Historical - United States - 20th Century
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Beyond the Bright Sea
$18.99 Add to cart– Winner of the 2018 Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction –
From the bestselling author of Echo Mountain and Newbery Honor-winner Wolf Hollow, Beyond the Bright Sea is an acclaimed best book of t- Author: Wolk, Lauren
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 02 2017
- ISBN10: 1101994851
- Language: English
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The Green Glass Sea
$9.99 Add to cartA heartfelt story of a budding friendship in the thick of the war–winner of the Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction
It’s 1943, and eleven-year-old Dewey Kerrigan is en route to New Mexico to li- Series: Gordon Family Saga #1
- Author: Klages, Ellen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0142411493
- Language: English
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Carrie and the Great Storm: A Galveston Hurricane Survival Story
$9.99 Read moreTwelve-year-old Carrie is excited to spend the night at her best friend Betsy’s house one Saturday night in the turn of the century Galveston, Texas. But when her parents receive a last-minute invitat
- Series: Girls Survive
- Author: Gunderson, Jessica
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: August 01, 2019
- ISBN10: 1496584473
- Language: English
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Island of Spies
$18.99 Read more“The Dime Novel Kids are spunky, spirited, smart, sassy–and so is Sheila Turnage’s writing. It sizzles and sparkles.” –Lauren Wolk, author of Newbery Honor Book Wolf Hollow
From the Newbery Honor-w- Author: Turnage, Sheila
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 20 2022
- ISBN10: 735231257
- Language: English
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On the Banks of the Bayou
$11.99 Add to cartThe seventh book in the Rose Years series, the story of the spirited daughter of the author of the beloved Little House series.
A whole new world opens up for Rose Wilder when she leaves Rocky Ridge F
- Series: Little House Sequel
- Author: MacBride, Roger Lea
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 19 1998
- ISBN10: 0064405826
- Language: English
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We Own the Sky
$18.99 Add to cartA thrilling historical adventure by the master of adventure himself, Rodman Philbrick.
It’s Maine, 1924, and the Ku Klux Klan is on the rise.
Davy and Jo Michaud have been recently orphaned. Taken in by
- Author: Philbrick, Rodman
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 06 2022
- ISBN10: 1338736299
- Language: English
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Island of Spies
$9.99 Add to cart“The Dime Novel Kids are spunky, spirited, smart, sassy–and so is Sheila Turnage’s writing. It sizzles and sparkles.” –Lauren Wolk, author of Newbery Honor Book Wolf Hollow
From the Newbery Honor-w- Author: Turnage, Sheila
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: October 17, 2023
- ISBN10: 0735231273
- Language: English
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Full of Beans
$8.99 Add to cartWinner of the Scott O’Dell Award
Grown-ups lie. That’s one truth Beans knows for sure. He and his gang know how to spot a whoppe
Five Starred Reviews!
A New York Public Library Best Book for Kids, 2016- Author: Holm, Jennifer L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 10 2018
- ISBN10: 055351038X
- Language: English
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
$19.99 Add to cartA stunning repackage of Mildred D. Taylor’s Newbery Award-winning masterpiece with cover art by two-time Caldecott Honor Award winner Kadir Nelson and an introduction by Jacqueline Woodson, just in ti… [more below]
- Author: Taylor, Mildred D.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: January 05 2016
- ISBN10: 110199388X
- Language: English
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The Lucky Ones
$18.99 Add to cartAward-winning author Linda Williams Jackson pulls from her own childhood in the Mississippi Delta to tell the story of Ellis Earl, who dreams of a real house, food enough for the whole family–and to … [more below]
- Author: Jackson, Linda Williams
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 19 2022
- ISBN10: 1536222550
- Language: English
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A Long Way from Chicago: A Novel in Stories
$8.99 Add to cartJoin Joey and his sister Mary Alice as they spend nine unforgettable summers with the worst influence imaginable-their grandmother
- Series: Puffin Classics
- Author: Peck, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 148
- Publish Date: April 12 2004
- ISBN10: 0142401102
- Language: English
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Navigating Early
$8.99 Add to cart“Just the sort of book that saves lives by igniting a passion for reading.” –James Patterson
“Reminiscent of Huckleberry Finn.” —The Wall Street Journal
A Michael L. Printz Honor Winner From the- Author: Vanderpool, Clare
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: December 23, 2014
- ISBN10: 0307930653
- Language: English
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All-Of-A-Kind Family Uptown
$13.95 Add to cartYour favorite All-of-a-Kind Family has a new home in the Bronx, new friends and neighbors, and best all, new adventures. In the third book in the beloved series about a Jewish family growing up in ear… [more below]
- Author: Taylor, Sydney
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: July 15 2014
- ISBN10: 1939601177
- Language: English
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Lena and the Burning of Greenwood: A Tulsa Race Massacre Survival Story
$9.99 Add to cartIn the early 1920s, the Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is the wealthiest Black community in the United States. But Tulsa is still a segregated city. “Black Wall Street” and white Tulsa are ver… [more below]
- Series: Girls Survive
- Author: Smith, Nikki Shannon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: January 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1666329444
- Language: English
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V Is for Victorine
$18.99 Read moreIn this exciting sequel to Daring Darleen, Queen of the Screen, a young heiress in hiding and her film star best friend go on a quick-paced caper through early Hollywood.
It’s 1915, and “missing” hei- Author: Nesbet, Anne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 14, 2023
- ISBN10: 1536228281
- Language: English
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Mackinac Bridge: The Story of the Five Mile Poem
$17.95 Read moreSet in the late 1950s, this is the moving story of a young boy whose father operates a ferryboat between Michigan’s Upper and Lower peninsulas. As young Mark witnesses the building of the new Mackinac… [more below]
- Series: Tales of Young Americans
- Author: Whelan, Gloria
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 01 2006
- ISBN10: 1585362832
- Language: English
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Flor Fights Back: A Stonewall Riots Survival Story
$9.99 Add to cartAfter Flor’s mother dies in early 1969, she is left with her grandmother who refuses to accept Flor’s identity as a trans girl. Flor decides that in order to be true to herself, she must leave home. S… [more below]
- Series: Girls Survive
- Author: Ellison, Joy Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: January 1, 2023
- ISBN10: 1669014452
- Language: English
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Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop: The Sanitation Strike of 1968
$17.99 Add to cartCoretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book – School Library Journal Best Book of the Year – Booklist Editors’ Choice – Kirkus Reviews Best Children’s Book – Booklist Top 10 Diverse Books for Middle Gra… [more below]
- Author: Duncan, Alice Faye
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: August 28 2018
- ISBN10: 1629797189
- Language: English
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Moon Over Manifest: (Newbery Medal Winner)
$8.99 Add to cartWinner of the 2011 Newbery Award.
The movement of the train rocked me like a lullaby. I closed my eyes to the dusty countryside and imagined the sign I’d seen only in Gideon’s stories: Manifest–A Town… [more below]- Author: Vanderpool, Clare
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: December 27 2011
- ISBN10: 0375858296
- Language: English
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Yonder
$19.99 Add to cartFrom Ali Standish, award-winning author of The Ethan I Was Before, August Isle, How to Disappear Completely, and The Mending Summer, comes a captivating historical fiction middle grade novel about a b
- Author: Standish, Ali
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 10, 2022
- ISBN10: 006298568X
- Language: English
