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c1997., 5.2; 5-8, Scholastic Call No: YS DEA Availability:2 of 2 At Your Library Series Title: Dear America Volume: 4Summary Note: In her diary, thirteen-year-old Hattie chronicles her family's arduous 1847 journey from Missouri to Oregon on the Oregon Trail.
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c2013., Ages 10-15, Dial Books for Young Readers Call No: Y CHO Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Al Capone at Alcatraz Volume: #3Summary Note: "Moose Flanagan, who lives on Alcatraz along with his family and the families of the other prison guards, faces new challenges when his father is promoted to Associate Warden"--
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c2009., Ages 10-15, Dial Books for Young Readers Call No: Y CHO Availability:1 of 1 At Your Libraryrelated website Series Title: Al Capone at Alcatraz Volume: #2Summary Note: Moose Flanagan, who lives on Alcatraz along with his family and the families of the other prison guards, is frightened when he discovers that noted gangster Al Capone, a prisoner there, wants a favor in return for the help that he secretly gave Moose.
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[2016], Young Adult, Dial Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC Call No: YA NEL Availability:1 of 1 At Your LibraryClick here to watch Summary Note: Sixteen-year-old Connor tries to help his severely depressed father, who learned upon his mother's death that Nonno was not his biological father, by doing research that reveals Dad's father was probably a Tuskegee Airman.
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c2000., Ages 3-6, Chelsea House Publishers Call No: G GRO Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Includes Additional InfoSeries Title: American adventureSummary Note: Living in Boston in 1773, thirteen-year-old Stephen Lankford and his older brother William become involved in the activities of the revolutionary group known as the Sons of Liberty.
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[2016], Ages 7-10, Random House Call No: G OSB Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Magic tree house Volume: #54Summary Note: "Jack and Annie travel back in time to 1925 Nome, Alaska, where they meet Balto, the famous sled dog, and help save the town from illness"--
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[2016]., Age 9-13, Oasis Audio Call No: J AUD DIX Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Hardy Boys adventures Volume: #6Summary Note: "Mr. Lakin made his way over to Don Sterling. "It's bad enough we have to suffer through your performances onstage. Now come on, we're going to be late for our own party. The whole world doesn't stop for you, you know." Mr. Lakin gave the Don's boot a kick. The Don didn't move. Joe and I exchanged a glance. Something was definitely not right. Joe knelt down and put his fingers on Don Sterling's neck like we'd been taught in our first aid course. "I don't think he's acting," Joe said after a moment. "It's hard to fake not having a pulse.""--Publisher's website.
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c2011., Ages 3-6; Ages 7-10, Scholastic Call No: G TAR Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: I survivedSummary Note: Eleven-year-old Danny Crane witnesses the bombing of Pearl Harbor and must find his way home in the midst of the terror, smoke, and chaos of the attack.
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2007., Young Adult, Knopf Call No: YA ZUS Edition: 1st Knopf trade pbk. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.
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c2006., 5-8, Clarion Books Call No: Y PAT Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Twelve-year-old Rosa and thirteen-year-old Jake form an unlikely friendship as they try to survive and understand the 1912 Bread and Roses strike of mill workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts.
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2011., 4.0; 5-8, Scholastic Call No: YS DEA Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Dear AmericaSummary Note: Twelve-year-old Abigail,along with her mother and siblings, faces many hardships after her father joins General Washington's Continental Army and they become camp followers.
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c2012., Ages 3-6, American Girl Call No: YS AME Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Caroline, a young girl growing up in 1812, tries to save a supply boat from a British warship.
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c2012., Ages 3-6, American Girl Call No: YS AME Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: When Caroline's father heads off to battle in the War of 1812, she and her mother must guard her father's shipyard from the enemy.
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c2012., Ages 3-6, American Girl Call No: YS AME Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Caroline and her mother make a dangerous trip across Lake Ontario to visit her father, a prisoner of war at a British fort, but when her mother is not allowed to see her father it is up to Caroline to pass on a secret message to him.
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c2012., 4.0; Ages 3-6, American Girl Call No: YS AME Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Caroline receives a letter asking her to come and help on Uncle Aaron's new farm, and, even though she hates to leave her family, she is determined to help out in any way she can, and when a thief starts sneaking around the farm Caroline keeps watch and makes an unexpected discovery.
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[2012], c2001., 5-8, Scholastic Call No: YS DEA Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Dear AmericaSummary Note: A fictional journal in which eleven-year-old Minnie Swift tells how her family dealt with the difficult times during the Depression and how the arrival of an orphan from Texas changed their lives in Indianapolis just before Christmas 1932.
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-- City tossed & broken2013., 4.7; 5-8, Scholastic Call No: YS DEA Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Dear AmericaSummary Note: It is 1906, and when her family is cheated out of their tavern, fourteen-year-old Minnie Bonner is forced to become a maid to the Sump family, who are moving to San Francisco--three weeks before the great earthquake.
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c2011., 5.6; Ages 3-6, Scholastic Call No: Y KOR Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Titanic Volume: bk. 2Summary Note: Four children--Paddy, Sophie, Juliana, and Alfie--are the only people on the Titanic who know that a killer is on the loose, and the threat becomes even bigger when the ship hits an iceberg.
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2014., 5-8, Scholastic Press Call No: Y LYN Edition: 1st ed., October 2014. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: World War II Volume: book twoSummary Note: After America is drawn into World War II, Hank McCallum finds himself on the USS Yorktown, an aircraft carrier in the Pacific, separated from his brother Theo, in constant danger from torpedoes, and just learning about the prejudice and segregation that plague his new friend from Tonga, Bradford.
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2013., 5-8, Scholastic Call No: YS DEA Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Dear AmericaSummary Note: It is 1871 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and fourteen-year-old Pringle Rose, still grieving from the death of her parents, takes her brother Gideon, who has Down syndrome, escapes from her uncle and aunt, taking a train to Chicago--but disaster seems to follow her there.