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Hearts of Stone by Kathleen Ernst Publisher Comments When her father goes off to join the Yankee troops, fourteen-year-old Hannah fears her family will be torn apart by the Civil War. But nothing prepares her for her mother's sudden death. Hannah now finds herself responsible for keeping the young family... (read more) Your price: $16.25 New - Hardcover
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Battle Lines Undrawn by Rick Brooks Synopsis ages 10-18The year is 1956. Brad Stevens has just graduated from high school, enlisted in the army, and volunteered to become a paratrooper. As an elite member of the Screaming Eagles, the 101st Airborne Division, Stevens is anxious to protect the United... (read more) Your price: $10.95 New - Trade Paper
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Gettysburg Ghost Gang #6: Whisper of War a by Shelley Sykes Publisher Comments During a chat with ghost friend Corporal Jared Scott, Casey brings up an idea that Phillip, Zach, and Chucky think is ridiculous: women fighting in the Civil War But Jared tells them he knows just such a woman, and now Casey wants to meet her. Casey gets... (read more) Your price: $7.95 New - Trade Paper
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Underground by Shane W. Evans Publisher Comments One of School Library Journals Best Nonfiction Books of 2011A family silently crawls along the ground. They run barefoot through unlit woods, sleep beneath bushes, take shelter in a kind stranger's home. Where are they heading? They are heading for... (read more) Your price: $16.99 New - Hardcover
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Boys of Wartime: Will at the Battle of Gettysburg (Boys of Wartime) by Laurie Calkhoven Publisher Comments The second exciting book in the series about boys swept up in the historical fight for freedom Twelve-year-old Will wants to be a drummer in the Union army, but he's stuck far from the fighting in his sleepy hometown of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Then the... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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In Sherman's Wake: Survival in Northwest Georgia by Rose Nell Horne Synopsis On May 30, 1863, Jane Taylor witnessed Rome, Georgia's first encounter with the Civil War. The Yankees are coming to burn Rome The cries were echoed everywhere. The citizens of Rome had sent their soldiers off to fight for the Confederacy. Rome would now... (read more) Your price: $16.25 New - Trade Paper
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Freedom Stone by Jeffrey Kluger Publisher Comments Lillie's papa believed in freedom-for him, his family, and all the slaves on the Greenfog plantation. So when the Confederate Army promised freedom to the family of every slave who served in the Civil War-whether they came home or not-Lillie's papa... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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Juliet's Moon (Great Episodes) by Ann Rinaldi Publisher Comments War is turning Juliet Bradshaw's world upside down. Her brother, Seth, rides with William Quantrill's renegade Confederate army, but he's helpless when the Yankees arrest Juliet along with the wives and sisters of Quantrill's soldiers as spies... (read more) List Price $16.25 Your price: $6.50 Used - Hardcover
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My Vicksburg by Ann Rinaldi Publisher Comments Susanna English desperately wants to join the circle of girls who meet every week at the parsonage, but she doesnt realize the leader of the group, the malicious Ann Putnam, is about to set off a torrent of false accusations that will lead to the... (read more) Your price: $7.99 New - Trade Paper
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Riding with the James Gang by Gayle Martin Synopsis On the final night of their summer vacation Luke and Jenny decide to camp out on their great-grandmother's porch at her Missouri farm. But when their sweet dreams are interrupted by Kate, the ghost of a young farm girl, they once again find themselves on... (read more) Your price: $15.95 New - Trade Paper
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Juliet's Moon by Ann Rinaldi Publisher Comments War is turning Juliet Bradshaw's world upside down. Her brother, Seth, rides with William Quantrill's renegade Confederate army, but he's helpless when the Yankees arrest Juliet along with the wives and sisters of Quantrill's soldiers as spies... (read more) Your price: $7.99 New - Trade Paper
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White Mane Kids #14: The Bucktails' Antietam Trials by William P. Robertson Publisher Comments Corporal Bucky Culp wasn't exaggerating when he called the deserter Whalen "the worst sort of varmint." Whalen's cowardice caused Bucky's best friend to be wounded at Antietam, and now the rascal brought shame on the whole regiment by attacking the farm... (read more) Your price: $8.95 New - Trade Paper
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Two Girls of Gettysburg by Lisa Klein Publisher Comments Lizzie and Rosanna are cousins. But when the Civil War breaks out, fifteen-year-old Lizzie finds herself committed to the cause of the Union, while Rosanna is swept up in the passions of the old south—and in her love for a young Confederate... (read more) Your price: $17.95 New - Hardcover
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Hope's Gift by Kelly Starling Lyons Publisher Comments A poignant story celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation It’s 1862 and the Civil War has turned out to be a long, deadly conflict. Hope’s father can’t stand the waiting a minute longer and decides to join... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $11.95 Used - Hardcover
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Stella Stands Alone by A Lafaye Publisher Comments Stella Reid is fighting to save the home she loves. After her father is killed and her mother succumbs to yellow fever, it's up to Stella to run Oak Grove, her family's plantation. Unlike most Southerners, Stella sees herself as equal to the African... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Great Fire by Jim Murphy Publisher Comments A vertible cinematic account of the catastrophe that decimated much of Chicago in 1871, forcing more than 100,000 people from their homes. Jim Murphy tells the story through the eyes of several survivors. These characters serve as dramatic focal points... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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January's Sparrow by Patricia Polacco Publisher Comments A poignant story celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation It’s 1862 and the Civil War has turned out to be a long, deadly conflict. Hope’s father can’t stand the waiting a minute longer and decides to join... (read more) Your price: $22.99 New - Hardcover
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Letters from Vinnie by Maureen Stack Sappey Publisher Comments A perceptive, thoughtful teenager lives through the events of America’s Civil War as she develops her own remarkable career in this NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People. Vinnie Ream was a real person who sculpted the... (read more) Your price: $10.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Root Cellar by Janet Lunn Publisher Comments Twelve-year-old orphan Rose, sent to live with unknown relatives on a farm in Canada, ventures into her aunt's root cellar and finds herself making friends with people who lived on the farm more than a century earlier.... (read more) List Price $6.99 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Black Angels by Linda Beatrice Brown Publisher Comments The compelling story of three young orphans who must survive on their own during the Civil War. It?s near the end of the war, and rumors of emancipation are swirling. Eleven-year-old Luke decides to run away to freedom and join the Union Army. But he... (read more) Your price: $16.99 New - Hardcover
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