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• The Dangerous Ones

  Blackwood, Lauren,

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  A cheeky, romantic, and thrilling revenge story set in 1863 Pennsylvania, with supernatural genre-bending elements that add a fresh twist to the enemies-to-lovers historical drama. 13 & up

• Kindred

  Butler, Octavia E.

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  Dana has a power and a problem. She can travel back in time, but can't control when she lands. Instead, she keeps getting ripped back to visit her ancestor Rufus Weylin, a young boy living on a Maryland slave plantation in 1815. Dana quickly…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Good Fortune

  Carter, Noni

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  Brutally kidnapped from her African village and shipped to America, a young girl struggles to come to terms with her new life under enslavement, until, risking everything, she escapes to seek freedom in the North. 12 & up

• The Red Badge of Courage

  Crane, Stephen, 1871-1900,

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  In the spring of 1863, as he faces battle for the first time at Chancellorsville, Virginia, a young Union soldier matures to manhood and finds peace of mind as he comes to grips with his conflicting emotions about war. 10 & up

• Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave

  Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895

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  An autobiography describing the abolitionist's childhood, his experience as a slave, and his escape from slavery to safety in the North. 12 & up

• Copper Sun

  Draper, Sharon M. (Sharon Mills),

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  Amari arrives on Mr. Derby's Carolina plantation afraid and confused, yet with time she learns the language, befriends another slave, and works to attain her one true goal: to be a free person again. 14 & up

• Tales of the Talented Tenth. No. 3, Robert Smalls

  Gill, Joel Christian,

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  Learn how Robert Smalls pulls off one of the most daring heists of the Civil War, escapes to freedom, and goes on to become a first-generation Black politician. 12 & up

• This Noble Woman

  Myrtilla Miner and Her Fight to Establish a School for African American Girls in the Slaveholding South

  Greenburg, Michael M.,

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  An introduction to the life of Myrtilla Miner, an educator and abolitionist who founded the 'School for Colored Girls' in Washington, DC, dedicated to training Black students to be teachers. 12 & up

• Abraham Lincoln

  From the Log Cabin to the White House

  Helfand, Lewis

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  This graphic novel presents the life of the United States' sixteenth president, discussing his childhood, entry into politics, and major victories in the White House. 10 & up

• Across Five Aprils

  Hunt, Irene

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  Young Jethro Creighton grows from a boy to a man when he is left to take care of the family farm in Illinois during the U.S. Civil War. 12 & up

• Dread Nation

  Rise Up

  Ireland, Justina,

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  When the dead rise from the battlefields during the Civil War, a new type of slavery emerges, in which Native and Black children are forced to train in combat and fight the zombies. 14 & up

• African Town

  Inspired by the True Story of the Last American Slave Ship

  Latham, Irene,

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  Chronicles the real-life stories of the lives of the last Africans to be kidnapped and brought into the United States, their individual and collective trek through slavery, the Civil War, and Emancipation 12 & up

• The Civil War of Amos Abernathy

  Leali, Michael,

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  Through letters he writes in his journal, thirteen-year-old Amos finds a confidant in a queer historical figure from the Civil War. 8 & up

• Under a Painted Sky

  Lee, Stacey (Stacey Heather),

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  In 1845, Sammy, a Chinese American girl, and Annamae, an enslaved African American girl, disguise themselves as boys and travel on the Oregon Trail to California from Missouri. 13 & up

• Hanged!

  Mary Surratt & the Plot to Assassinate Abraham Lincoln

  Miller, Sarah, 1979-

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  The story of Mary Surratt, the first woman to be executed by the US government for her alleged involvement in the plot to assassinate Abraham Lincoln. 12 & up ‎

• So Many Beginnings

  a Little Women Remix

  Morrow, Bethany C.,

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  In this powerful retelling of the Little Women, four young Black sisters, coming of age during the American Civil War, face first love, health issues, heartbreak and new horizons. 13 & up

• Last of the Name

  Parry, Rosanne,

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  In 1863, twelve-year-old Danny and his older sister Kathleen leave Ireland to start a new life, but find themselves navigating explosive tensions in the U.S. 11 & up

• The River Between Us

  Peck, Richard, 1934-2018,

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  During the early days of the Civil War, the Pruitt family takes in two mysterious young ladies who have fled New Orleans to come north to Illinois. 8 & up

• The Slopes of War

  Perez, Norah A.

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  Buck Summerhill, a young soldier from West Virginia, faces the horrors of the Battle of Gettysburg knowing that his two cousins, Curtis and Mason, may be fighting against him in the Army of Northern Virginia. 12 & up

• Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

  An Authoritative Text, Contexts and Sources, Criticism

  Twain, Mark, 1835-1910,

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  13-year-old Huck Finn fakes his own death to escape his abusive, drunken father. He encounters a runaway slave named Jim, and the two embark on a raft journey down the Mississippi River. 12 & up