Historical
Fiction: Civil War
Historical
Fiction: Civil War
The following titles are found in the J Fiction area unless otherwise noted.
| Author | Title |
| Avi | IRON THUNDER: the battle between the Monitor & the Merrimac (2007) After his father is killed during the Civil War, Tom takes on a job assisting with the ironclad ship the Monitor and becomes the target of Confederate spies (4th-7th) |
| Banks, S | ABRAHAM’S BATTLE (1998) As the Civil War approaches Gettysburg a freed slave decides to join the ambulance corps of the Union Army. (3rd-7th) |
| Beatty, P | CHARLEY SKEDADDLE (1987) A 12-year-old Bowery Boy from New York joins the Union army as a drummer but deserts during a battle in Virginia. (4th-7th) |
| Beatty, P | JAYHAWKER (1991) A teenage boy from Kansas becomes an abolitionist raider freeing slaves from the neighboring state of Missouri. (4th-7th) |
| Beatty, P | TURN HOMEWARD, HANNALEE (1984) During the Civil War, a 12-year-old Georgia millworker is forced to leave her mother and relocate in Indiana. (6th-8th) |
| Denslow, S | ALL THEIR NAMES WERE COURAGE (2003) As William fights in the Civil War, he exchanges letters with his sister, Sallie, who is also writing to Confederate and Union generals asking about their horses in order to write a book. (4th-7th) |
| Donahue, J | AN ISLAND FAR FROM HOME (1995) A son of a Union army doctor killed during the war begins corresponding with a Confederate prisoner of war. (4th-7th) |
| Durrant, L | MY LAST SKIRT: the story of Jennie Hodgers, Union Soldier (2006) After enjoying the freedom afforded her while dressing as a boy to earn higher pay, Jennie Hodgers serves as a Union soldier in the American Civil War. (6th-8th) |
| Fleischman, P | BULL RUN (1993) The glory, the horror, the thrill and the disillusionment of the first battle of the Civil War is told from the point of view of several people. (4th-7th) |
| Gauch, P | THUNDER AT GETTYSBURG (1975) Fourteen-year-old Tillie becomes involved in the tragic battle of July 1-3, 1863. (Grades 2nd -5th) |
| Gutman | ABNER & ME: a baseball card adventure (2005) Thirteen-year-old Joe and his mother go back to 1863 to ask Abner Doubleday whether he invented baseball, but instead find themselves in the middle of the Battle of Gettysburg. (4th-7th) |
| Hahn, M | HEAR THE WIND BLOW (2003) In 1862, Rufus Rowe runs away from home and settles in Fredericksburg where he documents the battle he watches there. (5th – 9th) |
| Hemphill, M | STONEWALL HINKLEMAN AND THE BATTLE OF BULL RUN (2009) While participating in a reenactment of the Battle of Bull Run, Stonewall Hinkleman is transported back to the actual Civil War battle by means of a magic bugle. (4th-7th) |
| Hopkinson, D. | FROM SLAVE TO SOLDIER (2005) A slave boy joins the Union army to fight for freedom. (1st- 3rd) |
| Hunt, I | ACROSS FIVE APRILS (1964) Young Jethro must take care of the family farm in Illinois during the difficult years of the Civil War. (6th-8th) |
| Keehn, S | ANNA SUNDAY (2002) In 1863, Anna, disguised as a boy and accompanied by her younger brother Jed, makes a dangerous journey to join their wounded father. (4th-7th) |
| Keith, H | RIFLES FOR WATIE (1957) As a Union spy, Jeff learns there is more to war than honor and glory; he learns the enemy is a lot like him. (4th-7th) |
| Nixon, J | KEEPING SECRETS (1995) A mysterious young women fleeing Quantrill’s raid on Lawrence, Kansas, draws 11-year-old Peg into dangerous activities. (4th-7th) |
| Polacco, P | JUST IN TIME, ABRAHAM LINCOLN (2011) When two brothers visit a museum in Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, with their grandmother, they find themselves in a very realistic Civil War setting. (4th-7th) |
| Polacco, P | PINK AND SAY (1994) A white soldier and a black soldier become friends after being captured by Confederate troops. (4th-7th) |
| Reeder, C | SHADES OF GRAY (1989) After losing his immediate family, Will is sent to live with an uncle he considers a traitor for not fighting in the Civil War. (4th-7th) |
| Rees, D | LIGHTNING TIME (1997) Theodore struggles with the decision to leave his home in Boston and join the abolitionist John Brown in the fight against slavery. (4th-7th) |
| Steele, W. | PERILOUS ROAD (2004) Chris, bitterly hating the Yankees for invading his Tennessee mountain home, learns a difficult lesson about war when he reports the approach of a Yankee supply troop to the Confederates, only to learn that his brother is probably part of that troop. (4th-7th) |
| Wisler, G | MR. LINCOLN’S DRUMMER (1995) Willie Johnston, an 11-year-old Civil War drummer, takes part in courageous exploits that result in receiving the Congressional Medal of Honor. (4th-7th) |
| Wisler, G | RED CAP (1991) A young Yankee drummer boy displays great courage when he's captured and sent to Andersonville Prison. (4th-7th) |
| Series Wall Diaries- My Name | THE JOURNAL OF RUFUS ROWE (2003) In 1862, sixteen-year-old Rufus Rowe runs away from home and settles in Fredericksburg, Virginia, where he documents in his journal the battle he watches unfold there. (3rd-8th) |
| Series Wall American Girl | MEET ADDY: an American girl (1998) In 1864, after her father and brother are sold to another owner, Addy and her mother escape from their cruel lives as slaves in North Carolina to freedom in Philadelphia. (3rd-6th) |
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