Chronological Period/19th Century
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The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
$9.99 Read moreIn 1849 a twelve-year-old girl who calls herself Lucy is distraught when her mother moves the family from Massachusetts to a small California mining town. There Lucy helps run a boarding house and loo
- Author: Cushman, Karen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: July 30 2019
- ISBN10: 1328631133
- Language: English
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Abe Lincoln: The Boy Who Loved Books
$8.99 Add to cartLearn about the early life of Abraham Lincoln in this picture book biography that Kirkus Reviews calls “a moving tribute to the power of books and words.”
In a tiny log cabin a boy listened with delig- Author: Winters, Kay
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 01 2006
- ISBN10: 1416912681
- Language: English
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The Buffalo Knife
$11.95 Add to cartNine-year-old Andy and his family brave natural and man-made dangers during a perilous thousand-mile raft trip down the Tennessee River.
- Series: Odyssey Classics (Odyssey Classics)
- Author: Steele, William O.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 123
- Publish Date: December 06 2012
- ISBN10: 0152052151
- Language: English
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Who Was P. T. Barnum?
$6.99 Add to cartLadies and Gentlemen, children of all ages, step right up for Who HQ’s entertaining biography of P. T. Barnum: politician, businessman, and The Greatest Showman on Earth
After moving from Connecticut- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Anderson, Kirsten
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: June 04 2019
- ISBN10: 0448488485
- Language: English
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Black Pioneers of Science and Invention
$9.99 Add to cartDr. Haber has lifted from obscurity 14 remarkably gifted black Americans who played crucial roles in this country’s scientific and industrial progress. Includes photos and illustrations.
- Author: Haber, Louis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 02 1992
- ISBN10: 0152085661
- Language: English
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Jack and Jill
$7.99 Add to cartIn this reimagining of the classic nursery rhyme, best friends Jack and Jill recover from a sledding accident surrounded by family and friends in this inspiring story from Louisa May Alcott, author of… [more below]
- Series: The Louisa May Alcott Hidden Gems Collection
- Author: Alcott, Louisa May
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: July 04 2023
- ISBN10: 166592621X
- Language: English
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The Journey of Little Charlie (Scholastic Gold)
$8.99 Read moreThe National Book Award finalist by Christopher Paul Curtis
Twelve-year-old Charlie is down on his luck: His sharecropper father just died and Cap’n Buck — the most fearsome man in Possum Moan, South
- Author: Curtis, Christopher Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 04 2021
- ISBN10: 054515667X
- Language: English
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Ambushed!: The Assassination Plot Against President Garfield
$19.99 Read moreWinner of the 2022 YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award
This thrilling title for young readers blends science, history, and medical mysteries to tell the story of the assassination an- Series: Medical Fiascoes
- Author: Jarrow, Gail
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 12 2021
- ISBN10: 1684378141
- Language: English
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A Little Princess
$7.99 Add to cartFrances Hodgson Burnett’s classic Cinderella story of a young girl who maintains kindness above all as she goes from riches to rags and back again now has an eye-catching new cover.Sara Crewe is the p… [more below]
- Series: The Frances Hodgson Burnett Essential Collection
- Author: Burnett, Frances Hodgson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: August 30 2022
- ISBN10: 1665916877
- Language: English
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Pioneer Sisters: Reillustrated Edition
$6.99 Add to cartLaura Ingalls and her family are heading west! Join the original pioneer girl in this Little House chapter book, adapted from Laura Ingalls Wilder’s beloved classics. Illustrated with beautiful new bl
- Series: Little House Chapter Book #2
- Author: Wilder, Laura Ingalls
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: September 12 2023
- ISBN10: 0062377108
- Language: English
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The Coffin Quilt: The Feud Between the Hatfields and the McCoys
$9.99 Read moreFanny McCoy has lived in fear and anger ever since that day in 1878 when a dispute with the Hatfields over the ownership of a few pigs set her family on a path of hatred and revenge. From that day for… [more below]
- Series: Great Episodes
- Author: Rinaldi, Ann
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 01 2001
- ISBN10: 0152164502
- Language: English
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Lincoln: A Photobiography
$13.99 Add to cartIn this gripping account of the boyhood, marriage, and young professional life of Abraham Lincoln, award-winning writer Russell Freedman brings to life the presidential years, scholarly thoughts and r… [more below]
- Author: Freedman, Russell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 25 1989
- ISBN10: 0395518482
- Language: English
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Nory Ryan’s Song
$7.99 Add to cartNory Ryan’s family has lived on Maidin Bay on the west coast of Ireland for generations, raising a pig and a few chickens, planting potatoes, getting by. Every year Nory’s father goes away on a fishin… [more below]
- Series: Nory Ryan #1
- Author: Giff, Patricia Reilly
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: September 10 2002
- ISBN10: 0440418291
- Language: English
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Who Was Abigail Adams?
$6.99 Add to cartAbigail Adams was a strong woman far ahead of her time. She urged her husband, President John Adams, to “remember the ladies” and despite having no formal education herself, she later advocated for eq… [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Kelley, True
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: January 23 2014
- ISBN10: 0448478900
- Language: English
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Outrageous Women of Civil War Times
$14.95 Add to cartFascinating true stories of the most amazing women in American history
They were pioneers and trailblazers, spies and ex-slaves, reformers and first ladies. They became America’s first women nurses, … [more below]
- Series: Outrageous Women #7
- Author: Furbee, Mary Rodd
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 132
- Publish Date: April 30 2003
- ISBN10: 0471229261
- Language: English
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Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule
$7.99 Add to cartWinner of the 1999 Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction
Two recently freed, formerly enslaved brothers work to protect the new life th
A CBC Notable Children’s Book in the Field of Social Studies- Series: Jean Karl Books (Paperback)
- Author: Robinet, Harriette Gillem
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: February 01 2000
- ISBN10: 0689833172
- Language: English
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Facing Tragedy on the Titanic: A History Seeking Adventure
$9.99 Read moreYOU have found yourself aboard the ill-fated RMS Titanic. Where you find yourself when the ship strikes the deadly iceberg and the decisions you make afterward will mean the difference between life an… [more below]
- Series: You Choose: Seeking History
- Author: Lassieur, Allison
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: January 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1669058158
- Language: English
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I Begin with Spring: The Life and Seasons of Henry David Thoreau
$18.95 Add to cartI Begin with Spring weaves natural history around Thoreau’s life and times in a richly illustrated field notebook format that can be opened anywhere and invites browsing on every page. Beginning each
- Author: Dunlap, Julie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: March 15 2022
- ISBN10: 0884489086
- Language: English
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To Be a Slave
$8.99 Read moreA Newbery Honor Book
What was it like to be a slave? Listen to the words and learn about the lives of countless slaves and ex-slaves, telling about their forced journey from Africa to the United State- Series: Puffin Modern Classics
- Author: Lester, Julius
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: December 18 2000
- ISBN10: 0141310014
- Language: English
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Who Was Susan B. Anthony?
$6.99 Read moreSusan B. Anthony may be an international icon but her campaign for women’s rights had personal roots. Working as a school teacher in New York, Anthony refused to settle for less pay than her male coll… [more below]
- Series: Who Was…?
- Author: Pollack, Pam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: October 30 2014
- ISBN10: 044847963X
- Language: English
