Historical Fiction 
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Average Rating:
3.8 stars
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Each succeeding spring brings a young Illinois boy closer to manhood as he faces the harsh realities of the American Civil War.
Young Jethro Creighton grows from a boy to a man when he is left to take care of the family farm in Illinois during the difficult years of the Civil War.
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Anne of Green Gables volume 2.
Average Rating:
4.7 stars
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In this sequel to Anne of Green Gables, teenage Anne Shirley becomes a schoolteacher in a small village on Prince Edward Island.
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Anne of Green Gables volume 6.
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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Anne is the mother of five, with never a dull moment in her lively home. She now has a new baby on the way and ready to make her cherished husband fall in love with her all over again.
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Anne of Green Gables volume 4.
Average Rating:
4.2 stars
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Anne Shirley settles into the cozy tower room at Windy Poplars and begins a new chapter of her life away from Green Gables as the principal of Summerside High School. Written as a series of letters to her fiance Gilbert Blythe.
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4.1 stars
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A young boy seeks revenge against the Romans for killing his parents, but is turned away from vengeance by Jesus.
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Little house (Laura Ingalls Wilder) volume 5.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Ma and the girls follow Pa west by train where they make their home at a rough railroad camp and plan for their own homestead.
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3.5 stars
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Relates how Mafatu, a young Polynesian boy whose name means Stout Heart, overcomes his terrible fear of the sea and proves his courage to himself and his people.
8. The cay
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Average Rating:
4 stars
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When the freighter on which they are traveling is torpedoed by a German submarine during World War II, a twelve-year-old white boy, blinded by a blow on the head, and an old Negro are stranded on a small desert island in the Caribbean where the boy acquires a new kind of vision, courage, and love from his old companion.
9. Farmer boy
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Little house (Laura Ingalls Wilder) volume 3.
Average Rating:
4.9 stars
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Describes the daily activities of nine-year-old Almanzo Wilder, who would grow up to become the husband of Laura Ingalls Wilder, as he lives with his family on a New York farm at the end of the nineteenth century.
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Little house (Laura Ingalls Wilder) volume 9.
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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During their first four years of marriage, Laura and Almanzo Wilder have a child and fight a losing battle in their attempts to succeed at farming on the South Dakota prairie.
11. Ginger Pye
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3.3 stars
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The disappearance of a new puppy named Ginger and the appearance of a mysterious man in a mustard yellow hat bring excitement into the lives of the Pye children.
12. Johnny Tremain
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Average Rating:
4.4 stars
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12 and up
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After injuring his hand, a silversmith's apprentice in Boston becomes a messenger for the Sons of Liberty in the days before the American Revolution.
13. Kidnapped
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After being kidnapped by his villainous uncle, sixteen-year-old David Balfour escapes and becomes involved in the struggle of the Scottish highlanders against English rule.
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Little house (Laura Ingalls Wilder) volume 2.
Average Rating:
4.6 stars
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A family travels from the big woods of Wisconsin to a new home on the prairie, where they build a house, meet neighboring Indians, build a well, and fight a prairie fire.
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Little house (Laura Ingalls Wilder) volume 7.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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At fifteen, Laura earns her teacher's certificate, gets a job, and starts going to parties.
16. The long winter
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Little house (Laura Ingalls Wilder) volume 6.
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
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After an October blizzard, Laura's family moves from the claim shanty into town for the winter, a winter that an Indian has predicted will be seven months of bad weather.
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Moffats volume 2.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Janey, the middle Moffat, has an imagination that leads her into many difficulties.
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Little house (Laura Ingalls Wilder) volume 4.
Average Rating:
4.4 stars
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Laura and her family move to Minnesota where they live in a dugout until a new house is built and face misfortunes caused by flood, blizzard, and grasshoppers.
19. Rufus M
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Moffats volume 3.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Newbery Honor Book: “Delightful reading. An hour spent with the Moffats is fun for all ages.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
You’ve never met anyone quite like Rufus Moffat. He gets things done—but he gets them done his way.
When he wants to check out library books, Rufus teaches himself to write...even though he doesn't yet know how to read. When food is...
You’ve never met anyone quite like Rufus Moffat. He gets things done—but he gets them done his way.
When he wants to check out library books, Rufus teaches himself to write...even though he doesn't yet know how to read. When food is...
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Series:
Little house (Laura Ingalls Wilder) volume 8.
Average Rating:
4.8 stars
Description:
Fifteen-year-old Laura learns that living away from home and teaching school can be a bit frightening when most of the students are taller than she is, but every week Almonzo Wilder arrives to take her to her family for the weekend.