Bunting, Eve.  Dreaming of America  : an Ellis Island story.  [Older] E Bunting
Annie Moore cares for her two younger brothers on board the ship sailing from Ireland to America where she becomes the first immigrant processed through Ellis Island, January 1, 1892, her fifteenth birthday.

Bunting, Eve.  Train to Somewhere.  [Older] E Bunting
In the late 1800s, Marianne travels westward on the Orphan Train in hopes of being placed with a caring family.

Donahue, Marilyn Cram. Straight Along A Crooked Road.  J FIC Donahue
As her family travels from Vermont to settle in California, in the early 1850's fourteen-year-old Luanna learns to accept life for what it is, no matter where.

Fleming, Thomas J.  Band of Brothers : West Point in the Civil War.  J FIC Fleming
Follows the exploits of cadets and officers at West Point where such graduates as Ulysses S. Grant, George Armstrong Custer, Robert E. Lee, and Stonewall Jackson fought on both sides of the battle lines during the Civil War.

Harlow, Joan Hiatt.  Joshua's Song.  J FIC Harlow
Needing to earn money after his father's death during the influenza epidemic of 1918, thirteen-year-old Joshua works as a newspaper boy in Boston, one day finding himself in the vicinity of an explosion that sends tons of molasses coursing through the streets.

Howard, Elizabeth Fitzgerald. Virgie Goes to School With Us Boys.  [Older] E Howard
In the post-Civil War South, a young African American girl is determined to prove that she can go to school just like her older brothers.

Hurwitz, Johanna.  Faraway Summer.  J FIC Hurwitz // J PB H
In the summer of 1910, Dossi, a poor Russian immigrant from the tenements of New York, spends two weeks with the Meade family on their Vermont farm, and all their lives are enriched by the experience.

McCully, Emily Arnold.  The Bobbin Girl.  J FIC McCully
A ten-year-old bobbin girl working in a textile mill in Lowell, Massachusetts, in the 1830s, must make a difficult decision--will she participate in the first workers' strike in Lowell?

Minahan, John A.  Abigail's Drum.  J FIC Minahan
During the War of 1812, when British soldiers threaten the town of Scituate, Massachusetts, young Rebecca Bates and her sister Abigail, daughters of the local lighthouse keeper, find a way to save both him and the town.

Polacco, Patricia.  Pink and Say.  J Fic Polacco
Say Curtis describes his meeting with Pinkus Aylee, a black soldier, during the Civil War, and their capture by Southern troops. Based on a true story about the author's great-great-grandfather.

Schulz, Walter A.   Will and Orv.  J Fic Schulz
On a windy day in Kitty Hawk, N.C. in 1903, the Wright Brothers attempt to make history as they prepare the "Flyer" for the world's first engine-powered flight.

Van Leeuwen, Jean.  A Fourth of July on the Plains.  E Van Leeuwen
Young Jesse and his family are with a wagon train traveling from Indiana to Oregon when they stop to celebrate the Fourth of July, but Jesse is too young to go hunting with the men so he comes up with his own contribution to the festivities.
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