Bartone, Elisa. Peppe the Lamplighter. (Ej Ba)
Peppe's father is upset when Peppe takes a job lighting the gas street
lamps in his New York City neighborhood.
Cooney, Barbara. Island Boy. (Ej Co)
Matthais grows from a little boy to a grandfather on a small island off
the coast of New England.
Haddon, Mark. The Sea of Tranquillity. (Ej Ha)
A man remembers a special time in his childhood: when astronauts first
walked on the moon.
Hall, Donald. Ox-Cart Man. (Ej Ha)
Describes the day-to-day life throughout the changing seasons of an early
19th-century New England family.
Levitin, Sonia. Nine for California. (Ej Le)
Amanda travels by stagecoach with her four siblings and her mother from
Missouri to California to join her father.
Sanders, Scott Russell. The Floating House. (Ej Sa)
In 1815, the McClures sail their flatboat from Pittsburgh down the Ohio
River and settle in what would later become Indiana.
Stevenson, James. Don't You Know There's a War On? (Ej St)
The author recalls his efforts to win the Second World War, including
planting a victory garden, collecting tin foil, and looking for spies.
Turner, Ann. Katie's Trunk. (Ej Tu)
Katie hides under the clothes in her mother's wedding trunk when rebel
soldiers invade her home in this American Revolution story.
Winter, Jeanette. Klara's New World. (Ej Wi)
A Swedish family faces many hardships when they immigrate to America in
search of a better life.
Brenner, Barbara. Wagon Wheels. (J-ER Br)
A young African-American boy describes the wilderness adventures of his
pioneering family in Kansas in the 1870s.
Bulla, Clyde R. Daniel's Duck. (J-ER Bu)
A novice wood carver is momentarily defeated when people laugh at the
result of a winter of work.
Byars, Betsy. The Golly Sisters Go West. (J-ER By)
The singing, dancing Golly sisters, have hilarious adventures as they
travel west by wagon, entertaining people along the way.
Coerr, Eleanor. Buffalo Bill and the Pony Express. (J-ER Co)
Bill finds adventure when he becomes a rider for the Pony Express.
Levinson, Nancy Smiler. Clara and the Bookwagon. (J-ER Le)
Clara's world changes when a horse-drawn book wagon visits with the
country's first traveling library.
Levinson, Nancy S. Snowshoe Thompson. (J-ER Le)
One winter John Thompson skis across the Sierra Nevada Mountains and creates
a path upon which mail and people may travel, thus earning his nickname "Snowshoe
Thompson."
Monjo, F. N. The Drinking Gourd. (J-ER Mo)
Sent home alone for misbehaving in church, Tommy discovers that his house
is a station on the underground railroad.
Roop, Peter. Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie. (J-ER Ro)
In the winter of 1856, a storm delays the lighthouse keeper's return to an
island off the coast of Maine, and his daughter Abbie must keep the lights
burning by herself.
Sandin, Joan. Pioneer Bear : a True Story. (J-ER Sa)
Andrew is excited when a photographer comes to take a picture of their
dancing bear, but then Bearly can't be found.
Dalgliesh, Alice. The Courage of Sarah Noble.
A young girl finds courage to go alone with her father to build a new home
in the wilderness.
Hooks, William H. Pioneer Cat.
When a young pioneer girl smuggles a cat aboard the wagon train taking her
family from Missouri to Oregon, it turns out to be the best thing she
could have done.
Littlefield, Holly. Fire at the Triangle Factory.
Two fourteen-year-old girls, sewing machine operators at the Triangle
Shirtwaist Company, are caught in the famous fire of 1911.
Lottridge, Celia Barker. The Wind Wagon.
Sam Peppard, a blacksmith in 1860s Kansas, builds a prairie schooner that
sails for Denver, Colorado, powered by wind.
Scieszka, Jon. Tut, Tut.
The Time Warp trio takes off for some Ancient Egyptian action.
Skurzynski, Gloria. The Minstrel in the Tower.
In 1195, Roger and Alice travel through the French countryside in search
of their ailing mother's brother, a wealthy baron.
Wetterer, Margaret K. The Snow Walker.
During the blizzard of 1888, most of the city shuts down. Here is the true
story of twelve-year-old Milton Daub, who works with his father to deliver
food and medicine to needy people in his Bronx neighborhood.
Whelan, Gloria. Hannah.
Hannah, a blind girl living in Michigan in the late 19th century, doesn't
go to school, until a new teacher comes to board at their house.
Avi. Who Was That Masked Man, Anyway? (J Av)
In the early 1940's, when nearly everyone else is thinking about World War
II, Frankie is preoccupied with his favorite radio programs.
Curtis, Christopher Paul. The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963. (J
Cu)
This funny and touching Newbery Honor book takes readers on a family trip
with the Watson family from Michigan to Alabama during the tempestuous
Civil Rights uprisings of the 1960s.
Cushman, Karen. The Ballad of Lucy Whipple. (J Cu)
In 1849, Lucy is upset when her mother moves the family from Massachusetts
to a rough California mining town.
DeFelice, Cynthia. The Apprenticeship of Lucas Whitaker. (J
De)
After his family dies of consumption in 1849, twelve-year-old Lucas
becomes a doctor's apprentice.
Dorris, Michael. Sees Behind Trees. (J Do)
A Native American boy with a special gift to "see" beyond his poor
eyesight journeys with an old warrior to a land of mystery and beauty.
Kerr, Judith. When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit. (J Ke)
Anna was too busy with school and friends in 1933 to take much notice of
Hitler's rise to power in her native Germany. But when her family flees
Berlin in secrecy, Anna is forced to learn the skills needed to be a
refugee.
Malterre, Elona. The Last Wolf of Ireland. (J Ma)
Despite the scary stories they've heard about wolves, a boy and girl,
living in Ireland in the 1780's, attempt to save the last wolf left in the
country.
Namioka, Lensey. The Coming of the Bear. (J Na)
Shipwrecked on an island off the coast of Japan, samurais Zenta and
Matsuzo find themselves captives of primitive people.
Service, Pamela F. The Reluctant God. (J Se)
While his brother prepares to mount the throne of Egypt, prince Ameni is
sealed in a secret tomb, to be revived 4,000 years later by the daughter
of an archeologist.
Stolz, Mary. Bartholomew Fair. (J St)
On an August day in 1598, six people from different walks of life attend
London's Bartholomew Fair and come away with unforgettable experiences.
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