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A River Between Us
by Peck, Richard
Peck masterfully describes the female Civil War experience, the subtle and not-too-subtle ways the country was changing, and the split in loyalty that separated towns and even families.
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Topics
Women's History,
18th-Century History,
19th-Century History - Age Groups Late Elementary: 4-6, Middle School
- Book Type Fiction
- Award Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award
- Publisher Dial, 2003, New York, NY
A Weed is a Flower: The Life of George Washington Carver
by Aliki
Brief text and pictures present the life of the man, born a slave, who became a scientist and devoted his entire life to helping the South improve its agriculture.
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Topics
African American History,
19th-Century History,
20th-Century History - Age Group Late Elementary: 4-6
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Aladdin Paperbacks, 1965, New York, NY
Abbie Against the Storm
by Marcia Vaughan
A fictionalized account of an incident in the life of a seventeen-year-old girl who tends her family's lighthouse during a fierce storm on the coast of Maine in the winter of 1856.
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Topics
Women's History,
19th-Century History - Age Group Late Elementary: 4-6
- Book Type Fiction
- Award
- Publisher Beyond Words Publishing, Inc., 1999, Hillsboro, OR
Abraham Lincoln—The Writer: A Treasury of his Greatest Speeches and Letters
by Harold Holzer
A collection of writings beginning with rhymes in the margins of young Abe's arithmetic book and ending with official and unofficial words from the presidential years.
- Topic 19th-Century History
- Age Group Middle School
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Boyds Mills Press, 2000, Honesdale, PA
Along Came the Model T! How Henry Ford Put the World on Wheels
by Quackenbush, Robert
A biography of the inventor Henry Ford.
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Topics
19th-Century History,
20th-Century History - Age Groups Late Elementary: 4-6, Middle School
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Parent's Magazine Press, 1978, New York, NY
Award Key
- Caldecott Medal
- Most distinguished American picture book for children (annually).
- Newberry Medal
- Most distinguished contribution to American literature for children (annually).
- Coretta Scott King Award
- Distinguished books by authors and illustrators of African descent which promote an understanding and appreciation of the American dream (annually).
- Golden Kite Award
- Outstanding examples of text, illustration, fiction and nonfiction (four awards annually).
- Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award
- Outstanding work of historical fiction published by a U.S. publisher set in the New World.
