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Summary: "Amos Abernathy lives for history. Literally. He's been a historical reenactor nearly all his life. But when a cute new volunteer arrives at his Living History Park, Amos finds himself wondering if there's something missing from history: someone like the two of them. Amos is sure there must have been LGBTQ+ people in nineteenth-century Illinois. His search turns up Albert D. J. Cashier, a Civil...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LEADenenberg, Barry.
Summary: The diary of a fictional fourteen-year-old girl living in Virginia, in which she describes the hardships endured by her family and friends during one year of the Civil War.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 1996
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: Y DA 3Reeder, Carolyn.
Summary: At the end of the Civil War, twelve-year-old Will, having lost all his immediate family, reluctantly leaves his city home to live in the Virginia countryside with his aunt and the uncle he considers a "traitor" because he refused to take part in the war.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 1989
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Summary: Cannon fire! That's what Jack and Annie hear when the Magic Tree House whisks them back to the time of the American Civil War. There they meet a famous nurse named Clara Barton and do their best to help wounded soldiers. It is their hardest journey in time yet--and the one that will make the most difference to their own lives!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2016
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Summary: "Addy Walker escapes a Southern plantation during the turbulent Civil War. Meet Addy as she and her mother make a daring journey from slavery to freedom in 1864. Addy's story is sure to engage young girls as they learn what it was like to be a girl during the Civil War in this Step 3 Step into Reading leveled reader."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2021
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE LESWalter, Jon
Summary: Samuel and his younger brother, Joshua, are free black boys living in an orphanage during the Civil War, but when Samuel takes the blame for his brother's prank, he is sent South, given a new name, and sold into slavery--and somehow he must survive both captivity and the war, to find his way back to his brother.
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Publisher / Publication Date: David Fickling Books/Scholastic Inc. 2016
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Summary: "It's 1863, and Thomas and his little sister, Birdie, have fled the farm where they were born and raised as slaves. Following the North Star, looking for freedom, they soon cross paths with a Union soldier. Everything changes: Corporal Henry Green brings Thomas and Birdie back to his regiment, and suddenly it feels like they've found a new home. Best of all, they don't have to find their way...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2016
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Summary: When a ghost from the Civil War--a teenage Union soldier--appears to Anderson and his friends, demanding to know what happened to his brother, it's up to Anderson, Greg, and Julie to solve the mystery.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2016
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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC WATCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC WATSmith, Nikki Shannon
Summary: In 1864 twelve-year-old former slave Charlotte is lucky enough to live on a plantation near Richmond, Virginia, owned by a Miss Van Lew, who hates slavery, and when Charlotte overhears a conversation she realizes that her mistress is gathering information and passing it on to the Union army; Charlotte is eager to help, (especially since her own cousin, Mary, is involved) but her enthusiasm may...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a capstone imprint 2019
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED SMIWalter, Jon
Summary: Samuel and his younger brother, Joshua, are free black boys living in an orphanage during the Civil War, but when Samuel takes the blame for his brother's prank, he is sent South, given a new name, and sold into slavery--and somehow he must survive both captivity and the war, to find his way back to his brother.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC WALNoble, Trinka Hakes.
Summary: Eleven-year-old Gabe enlists in the Union Army in Pennsylvania along with his older brother Davy and, as bugler, does his best to protect Davy during the Battle of Gettysburg.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2006
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Summary: An interactive Civil War adventure where the reader determines their fate during a daring escape from a Confederate prison.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC GUNPhilbrick, W. R. (W. Rodman)
Summary: Twelve-year-old Homer, a poor but clever orphan, has extraordinary adventures after running away from his evil uncle to rescue his brother, who has been sold into service in the Civil War.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC PHIMurphy, Jim
Summary: James Edmond, a sixteen-year-old orphan, keeps a journal of his experiences and those of "G" Company which he joined as a volunteer in the Union Army during the Civil War.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 1998
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC MUROsborne, Mary Pope.
Summary: Jack and Annie are transported by their magic tree house to the time of the Civil War where they meet Clara Barton.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2000
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: FIC OSBCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile- Series, Call number: J Fiction Series Osborne 2012Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE OSBCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED OSBCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Stacks, Call number: JFIC OSBKomarnyckyj, Andrew
Summary: When Joe is accused of murdering his friend Ervan Foster, he flees the authorities and goes on the run, vowing to one day return as an adult, find out who the real killer is, clear his name, and avenge Ervan's death. While on the run, Joe has many funny, dangerous, and eye-opening adventures which include joining the Union army and fighting in the American Civil War. When the war ends, Joe...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Santa Monica Press 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC KOMPolacco, Patricia.
Summary: Say Curtis describes his meeting with Pinkus Aylee, a black soldier, during the Civil War, and their capture by Southern troops.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 1994
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JE POLCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE POLTarshis, Lauren.
Summary: "It's 1863, and Thomas and his little sister, Birdie, have fled the farm where they were born and raised as slaves. Following the North Star, looking for freedom, they soon cross paths with a Union soldier. Everything changes: Corporal Henry Green brings Thomas and Birdie back to his regiment, and suddenly it feels like they've found a new home. Best of all, they don't have to find their way...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC TARCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FICTION TARCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile- Series, Call number: J SeriesTarshisWiechman, Kathy Cannon
Summary: Two Union soldiers, one too young to have properly enlisted, and the other a girl disguised as a boy, find themselves struggling through the rigors and horrors of war, from amputation to the Andersonville prison camp.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC WIEBearden, Romare
Summary: When a company of black Union soldiers tells L'il Dan that he is no longer a slave, he follows them, and uses his beloved drum to save them from attack.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC BEAPaulsen, Gary.
Summary: Eager to enlist, fifteen-year-old Charley has a change of heart after experiencing both the physical horrors and mental anguish of Civil War combat.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 1998
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC PAUSteele, William O
Summary: Fourteen-year-old Chris, bitterly hating the Yankees for invading his Tennessee mountain home, learns a difficult lesson about the waste of war and the meaning of tolerance and courage 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt 2004
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Summary: 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 difficult years of the Civil War.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Jam Books 2002
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC HUNCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: JF Classic HuntMack, Stanley.
Summary: In 1861, a young slave named Sam escapes to search for his father, who has been conscripted into the Confederate army, and makes his way to a northern city, while back at the Virginia plantation where Sam was raised Annabelle, the owner's daughter, struggles to run things after her father's death.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Childrens Books 2012