Teachers College Reading and Writing Project Historical Fiction Book List Pre and Post Civil War Level L* M M M* M N N N N O O* O* O O P P* P P P Q Q R RC R R* R R R R R S* Title Blue and the Gray, The A. Lincoln and Me Civil War on Sunday Follow the Drinking Gourd Secret to Freedom, The Civil War Days More Than Anything Else Patchwork Path Who Came Down That Road? Charlie Waters Goes to Gettysburg Freedom School, Yes! Nettie's Trip South Promise Quilt, The Saving the Liberty Bell After the Rain, Virginia's Civil War Diary: Book Two, Washington D.C. 1864 Lucky Stone, The Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman My Brother’s Keeper: Virginia’s Civil War Diary Time To Dance, A: Virginia's Civil War Diary: Book Three Changes for Addy Meet Addy: American Girls Series Aunt Harriet’s Underground Railroad in the Sky addie Woodlawn Diary of a Drummer Boy Freedom Crossing From Slave Ship to Freedom Road Gentle Annie: The True Story of a Civil War Nurse Haunting at Stratton Falls, The Haunting of Swain's Fancy, The Spirit and Gilly Bucket, The Ajeemah and his Son Author Eve Bunting Louise Borden Mary Pope Osborne Jeanette Winter Marcia Vaughn Ellen Weiss Marie Bradby Bettye Stroud George Ella Lyon Susan Sinnott Amy Littlesugar Ann Turner Candice Ransom Marty Figley Mary Pope Osborne Book Type Picture Book Picture Book Chapter Book Picture Book Picture Book Chapter Book Picture Book Picture Book Picture Book Chapter book Picture Book Picture Book Picture Book Picture Book Diary Chapter Book Lucille Clifton Alan Schroeder Chapter Book Picture Book Mary Pope Osborne Mary Pope Osborne and Will Osborne Connie Porter Connie Porter Faith Ringgold Diary Chapter Book Diary Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Picture Book Carol Ryrie Brink Marlene Targ Brill M. Goff Clark Maurine F. Dahlberg Mary Francis Shura Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Picture Book Chapter Book Brenda Seabrooke Brenda Seabrooke Maurine F. Dahlberg James Berry Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book *Indicates texts that are highly recommended by the teachers who created this list The levels of these books were proposed by teachers, literacy coaches and staff developers, and a few of those levels may, in fact, be wrong. Send us your observations and we’ll refine the levels. January, 2009 TCRWP--DRAFT Teachers College Reading and Writing Project Historical Fiction Book List Level S S S* S S* S* S* T T Am T T T* T T T Ghos T T* T T* T T T T T TW T* T* U* U* V V V V V Title Bright Freedom's Song Gleam and Glow Gold Cadillac, The Heart Calls Home, The I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly Pink and Say Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt Abner and Me elia's War Ballad of the Civil War, A Civil War Ghosts Dear Austin Fort Sumter Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule t Cadet Ghost Soldier Light in the Storm, A: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin, Fenwick Island, Delaware, 1861 Out From This Place Picture of Freedom, A: The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl, Belmont Plantation, Virginia, 1859 Reconstruction San Domingo: The Medicine Hat Stallion Steal Away…To Freedom Trouble Don’t Last Turn Homeward, Hannalee ell, The When Will This Cruel War be Over? Which Way Freedom? How I Found the Strong: A Civil War Story Stealing Freedom Black Storm Comin’ Captured!: A Boy Trapped in the Civil War House of Dies Drear, The Island Far From Home, An Jip Author Gloria Houston Eve Bunting Mildred Taylor Joyce Hansen Joyce Hansen Patricia Polacco Deborah Hopkinson Dan Gutman Ann Rinaldi Mary Stolz Daniel Cohen Elvira Woodruff Brendan January Harriette Gillem Robinet Elaine Marie Alphin Elaine Marie Alphin Karen Hesse Book Type Chapter Book Picture Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Diary Picture Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Picture Book Diary/letters Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Diary Joyce Hansen Patricia McKissack Chapter Book Diary B. January Marguerite Henry Chapter Book Chapter Book Jennifer Armstrong Shelley Pearsall Patricia Beatty Mildred D. Taylor Barry Denenberg Joyce Hansen Margaret McMullan Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Elisa Carbone Diane Lee Wilson Mary Blair Immel Virginia Hamilton John Donahue Katherine Patterson Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Diary Chapter Book Chapter Book *Indicates texts that are highly recommended by the teachers who created this list The levels of these books were proposed by teachers, literacy coaches and staff developers, and a few of those levels may, in fact, be wrong. Send us your observations and we’ll refine the levels. January, 2009 TCRWP--DRAFT Teachers College Reading and Writing Project Historical Fiction Book List Level V V V* W W W* W* Title Joseph: 1861 - A Rumble Of War Silent Witness, The: A True Story of the Civil War Soldier's Heart Fields of Fury: The American Civil War Guerrilla Season Moon Over Tennessee: A Boy's Civil War Journal Nightjohn (Please Note: Excerpt from this book is used in TCRWP Set 1. Level W assessment.) Author Bonnie Pryor Robin Friedman Book Type Chapter Book Picture Book Gary Paulsen James M. McPherson Pat Hughes Craig Crist-Evans Chapter Book Picture Book Chapter Book Journal Gary Paulsen Chapter Book W People Could Fly, The Virginia Hamilton Anthology W Red Cap G. Clifton Wisler Chapter Book W* Sarny: A Life Remembered Gary Paulsen Chapter Book W Shades of Gray Carolyn Reeder Chapter Book W Stick and Whittle Sid Hite Chapter Book WT rue North Kathryn Lasky Chapter Book X All Their Names Were Courage Sharon Phillips Denslow Chapter Book X Evvy's Civil War Miriam Brenaman Chapter Book X Glor y Field, The Walter Dean Myers Chapter Book X Hear the Wind Blow Mary Downing Hahn Chapter Book X* Letters from a Slave Boy Mary E. Lyons Chapter Book X* Letters from a Slave Girl Mary E. Lyons Chapter Book War Within, The: A Novel of the Civil War X Carol Matas Chapter Book Y Borning Room, The Paul Fleischman Chapter Book Y* Bull Run Paul Fleischman Chapter Book Y In My Father's House Ann Rinaldi Chapter Book Y Numbering the Bones Ann Rinaldi Chapter Book Y River Between Us, The Richard Peck Chapter Book Y* With Every Drop of Blood J. L. Collier and C. Collier Chapter Book Z* Across Five Aprils Irene Hunt Chapter Book Z Civil War Battles and Leaders (DK) Aaron R. Murray Chapter Book Z* Land, The Mildred D. Taylor Chapter Book Z* Little Women Louisa May Alcott Chapter Book Recommended Titles without Levels Henry’s Freedom Box Ellen Levine Picture Book Many Thousands Gone Virginia Hamilton Anthology New Day Dawning Joyce Hansen Short Stories Red Moon at Sharpsburg Rosemary Wells Chapter Book Samuel’s Horses Alison Hart Chapter Book Silent Thunder Andrea Davis Pinkney Chapter Book *Indicates texts that are highly recommended by the teachers who created this list The levels of these books were proposed by teachers, literacy coaches and staff developers, and a few of those levels may, in fact, be wrong. Send us your observations and we’ll refine the levels. January, 2009 TCRWP--DRAFT Teachers College Reading and Writing Project Historical Fiction Book List Sound the Jubilee Stealing South: A Story of the Underground Railroad Under the Quilt of Night Water Street Sandra Forrester Katherine Ayres Chapter Book Chapter Book Deborah Hopkinson and James E. Ransome Patricia Reilly Giff Poetry Chapter Book *Indicates texts that are highly recommended by the teachers who created this list The levels of these books were proposed by teachers, literacy coaches and staff developers, and a few of those levels may, in fact, be wrong. Send us your observations and we’ll refine the levels. January, 2009 TCRWP--DRAFT Teachers College Reading and Writing Project Historical Fiction Book List Westward Expansion and Prairie Life Level J J J* J K* L L L M M* M* M* M* M N N N N N N N N N O O O* O O O O P P* P* P* P Q Title Little Prairie House, A Going West Raven Winter Days in the Big Woods Going North Clouds of Terror Schoolchildren’s Blizzard, The Watch the Stars Come Out Apples to Oregon Death of the Iron Horse Pioneer Sisters Pioneer Summer Prairie School School Days Boom Town California or Bust! Dandelions Gold Fever! If You’re Not From The Prairie... Next Spring an Oriole Nine For California Pioneer Cat Shadow of The Wolf, The Courage of Sarah Noble, The Going West Her Seven Brothers Perfect Place, A Secret Valley Westward to Home, Joshua’s Oregon Trail White Stallion, The As Far as I Can See: Meg's Prairie Diary, Book 1 Ghost Dance, The Indian School, The Riding Freedom Roughing it on the Oregon Trail Black-Eyed Susan Author Laura Ingalls Wilder Laura Ingalls Wilder Gerald McDermott Laura Ingalls Wilder Janice Harrington Catherine Welch Marty Figley Riki Levinson Deborah Hopkinson Paul Goble Laura Ingalls Wilder Deborah Hopkinson Avi Melissa Peterson Sonia Levitin Judith Bauer Stamper Eve Bunting Step into Reading David Bouchard Gloria Whelan Sonia Levitin William Hooks Gloria Whelan Alice Dalgliesh Van Leeuwen Paul Goble Patricia Hermes Clyde Robert Bulla Patricia Hermes Elizabeth Shub Kate McMullen Alice McLerran Gloria Whelan Pam Munoz Ryan Stanley Jennifer Armstrong Book Type Picture Book Picture Book Picture Book Picture Book Picture Book Picture Book Picture Book Picture Book Picture Book Picture Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Picture Book Picture Book Picture Book Picture Book Picture Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Diary Chapter Book Picture Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Picture Book Chapter Book *Indicates texts that are highly recommended by the teachers who created this list The levels of these books were proposed by teachers, literacy coaches and staff developers, and a few of those levels may, in fact, be wrong. Send us your observations and we’ll refine the levels. January, 2009 TCRWP--DRAFT Teachers College Reading and Writing Project Historical Fiction Book List Level Q Q* Q Q Q Q R* R R* R R R R* R* R* S* S S* T T T* T* T T T* T T* U U* U* W* W* Y Z Title Kirsten Learns a Lesson Little House on the Prairie Little Town at the Crossroads Meet Kirsten Prairie Songs Train to Somewhere Cabin Faced West, The Caddie Woodlawn Caleb’s Story Caddie Woodlawn More Perfect Than the Moon Mr. Mysterious and Company Our Only May Amelia Sarah Plain and Tall Skylark Bad River Boys Buffalo Nickel, The Children of the Lighthouse Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie Ballad of Lucy Whipple, The Birchbark House, The (Series) Dear Levi Jimmy Spoon and the Pony Express Mr. Daniel Mr. Tucket Prairie River Series Sign of the Beaver Apprenticeship of Luca Whitaker, The Jericho’s Journey Thunder Rolling on the Mountain Moccasin Trail Sweetgrass Basket Geronimo: A Novel Pioneer Girl: Growing up on the Prairie Janet Shaw Wilder Author Maria D. Wilkes & C. Wilkins Janet Shaw Pam Conrad Eve Bunting Jean Fritz Carol Ryrie Brink MacLachlan Carol Ryrie Brink MacLachlan Sid Fleischman Jennifer Holm MacLachlan MacLachlan V. Driving Hawk Sneve Taylor Morrison Joseph Bruchac Kristiana Gregory Karen Cushman Louise Erdrich Elvira Woodruff Kristiana Gregory Pam Conrad Gary Paulsen Kristiana Gregory Speare Cynthia C. DeFelice Wisler Scott O’Dell Eloise McGraw Marlene Carvell Joseph Bruchac Andrea Warren Book Type Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Picture Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Picture Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Diary/Letters Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Recommended Titles without Levels and Some Nonfiction Titles to Build Background Knowledge *Indicates texts that are highly recommended by the teachers who created this list The levels of these books were proposed by teachers, literacy coaches and staff developers, and a few of those levels may, in fact, be wrong. Send us your observations and we’ll refine the levels. January, 2009 TCRWP--DRAFT Teachers College Reading and Writing Project Historical Fiction Book List Beyond the Ridge Brave Eagle’s Account of the Fetterman Fight Cheyenne Again Cowboys: The Old Trail Days Crossing Bok Chitto Facing West: A Story of the Oregon Trail Grasshopper Summer Growing Up on the Frontier Jake’s Orphan Legend of the Lady’s Slipper, The Lewis 1806 Lewis and Clark Lewis and Clark Expedition Mississippi River Night of the Full Moon On the Trail With Lewis and Clark Orphan Train Pioneers Rachel’s Journey Remember My Name Soft Rain Paul Goble Paul Goble Picture Book Picture Book Eve Bunting Jackdaws Tim Tingle Kudlinski Nonfic Ann Turner Appleseeds M. Brooke Kathy-Jo Wargin Jackdaws Kids Discover Magazine Jackdaws Kids Discover Magazine Gloria Whelan Appleseeds Verla Kay Kids Discover Magazine M. Moss Sara Banks Cornelia Cornelisson Picture Book Primary Documents - NF Picture Book tion Chapter Book Chapter Book Picture Book Primary Documents - NF Primary Documents - NF Chapter Book Picture Book Chapter Book Chapter Book *Indicates texts that are highly recommended by the teachers who created this list The levels of these books were proposed by teachers, literacy coaches and staff developers, and a few of those levels may, in fact, be wrong. Send us your observations and we’ll refine the levels. January, 2009 TCRWP--DRAFT Teachers College Reading and Writing Project Historical Fiction Book List World War II Level L* L* M M* M N O* O* O O* O O* P* P* Q R* R* R R* S S S S* S S* S* S* T T T T T T* Title Coming On Home Soon Yellow Star, The: The Legend of King Christian X of Denmark Boxes for Katje Players in Pig Tails One Candle Lily Cupboard, The Baseball Saved Us Faithful Elephants Mieko and the Fifth Treasure New Coat For Anna, A Night Crossing, The Victory Garden, The Cats in Krasinski Square, The Greatest Skating Race, The Meet Molly: American Girls Series Bracelet, The Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes Shadows on the Sea Snow Treasure Don’t You Know There is a War On? Early Sunday Morning: The Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billow, Hawaii, 1941 Hilde And Eli, Children Of The Holocaust Hiroshima Little Ships, The Quilt, The Lily’s Crossing Yours, Anne Bombed House, The Art of Keeping Cool, The Boy No More, A Escape from Warsaw Four Perfect Pebbles: A Holocaust Story Journey of Scott Pendleton Collins, Author Jacqueline Woodson Carmen Agra Deedy Book Type Chapter Book Picture Book Candace Fleming Shana Corey Eve Bunting Shulamith Oppenheim Ken Mochizuki Yukio Tsuchiya Eleanor Coerr Harriet Ziefert Karen Ackerman Lee Kochenderfer Karen Hesse Louise Borden Valerie Tripp Yoshiko Uchida Eleanor Coerr Picture Book Chapter Book Picture Book Picture Book Picture Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Picture Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Picture Book Picture Book Chapter Book Picture Book Chapter Book Joan Hiatt Harlow Marie McSwigan Avi Barry Deneberg Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Diary David Adler Chapter Book L. Yep Louise Borden Gary Paulsen Patricia Giff Scholastic Jonny Zucker Janet Taylor Lisle Harry Mazer Ian Serraillier Lila Perl Walter Dean Myers Chapter Book Picture Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book *Indicates texts that are highly recommended by the teachers who created this list The levels of these books were proposed by teachers, literacy coaches and staff developers, and a few of those levels may, in fact, be wrong. Send us your observations and we’ll refine the levels. January, 2009 TCRWP--DRAFT Teachers College Reading and Writing Project Historical Fiction Book List Level Title Author Book Type The U Innocent Soldier, An Josef Holub Chapter Book U* Number the Stars Lois Lowry Chapter Book U Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Ken Mochizuki Picture Book Story V* Autumn Street Lois Lowry Chapter Book V By the Great Horn Spoon Sid Fleischman Chapter Book V Behind the Bedroom Wall Laura E. Williams Chapter Book V Heroes Don't Run: A Novel of the Harry Mazer Chapter Book Pacific War V I Have Lived a Thousand Years Livia Bitton-Jackson Chapter Book V* Kensuke's Kingdom Michael Morpugo Chapter Book V Pocket Full of Seeds, A Marilyn Sachs Chapter Book V When My Name Was Keoko Linda Sue Park Chapter Book W Daniel’s Story Carol Matas Chapter Book W I am Fifteen – And I Don’t Want To Die Christine Arnothy Chapter Book W Moon Bridge, The Marcia Savin Chapter Book W Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Andrea Warren Chapter Book Death Camps W Torn Thread Anne Isaacs Chapter Book X* Dawn of Fear Susan Cooper Chapter Book X* Devil's Arithmetic, The Jane Yolen Chapter Book X Memories of Anne Frank Alison Leslie Gold Chapter Book X Stones in War Donna Jo Napoli Chapter Book Y* Aleutian Sparrow Karen Hesse Chapter Book Y* Diary of Anne Frank, The Anne Frank Diary Y Hana's Suitcase: A True Story Karen Levine Chapter Book Y Jacob’s Rescue: A Holocaust Story Malka Drucker Chapter Book Y* Milkweed Jerry Spinelli Chapter Book Y Parallel Journeys Eleanor H. Ayer Chapter Book Y Place to Hide, A Jayne Pettit Short Stories Y Yellow Star Jennifer Rozines Roy Chapter Book Z* Bat 6 Virginia Euwer Wolff Chapter Book Z Cage, The Ruth Minsky Sender Chapter Book Z Fr iedrich Hans Peter Richter Chapter Book Z* Night Elie Wiesel Chapter Book Z* Summer of My German Soldier Bette Greene Chapter Book Recommended Titles without Levels All But My Life Gerda Weissmann Klein Chapter Book *Indicates texts that are highly recommended by the teachers who created this list The levels of these books were proposed by teachers, literacy coaches and staff developers, and a few of those levels may, in fact, be wrong. Send us your observations and we’ll refine the levels. January, 2009 TCRWP--DRAFT Teachers College Reading and Writing Project Historical Fiction Book List Butterfly, The Rose Blanche Sadako Upstairs Room, The Willy and Max Patricia Polacco Roberto Innocenti Eleanor Coerr Johanna Reiss Amy Littlesugar Picture Book Picture Book Picture Book Chapter Book Picture Book Pre-Columbian through the American Revolutionary War (Including Colonial Period) Level L M M* N N N N N N O O* P P P P P P P P Q Q Q Q* R R* R* R* S Title Boston Coffee Party, The Nathan Hale: Patriot Spy Author Doreen Rappaport S. Zemlicka & S. Knudsen Mary Pope Osborne Sally Walker Jane Yolen Nathaniel Benchley Kate Waters Marsha Amstel Kate Waters Peter Roop Augusta Stevenson Howard Fast Jean Van Leeuwen Jean Van Leeuwen Lane Smith Clyde Bulla Walter Edmonds Katherine Kirkpatrick Louise Borden Book Type Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Picture Book Picture Book Picture Book Picture Book Picture Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Picture Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Picture Book Valerie Tripp Felicity Saves the Day Valerie Tripp Meet Felicity: American Girls Series Valerie Tripp Megan’s Masquerade Sheri Cooper Sinykin Can’t You Make Them Behave, King George? Jean Fritz Crispus Attucks: Black Leader of Dharathula H. Millender Colonial Patriots Phoebe the Spy Judith Barry Griffin Secret Soldier, The: The Story of Ann McGovern Deborah Sampson Calico Captive Elizabeth George Speare Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Revolutionary War on Wednesday 18 Penny Goose, The Encounter Sam the Minuteman Samuel Eaton’s Day Sybil Ludington's Midnight Ride Tapenum’s Day Buttons for General Washington Molly Pitcher: Young Patriot Bookman, The Hannah of Fairfield Hannah’s Helping Hands John, Paul, George and Ben Lion to Guard Us, A Matchlock Gun, The Redcoats and Petticoats Sleds on Boston Common: A Story from the American Revolution Changes For Felicity: A Winter Story Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book *Indicates texts that are highly recommended by the teachers who created this list The levels of these books were proposed by teachers, literacy coaches and staff developers, and a few of those levels may, in fact, be wrong. Send us your observations and we’ll refine the levels. January, 2009 TCRWP--DRAFT Teachers College Reading and Writing Project Historical Fiction Book List Level Title Author Book Type S* Morning Girl Michael Dorris Chapter Book S N.C. Wyeth's Pilgrims Robert San Souci Picture Book S* Samuel’s Choice Richard Berleth Chapter Book S Victory or Death Doreen Rappaport Short Stories When Washington Crossed the Delaware S Lynne Cheney Chapter Book S Winter of Red Snow, The Kristiana Gregory Diary T George Washington’s Socks Elvira Woodruff Chapter Book T* Guests Michael Dorris Chapter Book T Indian Captive Lois Lenski Chapter Book T* Rifle, The Gary Paulsen Chapter Book T Second Daughter Milder Pitts Walter Chapter Book T Toliver's Secret Ester Wood Brady Chapter Book U* Night Journeys Avi Chapter Book U Scarlet Stockings Spy, The Trinka Hakes Noble Chapter Book U Sign of the Beaver Elizabeth George Speare Chapter Book U War Comes to Willy Freeman Christopher Collier Chapter Book V* Fighting Ground, The Avi Chapter Book V Give Me Liberty Laura Malone Elliott Chapter Book V* Keeping Room, The Ann Myers Chapter Book V Love Thy Neighbor Ann Turner Diary W Guns for General Washington Seymour Reit Chapter Book W Who is Carrie? James and Christopher Collier Chapter Book W* Witch of Blackbird Pond, The Elizabeth George Speare Chapter Book X Echohawk Lynda Durrant Chapter Book X Sarah Bishop Scott O’ Dell Chapter Book X Winter Hero, The James Lincoln Collier Chapter Book Y My Brother Sam is Dead J.L Collier and C.Collier Chapter Book Z Johnny Tremain Esther Forbes Chapter Book Recommended Titles without Levels & Nonfiction Titles to Build Background Knowledge 1776 Kids Discover Magazine American Revolution Kids Discover Magazine American Revolution Eyewitness Books Boston Tea Party Focus Jackdaws Primary Document – NF Boston Tea Party to the American Revolution Jackdaws Primary Document – NF Charlotte Janet Lunn Picture Book Colonial America Kids Discover Magazine Colonial Immigration Jackdaws Primary Document - NF Growing Up in the American Revolution Hand in Hand: An American History Appleseeds Collected by Lee Bennett Poetry *Indicates texts that are highly recommended by the teachers who created this list The levels of these books were proposed by teachers, literacy coaches and staff developers, and a few of those levels may, in fact, be wrong. Send us your observations and we’ll refine the levels. January, 2009 TCRWP--DRAFT Teachers College Reading and Writing Project Historical Fiction Book List Through Poetry Jamestown Apples Kate’s Trunk New York State History Paul Revere Paul Revere and the Bell Ringers Pilgrims’ Cat Revolutionary Women Story of the Declaration of Independence Hopkins eeds Ann Turner Jackdaws Appleseeds Johan Winter Peacock Kids Discover Magazine Jackdaws Picture Book Primary Document - NF Picture Book Primary Document - NF *Indicates texts that are highly recommended by the teachers who created this list The levels of these books were proposed by teachers, literacy coaches and staff developers, and a few of those levels may, in fact, be wrong. Send us your observations and we’ll refine the levels. January, 2009 TCRWP--DRAFT Teachers College Reading and Writing Project Historical Fiction Book List The Great Depression Level L L L L* M M M M N* N N N N N O O O P P P* R S S S* S* S* S* T* T T T T T Title Christmas After All Christmas Promise, The Don’t Forget Winona Mimmy and Sophie All Around the Town Blizzard of the Blue Moon Dust Bowl, The Dust for Dinner Horse Named Seabiscuit, A Babe and I, The Gingerbread Doll, The Letting Swift River Go Pop’s Bridge Rag Coat, The This Land is Your Land Goldie’s Fortune Kit Learns a Lesson: A School Story Leah’s Pony House in the Mail, The Tree of Hope Uncle Jed’s Barbershop Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt, A Amazing Thinking Machine, The Butterflies and Lizards, Beryl and Me Friendship, The Mississippi Bridge Song of the Trees Tales from the Homeplace Bud, Not Buddy Down Cut Shin Creek Journal of C.J. Jackson, The Mirror, Mirror on the Wall Saving Grace Truth about Sparrows, The Author Kathryn Lasky Susan Campbell Bartoletti Jeanne Whitehouse Peterson Miriam Cohen Type of Book Diary Chapter Book Picture Book Chapter Book Mary Pope Osborne David Booth Ann Warren Turner Cathy East Dubowski David Adler Susan Tews Jane Yolen Eve Bunting Lauren Mills K. Jakobsen Joan Holub Valerie Tripp Chapter Book Picture Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Picture Book Picture Book Picture Book Picture Book Picture Book Elizabeth Friedrich Tom Wells Amy Littlesugar Margaree King C. Coco de Young Dennis Haseley Ruth Lercher Bornstein Chapter Book Picture Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Mildred Taylor Mildred Taylor Mildred Taylor Shelley Dale Christopher Curtis Kathi Appelt William Durbin Barry Denenberg Priscilla Cummings Marian Hale Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Journal Diary Chapter Book Chapter Book Folk Song Picture Book Chapter Book Chapter Book *Indicates texts that are highly recommended by the teachers who created this list The levels of these books were proposed by teachers, literacy coaches and staff developers, and a few of those levels may, in fact, be wrong. Send us your observations and we’ll refine the levels. January, 2009 TCRWP--DRAFT Teachers College Reading and Writing Project Historical Fiction Book List Level U U U V* V* V* W* X X* X* X Z Title Cat Running Chig and the Second Spread Treasures in the Dust Esperanza Rising Long Way From Chicago, A Year Down Yonder, A Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Bread Winner, The Let the Circle Be Unbroken Out of the Dust Survival of the Storm No Promises in the Wind Author Zilpha Keatley Snyder Gwenyth Swain Tracey Porter Pam Munoz Ryan Richard Peck Richard Peck Mildred D. Taylor Arvella Whitmore Mildred Taylor Karen Hesse Katelan Janke Irene Hunt Type of Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Diary Chapter Book Recommended Titles without Levels and Some Nonfiction Titles to Build Background Knowledge Children of the Dust Bowl: The True Story of the School at Weedpatch Camp Depression, The Great Depression in America Great Depression, The Hard Times for Jake Smith New Deal, The Jerry Stanley Chapter Book – Level Y Jackdaws Jackdaws Kids Discover Magazine A. Henderson Jackdaws Nonfiction Book Nonfiction Book Nonfiction Book Chapter Book Nonfiction Book *Indicates texts that are highly recommended by the teachers who created this list The levels of these books were proposed by teachers, literacy coaches and staff developers, and a few of those levels may, in fact, be wrong. Send us your observations and we’ll refine the levels. January, 2009 TCRWP--DRAFT Teachers College Reading and Writing Project Historical Fiction Book List The Civil Rights Movement Level M M* M* N* O* O* P R* U* Title Freedom Summer Goin' Someplace Special Other Side, The Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-Ins Granddaddy's Gift Freedom School, Yes! Tree of Hope Bat Boy and His Violin, The Watson’s Go to Birmingham, The Author Deborah Wiles Patricia McKissack Jacqueline Woodson Carole Boston Weatherford Type of Book Picture Book Picture Book Picture Book Picture Book Margaree Mitchell Amy Littlesugar Amy Littlesugar Gavin Curtis Christopher Paul Curtis Picture Book Picture Book Picture Book Picture Book Chapter Book Recommended Titles without Levels Walking to the Bus Rider Blues Birmingham 1963 Fire from the Rock Riding to Washington Starplace Sweet Smell of Roses, A This is the Dream Thousand Never Evers, A White Socks Only Harriette Gillem Robine Carol Weatherford Sharon Draper Gwenyth Swain V. Grove Angela Johnson Shore and Alexander Shana Burg Evelyn Coleman Picture Book Picture Book Chapter Book Picture Book Picture Book picture book Picture Book Chapter Book Picture Book *Indicates texts that are highly recommended by the teachers who created this list The levels of these books were proposed by teachers, literacy coaches and staff developers, and a few of those levels may, in fact, be wrong. Send us your observations and we’ll refine the levels. January, 2009 TCRWP--DRAFT Teachers College Reading and Writing Project Historical Fiction Book List Immigration Level L L L L M M M M N N N O P P P P R S S S S S* S Title Long Way To A New Land Long Way to a New Land, The Long Way Westward, The Watch the Stars Come Out Copper Lady, The Milly and the Macy’s Parade Milly and the Macy’s Parade Whispering Cloth, The Dreaming of America Lily and Miss Liberty Painted Words/Spoken Pictures Memory Coat, The Abby Takes a Stand Home at Last Hope in My Heart Lotus Seed, The Dreams in the Golden Country Braid, The Hear My Sorrow Letters From Rifka Orphan of Ellis Island, The Star Fisher, The When Jessie Came Across the Sea Author Joan Sandin Joan Sandin Joan Sandin R. Levinson Alice Ross Shana Corey S. Corey Pegi Deitz Shea Eve Bunting Carla Stevens Aliki Elvira Woodruff P. McKissack K. Lansky K. Lansky Sherry Garland K. Lansky Helen Frost D. Hopkinson K. Hesse Elvira Woodruff L. Yep Amy Hest T T V V W Y Rodzina Voyage on the Great Titanic Ashes of Roses Escape From Home Traitor, The House of Tailors, A Karen Cushman E.E. White Mary Jane Auch Avi L. Yep Patricia Reilly Giff Type of Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Picture Book Picture Book Picture Book Picture Book Picture Book Picture Book Chapter Book Picture Book Picture Book Chapter Book Diary Diary Picture Book Diary Chapter Book Diary Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Picture Book & Chapter Book Chapter Book Diary Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Chapter Book Recommended Titles without Levels America, My New Home Grandfather’s Journey Land of Hope Monica Gunning Allen Say Joan Nixon Poetry Picture Book Chapter Book *Indicates texts that are highly recommended by the teachers who created this list The levels of these books were proposed by teachers, literacy coaches and staff developers, and a few of those levels may, in fact, be wrong. Send us your observations and we’ll refine the levels. January, 2009 TCRWP--DRAFT Teachers College Reading and Writing Project Historical Fiction Book List Streets of Gold Rosemary Wells Chapter Book *Indicates texts that are highly recommended by the teachers who created this list The levels of these books were proposed by teachers, literacy coaches and staff developers, and a few of those levels may, in fact, be wrong. Send us your observations and we’ll refine the levels. January, 2009 TCRWP--DRAFT