythical bird,
the Roc, and bring one of its eggs back
to the Great Khan.
Mars Colony
Cutting, Robert
126291
EN
MG
3.1
0.5
F
3097
N
N
-
-
-
In the year 2130, the Chang family is
chosen out of 128 families to be sent to
Mars to form the first human colony
there.
The Master's Apprentice
Jacobson, Rick
126880
EN
LG
3.6
0.5
F
2016
N
N
-
-
-
When Marco is sent into apprenticeship
with the young master, Michelangelo
Buonarroti, much rides on his success.
Matisse: The King of Color
Anholt, Laurence
125263
EN
LG
3.6
0.5
F
1188
N
N
-
-
-
This biography tells the story of artist
Henri Matisse designing the Chapelle du
Rosaire and his friendship with a young
girl who later became a nun.
Michelangelo Bunnyrroti
Toffoli, Andrew
117088
EN
LG
3.9
0.5
F
495
N
N
-
-
-
Based on the life of the great artist
Michelangelo Bounarroti, this story is
about an artistic rabbit that paints and
sculpts.
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3340 N
N
VP
Description
- When they find a magic tile, twins Mina
and Haytham zoom back into the Middle
Ages, where they meet famous people
such as Saladin and Ibn Battuta.
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Word
Title
Milkweed
Author
Spinelli, Jerry
Number Lang IL
71828 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF
3.6 7.0 F
RV
-
LS
-
Mississippi Morning
Vander Zee, Ruth
108480
EN
LG
3.7
0.5
F
1519
N
N
-
-
-
Amidst the economic depression and
the racial tension of the 1930s, a boy
discovers a horrible secret of his father's
involvement in the Ku Klux Klan.
Moi & Marie Antoinette
Cullen, Lynn
113890
EN
LG
3.6
0.5
F
1512
N
N
-
-
-
Sébastien, the pug dog, relates the life
of Marie Antoinette as she goes from
being a teenager devoted to him to
becoming the Queen of France and
mother of two children.
Mudball
Tavares, Matt
86415
EN
LG
3.4
0.5
F
873
N
N
-
-
-
During a rainy Minneapolis Millers
baseball game in 1903, Little Andy Oyler
becomes a hero by hitting the shortest
and muddiest home run in history.
Mummy
Duey, Kathleen
101937
EN
LG
3.9
1.0
F
4366
N
N
-
-
-
When the time portal opens, the Time
Soldiers go through it again, facing the
twisting passages in an ancient
Egyptian tomb, a boy pharaoh who
wants to keep them prisoner, and a
mummy that guards the way home.
Book # 5.
My Name Is Kofi: Coming to
America from Nigeria-1976
Cosson, M.J.
79124
EN
MG
3.3
1.0
F
6033
N
N
-
-
-
Kofi's mother sends him to America to
live with his father's family, but Kofi feels
betrayed and wonders if he will ever be
happy again.
Mystery at Manzanar: A WWII
Internment Camp Story
Fein, Eric
123854
EN
MG
3.5
0.5
F
3632
N
N
-
-
-
During World War II, fifteen-year-old
Tommy Yamamoto and his family are
forced into the Manzanar internment
camp for Japanese Americans. While
there, an elderly man is attacked, and a
camp guard is charged with the crime.
Tommy tries to solve the crime.
AR BookGuide™
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49864 N
N
VP
Description
N This book takes us to one of the most
devastating settings imaginable -- Nazioccupied Warsaw of World War II -- and
tells a tale of heartbreak, hope, and
survival through the bright eyes of a
young orphan.
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Word
Title
Napoleon's Last Stand
Author
Boyd, David
Number Lang IL
126292 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF
3.7 0.5 F
RV
-
LS
-
Nellie in the News
Kelly, Claire
126293
EN
MG
3.1
0.5
F
3330
N
N
-
-
-
Rosie Freedman is a gifted young
African American girl who dropped out
of school when her family fell on hard
times. When she meets Nellie Bly, a
journalist on a mission, she starts to
dream again.
The Night of the Hurricane's Fury
Ransom, Candice
128532
EN
LG
3.7
0.5
F
2054
N
N
-
-
-
In 1900, while visiting his aunt in
Galveston, Texas, ten-year-old Robert
Pettibone is washed into swirling
floodwaters when a hurricane takes the
town by surprise.
Night Running: How James
Escaped with the Help of His
Faithful Dog
Carbone, Elisa
120296
EN
LG
3.3
0.5
F
1372
N
N
-
-
-
A runaway slave makes a daring escape
to freedom with the help of his faithful
hunting dog, Zeus. Based on the true
story of James Smith's journey from
Virginia to Ohio in the mid-1800s.
The Night the Chimneys Fell
Figley, Marty Rhodes
127351
EN
LG
3.1
0.5
F
1812
N
N
-
-
-
In 1811, nine-year-old Marie is sad to
learn that her family will be moving from
New Madrid to St. Louis, Missouri, but
when terrible earthquakes destroy her
town, everything changes.
Nomad King
Booth, Jack
126294
EN
MG
3.3
0.5
F
3480
N
N
-
-
-
In the windswept land of Mongolia,
Temujin, known as Gengis Khan,
becomes leader of his tribe at the age of
nine. Over the years, this ruthless leader
battles warring tribes for power and
gradually extends his empire beyond
Mongolia and China.
On Both Sides of the Civil War
Owens, Thomas S.
64927
EN
MG
3.7
1.0
F
5323
N
N
-
-
-
When the Confederacy threatens to call
14-year-old Daniel Mayfield into service,
the Mayfield family contemplates
traveling north to Kentucky, a neutral
state.
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3565 N
N
VP
Description
- Charlotte Bonaparte, princess of
France, helps her famous uncle
Napoleon escape from the island of
Elba.
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Title
On the Case
Author
Wishinsky, Frieda
One Giant Leap: The First Moon
Landing
Rau, Dana Meachen
The One O'Clock Chop
Word
Number Lang IL
131288 EN LG
BL Pts F/NF
3.9 1.0 F
Count Book RP
7099 N
N
RV
-
LS
-
VP
Description
- Emily and Matt are transported back to
the nineteenth century, where they
assist Mountie Sam Steele clear the
names of two murder suspects. Book
#12
52324
EN
MG
3.8
0.5
F
1573
N
N
-
-
-
While on a field trip to the National Air
and Space Museum, Tomas imagines
himself as Neil Armstrong.
Fletcher, Ralph
119013
EN
MG
3.8
5.0
F
33614
N
N
-
-
-
In New York, fourteen-year-old Matt
spends the summer of 1973 digging
clams to earn money for his own boat
and falling for Jazzy, a beautiful and
talented girl from Hawaii who happens
to be his first cousin.
Operation Clean Sweep
Beard, Darleen
Bailey
82259
EN
MG
3.8
4.0
F
28380
N
N
-
-
-
In 1916, just four years after getting the
right to vote, the women of Umatilla,
Oregon, band together to throw the
mayor and other city officials out of
office, replacing them with women.
Our Kansas Home
Hopkinson, Deborah
68256
EN
LG
3.6
1.0
F
9123
N
N
-
-
-
Charlie has come upon Lizzie, a
runaway slave girl trying to make her
way to freedom in Canada. With the
violence in Kansas Territory escalating,
the Underground Railroad isn't running.
Can Charlie keep Lizzie safe until she
can escape from Kansas?
Our Strange New Land: Elizabeth's Hermes, Patricia
Diary, Jamestown, Virginia, 1609
44826
EN
MG
3.2
2.0
F
12793
N
N
-
-
N
Nine-year-old Elizabeth kept a journal of
her experiences in the New World as
she encountered Indians, suffered
hunger and the death of friends, and
helped her father build their first home.
Pa's Harvest: A True Story Told by Andrews, Jan
Ephrem Carrier
41771
EN
MG
3.5
0.5
F
1925
N
N
-
-
N
Ephie and his father hope hard times
are over when they plant and harvest a
splendid potato crop, but their dreams of
presents and new clothes must be put
aside when the crop fails to sell. This
story was told by Ephrem Carrier to Jan
Andrews.
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Word
Title
The Patchwork Path: A Quilt Map
to Freedom
Author
Stroud, Bettye
Number Lang IL
85295 EN LG
BL Pts F/NF
3.7 0.5 F
RV
-
LS
-
Pearl Harbor
Boyd, David
126295
EN
MG
3.3
0.5
F
3625
N
N
-
-
-
Alison, the lonely teenage daughter of a
U.S. Navy captain, becomes friends with
a Japanese girl named Jasmine, but it is
December 1941 in Pearl Harbor. What
happens next is the ultimate test of true
friendship.
Penelope Bailey Takes the Stage
Reich, Susanna
106058
EN
MG
3.8
7.0
F
48495
N
N
-
-
-
Against the wishes of her disapproving
aunt, with whom she lives in 1889 San
Francisco while her parents are on a
scientific expedition, eleven-year-old
Penny tries to prepare herself for an
acting career.
Penelope: Terror in the Harbour
McKay, Sharon E.
55037
EN
MG
3.8
1.0
F
8602
N
N
-
-
-
On the morning of December 6th,
Penelope's father is at work, leaving
Penelope to get her sisters ready for the
day. It is then that a catastrophic
explosion rocks Halifax. It is up to
Penny to find safety for herself and her
sisters.
Penelope: The Glass Castle
McKay, Sharon E.
62225
EN
MG
3.8
2.0
F
11796
N
N
-
-
-
Papa reluctantly sends Emily and
Maggie to his sister's home in Toronto.
Penny, however, must go to live with
Grandmama in Montreal. The decision
devastates ten-year-old Penny, for the
life she is offered in Montreal is nothing
like she imagined.
A Perfect Place: Joshua's Oregon
Trail Diary
Hermes, Patricia
64516
EN
MG
3.8
2.0
F
13247
N
N
-
-
N
Late in 1848, nine-year-old Joshua
McCullough starts a second journal, this
time recording events in Willamette
Valley, Oregon Territory, as his family
and others they met on the trail begin to
get settled.
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1542 N
N
VP
Description
- While her father leads her toward
Canada and away from the plantation
where they have been slaves, a young
girl thinks of the quilt her mother used to
teach her a code that will help guide
them to freedom.
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Title
The Phantom and the Fisherman
Author
Deary, Terry
Picasso and the Girl with a
Ponytail: A Story About Pablo
Picasso
Anholt, Laurence
A Picture for Marc
Word
Number Lang IL
88891 EN LG
BL Pts F/NF
3.5 0.5 F
Count Book RP
3605 N
N
RV
-
LS
-
VP
Description
- To make some extra money, a poor
student in ancient Egypt agrees to help
an old woman get rid of a ghost. But
instead, he discovers the true identity of
the phantom and receives a rich reward.
55714
EN
LG
3.6
0.5
F
1473
N
N
-
-
-
When Picasso set up his studio in a
nearby house, he spotted young
Sylvette and was taken immediately by
her classical profile and her lovely
ponytail. He convinced her to pose for
what became the first of more than forty
works of art.
Kimmel, Eric A.
117740
EN
LG
3.7
1.0
F
10828
N
N
-
-
-
Marc, an imaginative Russian boy,
discovers his talent for drawing and,
with the encouragement of a friend and
an art teacher, decides to become an
artist. This story is based loosely on the
childhood of Marc Chagall.
A Piece of Forever
Gugler, Laurel Dee
130746
EN
MG
3.9
3.0
F
24977
N
N
-
-
-
Rose continues to attend public school
while addressing issues of warfare and
analyzing her feelings about topics such
as peace and violence as the assembly
for Veterans Day approaches.
Pink and Say
Polacco, Patricia
8685
EN
MG
3.8
1.0
F
3913
N
N
-
N
N
Sheldon Curtis describes his meeting
with Pinkus Aylee, a black soldier, and
their capture by Southern troops during
the Civil War.
Pioneer Cat
Hooks, William
335
EN
LG
3.3
1.0
F
7840
N
N
-
-
N
When a young girl smuggles a cat
aboard the wagon train taking her family
from Missouri to Oregon, it turns out to
be the best thing she could have done.
Pioneer Kids
Wishinsky, Frieda
122133
EN
LG
3.3
1.0
F
6078
N
N
-
-
-
Matt and Emily fly back in time to 1910
on the magic Canadian Flyer sled,
where they help a Ukrainian boy learn to
stand up for himself against a bully.
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Word
Title
A Place Where Sunflowers Grow
Author
Lee-Tai, Amy
Number Lang IL
106088 EN LG
BL Pts F/NF
3.9 0.5 F
RV
-
LS
-
Play Ball!
Posada, Jorge
104872
EN
LG
3.1
0.5
F
1785
N
N
-
-
-
This book presents a story of righthanded Jorge Posada being coached by
his father to bat left-handed to become
a successful switch-hitter. The coauthor
is Robert Burleigh.
Play Ball, Jackie!
Krensky, Stephen
141977
EN
LG
3.5
0.5
F
1559
N
N
-
-
-
On April 15, 1947, Matt Romano and his
father watch the Brooklyn Dodgers'
season opener, during which Jackie
Robinson, a twenty-eight-year-old
rookie, breaks the "color line" that had
kept black men out of Major League
baseball.
Players in Pigtails
Corey, Shana
70062
EN
LG
3.4
0.5
F
822
N
N
-
-
-
Katie Casey, a fictional character, helps
start the All-American Girls Professional
Baseball League, which gave women
the opportunity to play professional
baseball while America was involved in
World War II.
The Plot on the Pyramid
Deary, Terry
88892
EN
LG
3.6
1.0
F
3728
N
N
-
-
-
A clever trick saves the workers who are
building the Great Pyramid from being
punished, and their working conditions
are improved as well.
Pop's Bridge
Bunting, Eve
105506
EN
LG
3.4
0.5
F
1173
N
N
-
-
-
Robert and his friend Charlie are proud
of their fathers who are working on the
construction of San Francisco's Golden
Gate Bridge.
The Prairie Train
O Flatharta, Antoine
36228
EN
LG
3.8
0.5
F
1214
N
N
-
-
-
As a young Irish immigrant boy travels
by steam engine across the American
prairie to a new life, memories of the old
country pull at his heart.
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1440 N
N
VP
Description
- While she and her family are interned at
Topaz Relocation Center during World
War II, Mari gradually adjusts as she
enrolls in an art class, makes a friend,
plants sunflowers, and waits for them to
grow.
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Word
Title
Prairie Whispers
Author
Arrington, Frances
Number Lang IL
70569 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF
3.8 5.0 F
Count Book RP
32964 N
N
The President's Daughter
Bradley, Kimberly
Brubaker
83042
EN
The Prince, the Cook, and the
Cunning King
Deary, Terry
88893
Queen Nzinga
Panev, Aleksandar
R My Name Is Rachel
RV
-
LS
-
MG
3.9
5.0
F
36012
N
EN
LG
3.5
0.5
F
3313
126318
EN
MG
3.5
0.5
F
Giff, Patricia Reilly
145482
EN
MG
3.7
4.0
The Race for a New Life
Cunningham, Alvin
Robert
79091
EN
MG
3.5
Rachel and the Riot: The Labor
Movement Divides a Family
Miller, Susan Martins
85155
EN
MG
Raiders of the Seas
Booth, Jack
126319
EN
MG
N
-
-
-
This fictionalized account shares tenyear-old Ethel Roosevelt's early
experiences in the White House after
her father, Theodore Roosevelt, became
president in 1901,
N
N
-
-
-
The niece of King Henry VII of England
infiltrates the servants' quarters to find
out if one of the kitchen helpers is trying
to become king.
3672
N
N
-
-
-
In this fictionalized account of her life,
Nzinga, a young princess in the
kingdom of Ndongo, makes a vow to
protect her people against slavery when
her friend Kakengo is kidnapped by
Portuguese slave traders.
F
31576
N
N
-
-
-
Three city siblings, now living on a farm
during the Great Depression, must
survive on their own when their father
takes a construction job miles away.
1.0
F
5308
N
N
-
-
-
Josh and his family participate in a wild
ride for land in the hopes of claiming a
homestead and starting a new life.
3.7
5.0
F
35071
N
N
-
-
-
In Minneapolis, streetcar workers have
started a union and the new labor
movement has divided Rachel's family.
Rachel is troubled by her relatives'
bickering, but the issue becomes more
personal when Rachel is caught in a
workers' riot.
3.7
1.0
F
4310
N
N
-
-
-
Nicholas Bloom is a young sailor who
lands in bad company when he joins the
ship of a pirate named Blackbeard.
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Description
N Only twelve-year-old Colleen knows that
her baby sister was stillborn and that
Colleen put another baby in her place,
until the baby's father shows up and
makes trouble for her and her family on
the South Dakota prairie in the 1860s.
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Title
Rebel Prince
Author
Downey, Glen
Rescue on the Outer Banks
Ransom, Candice F.
Riding to Washington
Swain, Gwenyth
Robin Hood
Word
Number Lang IL
126320 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF
3.4 0.5 F
Count Book RP
2949 N
N
RV
-
LS
-
VP
Description
- In fifteenth-century London, young Will
works at a tavern where Prince Hal and
his companions hang out.
58557
EN
LG
3.5
0.5
F
1724
N
N
-
-
-
Sam Deal and his horse, Ginger, help
an African-American lifesaving crew
rescue shipwreck victims off the coast of
North Carolina in 1896.
120598
EN
LG
3.8
0.5
F
1483
N
N
-
-
-
Janie and her father are riding a bus
from Indianapolis to Washington, D.C.,
to hear Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speak.
As they travel, she discovers firsthand
the injustices that many are made to
endure and that her actions can affect
change.
Ingle, Annie
83449
EN
LG
3.2
1.0
F
8139
N
N
-
-
-
Robin Hood, Maid Marian, and the
merry outlaws of Sherwood Forest
repeatedly outwit the Sheriff of
Nottingham and help the poor. This
book is adapted from the classic by
Howard Pyle.
The Rope Trick
Alexander, Lloyd
62573
EN
MG
3.9
6.0
F
41845
N
N
-
-
N
Motivated by her quest to learn a
legendary rope trick, the magician
Princess Lidi and her troupe embark on
a journey through Renaissance Italy that
intertwines adventure, love, and
mystery.
Ropes of Revolution: The Tale of
the Boston Tea Party
Gunderson, Jessica
119925
EN
MG
3.1
0.5
F
3049
N
N
-
-
-
This graphic novel is an adaptation of
the events leading up to the Boston Tea
Party in December 1773, told through
the eyes of fifteen-year-old Benjamin
and his friend, Joseph, who try to figure
out a way to join the Sons of Liberty in
the action.
Rosie in Chicago: Play Ball!
Matas, Carol
74672
EN
MG
3.9
3.0
F
25085
N
N
-
-
-
Unable to make friends at her new
school, Rosie learns that one of
Chicago's baseball teams has lost its
top player and disguises herself as a
boy to take his place.
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Word
Title
Rosie in Los Angeles: Action!
Author
Matas, Carol
Number Lang IL
76518 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF
3.6 3.0 F
RV
-
LS
-
Run Far, Run Fast
Decker, Timothy
119950
EN
MG
3.8
0.5
F
685
N
N
-
-
-
When the plague comes to her medieval
town, a young girl must flee to find
sanctuary.
Run With Me, Nike! The Olympics
in 420 B.C.
Case, Cassandra
52326
EN
MG
3.8
0.5
F
2042
N
N
-
-
-
While visiting the Origins of Western
Culture exhibit at the Smithsonian's
Museum of Natural History, Tomas finds
himself back in time, competing in the
Olympic Games in ancient Greece.
Runaway
Citra, Becky
75383
EN
MG
3.8
2.0
F
12103
N
N
-
-
-
Max must face his first moral dilemma
when an abused boy turns up in his
secret fort in the forest.
Sam Collier and the Founding of
Jamestown
Ransom, Candice F.
102741
EN
LG
3.4
0.5
F
1996
N
N
-
-
-
This book introduces life in colonial
Jamestown, Virginia, as seen through
the eyes of Sam Collier, John Smith's
page, who works hard while wondering
if he has the strength to survive in the
New World.
The Schoolchildren's Blizzard
Figley, Marty Rhodes
77028
EN
LG
3.0
0.5
F
1555
N
N
-
-
-
In 1888, Sarah, her younger sister
Annie, and their classmates survive a
sudden Nebraska blizzard because of
the actions of their schoolteacher.
Season of Promise: Elizabeth's
Jamestown Colony Diary
Hermes, Patricia
64751
EN
MG
3.6
2.0
F
13183
N
N
-
-
N
In 1610, ten-year-old Elizabeth
continues a journal of her experiences
living in Jamestown, as her brother
Caleb rejoins the family, a new, strict
governor comes to the colony, and her
father considers remarriage.
The Second Escape of Arthur
Cooper
Stowe, Cynthia M.
55830
EN
MG
3.6
3.0
F
21743
N
N
-
-
N
On Nantucket Island in 1822, runaway
slave Arthur Cooper and his family are
protected from slave catchers by a
family of Quakers.
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N
VP
Description
- Papa brings home an entire Wild West
show so he can make authentic
Westerns! Rosie's so excited about
riding a horse that she forgets to watch
her step -- and before she knows it,
she's caused a terrible accident for the
show's best trick rider.
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Title
Secret of the Black Widow
Author
Number Lang IL
Gagliano, Eugene M. 119330 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF
3.3 2.0 F
The Secret Seder
Rappaport, Doreen
The Secret Warning
Secret Weapons: A Tale of the
Revolutionary War
Count Book RP
12097 N
N
RV
-
LS
-
VP
Description
- In the spring of 1890 in the Wyoming
Territory, twelve-year-old Chad faces his
fears and becomes friends with the
reclusive Foster family.
87215
EN
LG
3.9
0.5
F
2478
N
N
-
-
-
Jacques and his parents are hiding in
Nazi-occupied France during World War
II, pretending to be Catholics. On the
first night of Passover, Jacques and his
father elude Nazi soldiers to gather with
other Jews and celebrate the Seder in
secret.
Blackaby, Susan
119871
EN
LG
3.1
0.5
F
2938
N
N
-
-
-
Prima's secret ability to read allows her
to decipher an urgent message
delivered to the house while her master
is away, but fear of punishment makes
her think twice about doing the right
thing.
Gunderson, Jessica
123855
EN
MG
3.2
0.5
F
3388
N
N
-
-
-
Fourteen-year-old Daniel wants to join
the militia to fight the redcoats, but his
father wants him to help run the family
blacksmith shop. When he is shown a
stash of weapons in the back room, he
is determined to protect the weapons
from the British.
Seeing the Elephant: A Story of the Hughes, Pat
Civil War
118923
EN
LG
3.3
1.0
F
4279
N
N
-
-
-
Ten-year-old Izzie wants to join the war
like his older brothers and go into battle
against the Confederate Army, but when
he meets a Rebel soldier in a hospital,
he begins to see things differently.
The Servant and the Water
Princess: A Story of Ancient India
127894
EN
LG
3.0
0.5
F
3169
N
N
-
-
-
In this tale of Ancient India, Princess
Lakshmi and her servant, who are more
like sisters, prepare for the princess to
compete in a swimming contest against
a boy.
Gunderson, Jessica
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Title
The Shepherd and the Racehorse
Author
Blackaby, Susan
Sparrow Jack
Gerstein, Mordicai
70155
EN
LG
3.7
0.5
F
1127
N
Squirrel and John Muir
McCully, Emily
Arnold
79999
EN
LG
3.5
0.5
F
1535
123856
EN
MG
3.8
0.5
F
Standoff: Remembering the Alamo Trumbauer, Lisa
Number Lang IL
119872 EN LG
BL Pts F/NF
3.2 0.5 F
Count Book RP
3156 N
N
RV
-
LS
-
VP
Description
- Yearning to become a charioteer like his
brother, young Felix, a shepherd slave,
takes on the challenge of training a
magnificent racehorse and hopes he will
win the race for his brother and possibly
earn his own freedom.
N
-
-
-
Bardsley, an immigrant from England,
brought one thousand sparrows from his
home country back to Philadelphia,
where he hoped they would help save
the trees from the inch-worms that were
destroying them.
N
N
-
-
N
In the 1860s, a wild little girl nicknamed
Squirrel meets John Muir, later to
become a famous naturalist, when he
arrives at her parents' hotel in Yosemite
Valley seeking work and knowledge
about the natural world.
3044
N
N
-
-
-
In 1836 Texas, fifteen-year-old Cal and
his mother spot thousands of Mexican
soldiers advancing across the
countryside and take cover at the
Alamo. Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie, and
other soldiers are there, ready to take
on the entire army.
Star of Fear, Star of Hope
Hoestlandt, Jo
70174
EN
LG
3.3
0.5
F
1874
N
N
-
-
-
Nine-year-old Helen is confused by the
disappearance of her Jewish friend
during the German occupation of Paris.
The Starving Time: Elizabeth's
Diary, Book Two
Hermes, Patricia
52610
EN
MG
3.2
2.0
F
12869
N
N
-
-
N
Nine-year-old Elizabeth continues
keeping a journal of her experiences in
the New World .
Stone Age Boy
Kitamura, Satoshi
121734
EN
LG
3.5
0.5
F
815
N
N
-
-
-
A young boy falls down a hole and is
transported to the Stone Age, where he
learns how people lived fifteen thousand
years ago.
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Word
Title
A Stone in My Hand
Author
Clinton, Cathryn
Number Lang IL
62173 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF
3.6 4.0 F
RV
-
LS
-
Stop That Stagecoach!
Wishinsky, Frieda
133920
EN
LG
3.6
1.0
F
6453
N
N
-
-
-
Emily and Matt help their new friend,
Thomas, get his mother through the
wilds of Canada and safely to their
homestead before her new baby arrives.
Book #13
Storm of the Century: A Hurricane
Katrina Story
Peters, Stephanie
127477
EN
MG
3.6
1.0
F
4139
N
N
-
-
-
When Hurricane Katrina threatens New
Orleans, Louisiana, 14-year-old Ricky
Thompson and his family must flee the
city. Unfortunately, traffic is backed up
for miles, and there's no way out. As a
last resort, the family takes shelter
inside the Superdome.
The Story of the Samson
Duble, Kathleen
Benner
123479
EN
LG
3.9
0.5
F
2987
N
N
-
-
-
Sam's grandfather, once a sailor on the
ship "Samson," retells Sam the stories
of his time at sea, including rescuing
Shackleton's men and exploring
Antarctica.
Stranger on the Silk Road: A Story Gunderson, Jessica
of Ancient China
122726
EN
LG
3.4
0.5
F
3062
N
N
-
-
-
Song Sun likes to talk but never listens.
After talking too much to a stranger,
Song Sun accidentally gives away the
Chinese secret of silk making. She then
learns a more effective way to use her
voice.
Strawberry Hill
Hoberman, Mary Ann
131209
EN
MG
3.8
5.0
F
38565
N
N
-
-
-
Ten-year-old Allie's family moves from
urban New Haven to Stamford,
Connecticut, in the midst of the Great
Depression.
Stumptown Kid
Gorman, Carol
102992
EN
MG
3.7
7.0
F
50315
N
N
-
-
-
In a small Iowa town in 1952, elevenyear-old Charlie, whose father died in
the Korean War, learns the meanings of
both racism and heroism when he
befriends a black man who had played
baseball in the Negro Leagues. The
coauthor is Ron J. Findley.
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31284 N
N
VP
Description
- Eleven-year-old Malaak and her family
are touched by the violence in Gaza
between Jews and Palestinians when
first her father disappears and then her
older brother is drawn to a radical group.
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Title
Sweet By and By
Author
Hermes, Patricia
The Taj
Siegel, Elizabeth
Tales of Mystery
Word
Number Lang IL
65243 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF
3.9 5.0 F
Count Book RP
39233 N
N
RV
-
LS
-
VP
Description
- Eleven-year-old Blessing has lived with
her grandmother since she was two
years old, secure in a relationship of
love and shared music, but now she has
to accept that her grandmother is dying
and that she must continue life without
her in a new home.
126321
EN
MG
3.5
0.5
F
3409
N
N
-
-
-
After Nazma and her family move to
Agra, where her father gets a job as a
master builder of the Taj Mahal, Nazma
discovers that she has hidden talents of
her own.
Owens, L.L.
82946
EN
MG
3.8
2.0
F
11667
N
N
-
-
-
This book is an adaptation of a selection
of classic tales of mystery.
Tatiana Comes to America: An Ellis Holub, Joan
Island Story
66730
EN
MG
3.3
2.0
F
13906
N
N
-
-
-
Lila and Rose's grandmother, who runs
a doll hospital, tells them the story of
Tatiana, a Russian doll, and her
companion, a little girl named Anya, who
voyaged to America all alone in 1907
after becoming separated from Anya's
family friends.
122729
EN
LG
3.5
0.5
F
3235
N
N
-
-
-
A young girl is determined to become a
warrior but discovers that the army she
finds is not what she had imagined. She
learns that a warrior doesn't have to
fight in a war to be brave.
The Thief, the Fool, and the Big Fat Deary, Terry
King
88894
EN
LG
3.7
0.5
F
3410
N
N
-
-
-
A family of street performers wins a pile
of gold when they are summoned to
perform for King Henry VIII, but just as
quickly, they lose it again to save
themselves from being hanged.
The Three Musketeers
83454
EN
LG
3.8
2.0
F
13640
N
N
-
-
-
In seventeenth-century France, young
d'Artagnan initially quarrels with then
befriends three musketeers and joins
them in trying to outwit the enemies of
the king and queen. This book is
adapted from the classic by Alexandre
Dumas.
The Terracotta Girl: A Story of
Ancient China
Gunderson, Jessica
Felder, Deborah G.
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Title
Thunder at Gettysburg
Author
Gauch, Patricia Lee
The Time Machine
Martin, Les
Tom Crean's Rabbit: A True Story
from Scott's Last Voyage
Word
Number Lang IL
84344 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF
3.5 1.0 F
Count Book RP
3906 N
N
RV
-
LS
-
VP
Description
- Fourteen-year-old Tillie is sent to
accompany a neighbor to Weikert's farm
when the fighting at Gettysburg gets too
close to home, but finds herself trapped
in the battle that raged for three days,
from July 1-3, 1863.
83455
EN
LG
3.1
1.0
F
7961
N
N
-
-
-
A scientist invents a time machine and
uses it to travel to the year 802,701
A.D., where he discovers the childlike
Eloi and the hideous underground
Morlocks. This book is adapted from the
classic by H.G. Wells.
Hooper, Meredith
107584
EN
LG
3.9
0.5
F
1088
N
N
-
-
-
Robert Scott, captain of the "Terra
Nova," and Tom Crean, a sailor, travel
across Antarctica with many animals on
board their ship, but when Tom finds a
rabbit, he tries to find it a safe nest to
have her babies. This story is based on
actual events.
Torchlight
Hurst, Carol Otis
110361
EN
MG
3.7
3.0
F
23086
N
N
-
-
-
In 1864, fifth-grader Charlotte befriends
an Irish-American girl at school and tries
to understand the prejudices between
the Irish and the Yankees in her town of
Westfield, Massachusetts.
The Tortoise and the Dare
Deary, Terry
119874
EN
LG
3.5
0.5
F
2907
N
N
-
-
-
Furious that her twin brother, Cypselis,
promised her as a slave should he lose
a footrace, Ellie must find a way for
tortoise-slow Cypselis to beat his
classmate to the finish line at their
school in ancient Greece.
The Town Mouse and the Spartan
House
Deary, Terry
119875
EN
LG
3.5
0.5
F
3608
N
N
-
-
-
While Athens is at war with Sparta, a
plague spreads through the city. Young
Darius is forced to leave and join his
uncle, a Spartan general, and prove to
the Spartans that he is worth more than
what meets the eye.
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Title
Trapped in Gallipoli
Author
Winter, Barbara
Traveling on the Freedom
Machines of the Transportation
Age
Owens, Thomas S.
The Turn of the Screw
Word
Number Lang IL
126322 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF
3.4 0.5 F
Count Book RP
2753 N
N
RV
-
LS
-
VP
Description
- In the midst of the First World War, a
young orphan named Duyal joins his
uncle, Mustafa Kemal, commander of
the Turkish forces, at Gallipoli and
becomes a prisoner of war.
64933
EN
MG
3.5
1.0
F
6232
N
N
-
-
N
When the only family that Joshua
Chandler has ever known passes away,
he decides that now would be a good
time to leave his life of slavery behind.
He takes a covered wagon, a
steamboat, and a train on his journey
north to freedom.
Francis, Pauline
136983
EN
MG
3.7
1.0
F
7727
N
N
-
-
-
The governess of two enigmatic children
fears their souls are in danger from the
ghosts of the previous governess and
her sinister lover.
Turtle in Paradise
Holm, Jennifer L.
137063
EN
MG
3.7
4.0
F
30474
N
N
-
-
-
In 1935, when her mother gets a job
housekeeping for a woman who does
not like children, eleven-year-old Turtle
is sent to stay with relatives she has
never met in faraway Key West, Florida.
A United Force
O'Donnell, Liam
126317
EN
MG
3.4
0.5
F
3081
N
N
-
-
-
In 55 B.C.E., an ambitious Roman
general named Julius Caesar plans to
take over the British Isles, which have
been home to the Celts for hundreds of
years.
Voices at Whisper Bend
Ayres, Katherine
34696
EN
MG
3.9
5.0
F
34600
N
N
-
-
-
In their Pennsylvania town in 1942,
twelve-year-old Charlotte and her
classmates collect scrap metal for the
war effort only to have it disappear from
the school basement.
Voting Rights Days
Weiss, Ellen
61060
EN
LG
3.9
1.0
F
9839
N
N
-
-
-
Hitty's owner, Emily, lives in
Washington, D.C. Emily's Aunt Ada and
many other women are trying to win the
right to vote. When the women are put
in jail, all hope seems lost. Will Emily
and Hitty find a way to help the cause.
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Friday, November 25, 2011 6:02:54 PM
Emmaus Lutheran School
Sorted by: Title
Quiz
Title
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle:
Retold from the Hugh Lofting
Original
Author
Olmstead, Kathleen
War & Watermelon
Wallace, Rich
The War Between Bosses and
Workers
Helmer, Diana Star
A Way With Words
Fitch, Amelia
Westward to Home: Joshua's Diary Hermes, Patricia
Word
Number Lang IL
121597 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF
3.8 3.0 F
Count Book RP
18901 N
N
RV
-
LS
-
VP
Description
- This abridged edition is a retelling of the
story of Dr. Dolittle as he sets off with
his assistant, Tommy Stubbins, his dog,
Jip, and Polynesia the parrot on an
adventurous voyage over tropical seas
to the Land of the Monkeys.
143792
EN
MG
3.9
5.0
F
39331
N
N
-
-
-
Brody, a typical self-absored twelveyear-old in the summer of 1969, is
awakened to the world around him when
he accompanies his older brother to the
Woodstock music festival.
64932
EN
MG
3.4
1.0
F
5463
N
N
-
-
-
This book contains a fictional story and
factual information about labor
problems, child welfare issues, women's
suffrage, and rural and urban life in
1893.
107275
EN
LG
3.8
1.0
F
4247
N
N
-
-
-
A young Irish boy's storytelling ability
helps his family through a difficult
voyage from Ireland to America.
50170
EN
MG
3.1
1.0
F
11278
N
N
-
-
N
Joshua writes a journal of his family's
journey from Missouri to Oregon in a
covered wagon.
125925
EN
LG
3.4
1.0
F
7505
N
N
-
-
-
It is 1778, and the sled takes Matt and
Emily to the West Coast, where they
meet a Nootka boy about their age.
When he takes them in a canoe, they
get close to a grey whale, and their
actions raise the ire of the Nootka chief.
Book #8
A Whale Tale
Wishinsky, Frieda
When Mr. Jefferson Came to
Philadelphia: What I Learned of
Freedom, 1776
Turner, Ann
75641
EN
LG
3.8
0.5
F
615
N
N
-
-
-
In Philadelphia in 1776, Ned meets
Thomas Jefferson, who is staying in his
mother's inn while debating the topic of
freedom in Congress and writing the
Declaration of Independence.
Where Heroes Hide
Recorvits, Helen
60450
EN
MG
3.0
3.0
F
22552
N
N
-
-
N
During the summer of 1956, ten-yearold Junior Webster, his friends, and
especially his father, a decorated World
War II veteran, discover what heroism is
all about.
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Friday, November 25, 2011 6:02:54 PM
Emmaus Lutheran School
Sorted by: Title
Quiz
Word
Title
Where the Great Hawk Flies
Author
Ketchum, Liza
Number Lang IL
89431 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF
3.5 8.0 F
Count Book RP
57573 N
N
Who's Jim Hines?
Elster, Jean Alicia
139674
EN
The Wild Year: Joshua's Oregon
Trail Diary
Hermes, Patricia
70049
Willy and Max: A Holocaust Story
Littlesugar, Amy
The Year of the Bomb
Yikes, Vikings!
RV
-
LS
-
MG
3.8
3.0
F
21580
N
EN
MG
3.5
2.0
F
11658
105798
EN
LG
3.3
0.5
F
Kidd, Ronald
130574
EN
MG
3.7
5.0
Wishinsky, Frieda
122141
EN
LG
3.3
1.0
N
-
-
-
In 1935 Detroit, a twelve-year-old
African American boy learns about the
realities of racial injustice while working
for his father's wood company during
the Great Depression.
N
N
-
-
-
In this book, Joshua's diary comes to an
end with stories of life in Oregon, his
sister lost in the woods, and Joshua
starting school.
1788
N
N
-
-
-
In Belgium during World War II, Willy
becomes friends with Max, a Jewish
boy, and his father, and although they
become separated, they remain related
by a bond of friendship and a special
painting.
F
40085
N
N
-
-
-
In 1955 California, as INVASION OF
THE BODY SNATCHERS is filmed in
their hometown, 13-year-old Arnie
discovers a real enemy when he and
three friends go against a government
agent determined to find communists at
a nearby university or on the movie set.
F
6559
N
N
-
-
-
Matt and Emily are on a Viking
expedition in the year 1001. Join them
on land and sea as they experience
thrills and challenges alongside Viking
explorers. Book #4
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Description
- Years after a New England raid by the
Redcoats and their Revolutionary War
Indian allies, two families, one that
suffered during that raid and one with an
Indian mother and Patriot father,
become neighbors and must deal with
past trauma and prejudice.
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