Pre and Post Civil War Historical Fiction Book List

Teachers College Reading and Writing Project
Historical Fiction Book List
Pre and Post Civil War
Level
L*
M
M
M*
M
N
N
N
N
O
O*
O*
O
O
P
P*
P
P
P
Q
Q
R
RC
R
R*
R
R
R
R
R
S*
Title
Blue and the Gray, The
A. Lincoln and Me
Civil War on Sunday
Follow the Drinking Gourd
Secret to Freedom, The
Civil War Days
More Than Anything Else
Patchwork Path
Who Came Down That Road?
Charlie Waters Goes to Gettysburg
Freedom School, Yes!
Nettie's Trip South
Promise Quilt, The
Saving the Liberty Bell
After the Rain, Virginia's Civil War
Diary: Book Two, Washington D.C.
1864
Lucky Stone, The
Minty: A Story of Young Harriet
Tubman
My Brother’s Keeper: Virginia’s Civil
War Diary
Time To Dance, A: Virginia's Civil
War Diary: Book Three
Changes for Addy
Meet Addy: American Girls Series
Aunt Harriet’s Underground Railroad
in the Sky
addie Woodlawn
Diary of a Drummer Boy
Freedom Crossing
From Slave Ship to Freedom Road
Gentle Annie: The True Story of a
Civil War Nurse
Haunting at Stratton Falls, The
Haunting of Swain's Fancy, The
Spirit and Gilly Bucket, The
Ajeemah and his Son
Author
Eve Bunting
Louise Borden
Mary Pope Osborne
Jeanette Winter
Marcia Vaughn
Ellen Weiss
Marie Bradby
Bettye Stroud
George Ella Lyon
Susan Sinnott
Amy Littlesugar
Ann Turner
Candice Ransom
Marty Figley
Mary Pope Osborne
Book Type
Picture Book
Picture Book
Chapter Book
Picture Book
Picture Book
Chapter Book
Picture Book
Picture Book
Picture Book
Chapter book
Picture Book
Picture Book
Picture Book
Picture Book
Diary
Chapter Book
Lucille Clifton
Alan Schroeder
Chapter Book
Picture Book
Mary Pope Osborne
Mary Pope Osborne and
Will Osborne
Connie Porter
Connie Porter
Faith Ringgold
Diary Chapter
Book
Diary Chapter
Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Picture Book
Carol Ryrie Brink
Marlene Targ Brill
M. Goff Clark
Maurine F. Dahlberg
Mary Francis Shura
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Picture Book
Chapter Book
Brenda Seabrooke
Brenda Seabrooke
Maurine F. Dahlberg
James Berry
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
*Indicates texts that are highly recommended by the teachers who created this list
The levels of these books were proposed by teachers, literacy coaches and staff developers, and a few of those levels
may, in fact, be wrong. Send us your observations and we’ll refine the levels.
January, 2009
TCRWP--DRAFT
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Historical Fiction Book List
Level
S
S
S*
S
S*
S*
S*
T
T Am
T
T
T*
T
T
T Ghos
T
T*
T
T*
T
T
T
T
T
TW
T*
T*
U*
U*
V
V
V
V
V
Title
Bright Freedom's Song
Gleam and Glow
Gold Cadillac, The
Heart Calls Home, The
I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly
Pink and Say
Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt
Abner and Me
elia's War
Ballad of the Civil War, A
Civil War Ghosts
Dear Austin
Fort Sumter
Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule
t Cadet
Ghost Soldier
Light in the Storm, A: The Civil
War Diary of Amelia Martin,
Fenwick Island, Delaware, 1861
Out From This Place
Picture of Freedom, A: The Diary of
Clotee, a Slave Girl, Belmont Plantation,
Virginia, 1859
Reconstruction
San Domingo: The Medicine Hat
Stallion
Steal Away…To Freedom
Trouble Don’t Last
Turn Homeward, Hannalee
ell, The
When Will This Cruel War be Over?
Which Way Freedom?
How I Found the Strong: A Civil
War Story
Stealing Freedom
Black Storm Comin’
Captured!: A Boy Trapped in the Civil War
House of Dies Drear, The
Island Far From Home, An
Jip
Author
Gloria Houston
Eve Bunting
Mildred Taylor
Joyce Hansen
Joyce Hansen
Patricia Polacco
Deborah Hopkinson
Dan Gutman
Ann Rinaldi
Mary Stolz
Daniel Cohen
Elvira Woodruff
Brendan January
Harriette Gillem Robinet
Elaine Marie Alphin
Elaine Marie Alphin
Karen Hesse
Book Type
Chapter Book
Picture Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Diary
Picture Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Picture Book
Diary/letters
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Diary
Joyce Hansen
Patricia McKissack
Chapter Book
Diary
B. January
Marguerite Henry
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Jennifer Armstrong
Shelley Pearsall
Patricia Beatty
Mildred D. Taylor
Barry Denenberg
Joyce Hansen
Margaret McMullan
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Elisa Carbone
Diane Lee Wilson
Mary Blair Immel
Virginia Hamilton
John Donahue
Katherine Patterson
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Diary
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
*Indicates texts that are highly recommended by the teachers who created this list
The levels of these books were proposed by teachers, literacy coaches and staff developers, and a few of those levels
may, in fact, be wrong. Send us your observations and we’ll refine the levels.
January, 2009
TCRWP--DRAFT
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Historical Fiction Book List
Level
V
V
V*
W
W
W*
W*
Title
Joseph: 1861 - A Rumble Of War
Silent Witness, The: A True Story of
the Civil War
Soldier's Heart
Fields of Fury: The American Civil War
Guerrilla Season
Moon Over Tennessee: A Boy's
Civil War Journal
Nightjohn (Please Note: Excerpt from this book is
used in TCRWP Set 1. Level W assessment.)
Author
Bonnie Pryor
Robin Friedman
Book Type
Chapter Book
Picture Book
Gary Paulsen
James M. McPherson
Pat Hughes
Craig Crist-Evans
Chapter Book
Picture Book
Chapter Book
Journal
Gary Paulsen
Chapter Book
W
People Could Fly, The
Virginia Hamilton
Anthology
W
Red Cap
G. Clifton Wisler
Chapter Book
W*
Sarny: A Life Remembered
Gary Paulsen
Chapter Book
W
Shades of Gray
Carolyn Reeder
Chapter Book
W
Stick and Whittle
Sid Hite
Chapter Book
WT
rue North
Kathryn Lasky
Chapter Book
X
All Their Names Were Courage
Sharon Phillips Denslow
Chapter Book
X
Evvy's Civil War
Miriam Brenaman
Chapter Book
X Glor
y Field, The
Walter Dean Myers
Chapter Book
X
Hear the Wind Blow
Mary Downing Hahn
Chapter Book
X*
Letters from a Slave Boy
Mary E. Lyons
Chapter Book
X*
Letters from a Slave Girl
Mary E. Lyons
Chapter Book
War Within, The: A Novel of the Civil War
X
Carol Matas
Chapter Book
Y
Borning Room, The
Paul Fleischman
Chapter Book
Y*
Bull Run
Paul Fleischman
Chapter Book
Y
In My Father's House
Ann Rinaldi
Chapter Book
Y
Numbering the Bones
Ann Rinaldi
Chapter Book
Y
River Between Us, The
Richard Peck
Chapter Book
Y*
With Every Drop of Blood
J. L. Collier and C. Collier Chapter Book
Z*
Across Five Aprils
Irene Hunt
Chapter Book
Z
Civil War Battles and Leaders (DK)
Aaron R. Murray
Chapter Book
Z*
Land, The
Mildred D. Taylor
Chapter Book
Z*
Little Women
Louisa May Alcott
Chapter Book
Recommended Titles without Levels
Henry’s Freedom Box
Ellen Levine
Picture Book
Many Thousands Gone
Virginia Hamilton
Anthology
New Day Dawning
Joyce Hansen
Short Stories
Red Moon at Sharpsburg
Rosemary Wells
Chapter Book
Samuel’s Horses
Alison Hart
Chapter Book
Silent Thunder
Andrea Davis Pinkney
Chapter Book
*Indicates texts that are highly recommended by the teachers who created this list
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may, in fact, be wrong. Send us your observations and we’ll refine the levels.
January, 2009
TCRWP--DRAFT
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Historical Fiction Book List
Sound the Jubilee
Stealing South: A Story of the
Underground Railroad
Under the Quilt of Night
Water Street
Sandra Forrester
Katherine Ayres
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Deborah Hopkinson and James
E. Ransome
Patricia Reilly Giff
Poetry
Chapter Book
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January, 2009
TCRWP--DRAFT
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Historical Fiction Book List
Westward Expansion and Prairie Life
Level
J
J
J*
J
K*
L
L
L
M
M*
M*
M*
M*
M
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
O
O
O*
O
O
O
O
P
P*
P*
P*
P
Q
Title
Little Prairie House, A
Going West
Raven
Winter Days in the Big Woods
Going North
Clouds of Terror
Schoolchildren’s Blizzard, The
Watch the Stars Come Out
Apples to Oregon
Death of the Iron Horse
Pioneer Sisters
Pioneer Summer
Prairie School
School Days
Boom Town
California or Bust!
Dandelions
Gold Fever!
If You’re Not From The Prairie...
Next Spring an Oriole
Nine For California
Pioneer Cat
Shadow of The Wolf, The
Courage of Sarah Noble, The
Going West
Her Seven Brothers
Perfect Place, A
Secret Valley
Westward to Home, Joshua’s Oregon Trail
White Stallion, The
As Far as I Can See: Meg's Prairie
Diary, Book 1
Ghost Dance, The
Indian School, The
Riding Freedom
Roughing it on the Oregon Trail
Black-Eyed Susan
Author
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Gerald McDermott
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Janice Harrington
Catherine Welch
Marty Figley
Riki Levinson
Deborah Hopkinson
Paul Goble
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Deborah Hopkinson
Avi
Melissa Peterson
Sonia Levitin
Judith Bauer Stamper
Eve Bunting
Step into Reading
David Bouchard
Gloria Whelan
Sonia Levitin
William Hooks
Gloria Whelan
Alice Dalgliesh
Van Leeuwen
Paul Goble
Patricia Hermes
Clyde Robert Bulla
Patricia Hermes
Elizabeth Shub
Kate McMullen
Alice McLerran
Gloria Whelan
Pam Munoz Ryan
Stanley
Jennifer Armstrong
Book Type
Picture Book
Picture Book
Picture Book
Picture Book
Picture Book
Picture Book
Picture Book
Picture Book
Picture Book
Picture Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Picture Book
Picture Book
Picture Book
Picture Book
Picture Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Diary Chapter
Book
Picture Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Picture Book
Chapter Book
*Indicates texts that are highly recommended by the teachers who created this list
The levels of these books were proposed by teachers, literacy coaches and staff developers, and a few of those levels
may, in fact, be wrong. Send us your observations and we’ll refine the levels.
January, 2009
TCRWP--DRAFT
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Historical Fiction Book List
Level
Q
Q*
Q
Q
Q
Q
R*
R
R*
R
R
R
R*
R*
R*
S*
S
S*
T
T
T*
T*
T
T
T*
T
T*
U
U*
U*
W*
W*
Y
Z
Title
Kirsten Learns a Lesson
Little House on the Prairie
Little Town at the Crossroads
Meet Kirsten
Prairie Songs
Train to Somewhere
Cabin Faced West, The
Caddie Woodlawn
Caleb’s Story
Caddie Woodlawn
More Perfect Than the Moon
Mr. Mysterious and Company
Our Only May Amelia
Sarah Plain and Tall
Skylark
Bad River Boys
Buffalo Nickel, The
Children of the Lighthouse
Across the Wide and Lonesome
Prairie
Ballad of Lucy Whipple, The
Birchbark House, The (Series)
Dear Levi
Jimmy Spoon and the Pony Express
Mr. Daniel
Mr. Tucket
Prairie River Series
Sign of the Beaver
Apprenticeship of Luca Whitaker, The
Jericho’s Journey
Thunder Rolling on the Mountain
Moccasin Trail
Sweetgrass Basket
Geronimo: A Novel
Pioneer Girl: Growing up on the Prairie
Janet Shaw
Wilder
Author
Maria D. Wilkes & C. Wilkins
Janet Shaw
Pam Conrad
Eve Bunting
Jean Fritz
Carol Ryrie Brink
MacLachlan
Carol Ryrie Brink
MacLachlan
Sid Fleischman
Jennifer Holm
MacLachlan
MacLachlan
V. Driving Hawk Sneve
Taylor Morrison
Joseph Bruchac
Kristiana Gregory
Karen Cushman
Louise Erdrich
Elvira Woodruff
Kristiana Gregory
Pam Conrad
Gary Paulsen
Kristiana Gregory
Speare
Cynthia C. DeFelice
Wisler
Scott O’Dell
Eloise McGraw
Marlene Carvell
Joseph Bruchac
Andrea Warren
Book Type
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Picture Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Picture Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Diary/Letters
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Recommended Titles without Levels and
Some Nonfiction Titles to Build Background Knowledge
*Indicates texts that are highly recommended by the teachers who created this list
The levels of these books were proposed by teachers, literacy coaches and staff developers, and a few of those levels
may, in fact, be wrong. Send us your observations and we’ll refine the levels.
January, 2009
TCRWP--DRAFT
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Historical Fiction Book List
Beyond the Ridge
Brave Eagle’s Account of the
Fetterman Fight
Cheyenne Again
Cowboys: The Old Trail Days
Crossing Bok Chitto
Facing West: A Story of the Oregon Trail
Grasshopper Summer
Growing Up on the Frontier
Jake’s Orphan
Legend of the Lady’s Slipper, The
Lewis 1806
Lewis and Clark
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Mississippi River
Night of the Full Moon
On the Trail With Lewis and Clark
Orphan Train
Pioneers
Rachel’s Journey
Remember My Name
Soft Rain
Paul Goble
Paul Goble
Picture Book
Picture Book
Eve Bunting
Jackdaws
Tim Tingle
Kudlinski Nonfic
Ann Turner
Appleseeds
M. Brooke
Kathy-Jo Wargin
Jackdaws
Kids Discover Magazine
Jackdaws
Kids Discover Magazine
Gloria Whelan
Appleseeds
Verla Kay
Kids Discover Magazine
M. Moss
Sara Banks
Cornelia Cornelisson
Picture Book
Primary Documents - NF
Picture Book
tion
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Picture Book
Primary Documents - NF
Primary Documents - NF
Chapter Book
Picture Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
*Indicates texts that are highly recommended by the teachers who created this list
The levels of these books were proposed by teachers, literacy coaches and staff developers, and a few of those levels
may, in fact, be wrong. Send us your observations and we’ll refine the levels.
January, 2009
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Historical Fiction Book List
World War II
Level
L*
L*
M
M*
M
N
O*
O*
O
O*
O
O*
P*
P*
Q
R*
R*
R
R*
S
S
S
S*
S
S*
S*
S*
T
T
T
T
T
T*
Title
Coming On Home Soon
Yellow Star, The: The Legend of King
Christian X of Denmark
Boxes for Katje
Players in Pig Tails
One Candle
Lily Cupboard, The
Baseball Saved Us
Faithful Elephants
Mieko and the Fifth Treasure
New Coat For Anna, A
Night Crossing, The
Victory Garden, The
Cats in Krasinski Square, The
Greatest Skating Race, The
Meet Molly: American Girls Series
Bracelet, The
Sadako and the Thousand Paper
Cranes
Shadows on the Sea
Snow Treasure
Don’t You Know There is a War On?
Early Sunday Morning: The Pearl Harbor
Diary of Amber Billow, Hawaii, 1941
Hilde And Eli, Children Of The
Holocaust
Hiroshima
Little Ships, The
Quilt, The
Lily’s Crossing
Yours, Anne
Bombed House, The
Art of Keeping Cool, The
Boy No More, A
Escape from Warsaw
Four Perfect Pebbles: A Holocaust Story
Journey of Scott Pendleton Collins,
Author
Jacqueline Woodson
Carmen Agra Deedy
Book Type
Chapter Book
Picture Book
Candace Fleming
Shana Corey
Eve Bunting
Shulamith Oppenheim
Ken Mochizuki
Yukio Tsuchiya
Eleanor Coerr
Harriet Ziefert
Karen Ackerman
Lee Kochenderfer
Karen Hesse
Louise Borden
Valerie Tripp
Yoshiko Uchida
Eleanor Coerr
Picture Book
Chapter Book
Picture Book
Picture Book
Picture Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Picture Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Picture Book
Picture Book
Chapter Book
Picture Book
Chapter Book
Joan Hiatt Harlow
Marie McSwigan
Avi
Barry Deneberg
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Diary
David Adler
Chapter Book
L. Yep
Louise Borden
Gary Paulsen
Patricia Giff
Scholastic
Jonny Zucker
Janet Taylor Lisle
Harry Mazer
Ian Serraillier
Lila Perl
Walter Dean Myers
Chapter Book
Picture Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
*Indicates texts that are highly recommended by the teachers who created this list
The levels of these books were proposed by teachers, literacy coaches and staff developers, and a few of those levels
may, in fact, be wrong. Send us your observations and we’ll refine the levels.
January, 2009
TCRWP--DRAFT
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Historical Fiction Book List
Level
Title
Author
Book Type
The
U
Innocent Soldier, An
Josef Holub
Chapter Book
U*
Number the Stars
Lois Lowry
Chapter Book
U
Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara
Ken Mochizuki
Picture Book
Story
V*
Autumn Street
Lois Lowry
Chapter Book
V
By the Great Horn Spoon
Sid Fleischman
Chapter Book
V
Behind the Bedroom Wall
Laura E. Williams
Chapter Book
V
Heroes Don't Run: A Novel of the
Harry Mazer
Chapter Book
Pacific War
V
I Have Lived a Thousand Years
Livia Bitton-Jackson
Chapter Book
V*
Kensuke's Kingdom
Michael Morpugo
Chapter Book
V
Pocket Full of Seeds, A
Marilyn Sachs
Chapter Book
V
When My Name Was Keoko
Linda Sue Park
Chapter Book
W
Daniel’s Story
Carol Matas
Chapter Book
W
I am Fifteen – And I Don’t Want To Die Christine Arnothy
Chapter Book
W
Moon Bridge, The
Marcia Savin
Chapter Book
W
Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi
Andrea Warren
Chapter Book
Death Camps
W
Torn Thread
Anne Isaacs
Chapter Book
X*
Dawn of Fear
Susan Cooper
Chapter Book
X*
Devil's Arithmetic, The
Jane Yolen
Chapter Book
X
Memories of Anne Frank
Alison Leslie Gold
Chapter Book
X
Stones in War
Donna Jo Napoli
Chapter Book
Y*
Aleutian Sparrow
Karen Hesse
Chapter Book
Y*
Diary of Anne Frank, The
Anne Frank
Diary
Y
Hana's Suitcase: A True Story
Karen Levine
Chapter Book
Y
Jacob’s Rescue: A Holocaust Story
Malka Drucker
Chapter Book
Y*
Milkweed
Jerry Spinelli
Chapter Book
Y
Parallel Journeys
Eleanor H. Ayer
Chapter Book
Y
Place to Hide, A
Jayne Pettit
Short Stories
Y
Yellow Star
Jennifer Rozines Roy
Chapter Book
Z*
Bat 6
Virginia Euwer Wolff
Chapter Book
Z
Cage, The
Ruth Minsky Sender
Chapter Book
Z Fr
iedrich
Hans Peter Richter
Chapter Book
Z*
Night
Elie Wiesel
Chapter Book
Z*
Summer of My German Soldier
Bette Greene
Chapter Book
Recommended Titles without Levels
All But My Life
Gerda Weissmann Klein
Chapter Book
*Indicates texts that are highly recommended by the teachers who created this list
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may, in fact, be wrong. Send us your observations and we’ll refine the levels.
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Butterfly, The
Rose Blanche
Sadako
Upstairs Room, The
Willy and Max
Patricia Polacco
Roberto Innocenti
Eleanor Coerr
Johanna Reiss
Amy Littlesugar
Picture Book
Picture Book
Picture Book
Chapter Book
Picture Book
Pre-Columbian through the American Revolutionary
War (Including Colonial Period)
Level
L
M
M*
N
N
N
N
N
N
O
O*
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Q
Q
Q
Q*
R
R*
R*
R*
S
Title
Boston Coffee Party, The
Nathan Hale: Patriot Spy
Author
Doreen Rappaport
S. Zemlicka & S. Knudsen
Mary Pope Osborne
Sally Walker
Jane Yolen
Nathaniel Benchley
Kate Waters
Marsha Amstel
Kate Waters
Peter Roop
Augusta Stevenson
Howard Fast
Jean Van Leeuwen
Jean Van Leeuwen
Lane Smith
Clyde Bulla
Walter Edmonds
Katherine Kirkpatrick
Louise Borden
Book Type
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Picture Book
Picture Book
Picture Book
Picture Book
Picture Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Picture Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Picture Book
Valerie Tripp
Felicity Saves the Day
Valerie Tripp
Meet Felicity: American Girls Series
Valerie Tripp
Megan’s Masquerade
Sheri Cooper Sinykin
Can’t You Make Them Behave, King George?
Jean Fritz
Crispus Attucks: Black Leader of Dharathula H. Millender
Colonial Patriots
Phoebe the Spy
Judith Barry Griffin
Secret Soldier, The: The Story of Ann McGovern
Deborah Sampson
Calico Captive
Elizabeth George Speare
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Revolutionary War on Wednesday
18 Penny Goose, The
Encounter
Sam the Minuteman
Samuel Eaton’s Day
Sybil Ludington's Midnight Ride
Tapenum’s Day
Buttons for General Washington
Molly Pitcher: Young Patriot
Bookman, The
Hannah of Fairfield
Hannah’s Helping Hands
John, Paul, George and Ben
Lion to Guard Us, A
Matchlock Gun, The
Redcoats and Petticoats
Sleds on Boston Common: A Story
from the American Revolution
Changes For Felicity: A Winter Story
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
*Indicates texts that are highly recommended by the teachers who created this list
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may, in fact, be wrong. Send us your observations and we’ll refine the levels.
January, 2009
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Level
Title
Author
Book Type
S*
Morning Girl
Michael Dorris
Chapter Book
S
N.C. Wyeth's Pilgrims
Robert San Souci
Picture Book
S*
Samuel’s Choice
Richard Berleth
Chapter Book
S
Victory or Death
Doreen Rappaport
Short Stories
When Washington Crossed the Delaware
S
Lynne Cheney
Chapter Book
S
Winter of Red Snow, The
Kristiana Gregory
Diary
T
George Washington’s Socks
Elvira Woodruff
Chapter Book
T*
Guests
Michael Dorris
Chapter Book
T
Indian Captive
Lois Lenski
Chapter Book
T*
Rifle, The
Gary Paulsen
Chapter Book
T
Second Daughter
Milder Pitts Walter
Chapter Book
T
Toliver's Secret
Ester Wood Brady
Chapter Book
U*
Night Journeys
Avi
Chapter Book
U
Scarlet Stockings Spy, The
Trinka Hakes Noble
Chapter Book
U
Sign of the Beaver
Elizabeth George Speare
Chapter Book
U
War Comes to Willy Freeman
Christopher Collier
Chapter Book
V*
Fighting Ground, The
Avi
Chapter Book
V
Give Me Liberty
Laura Malone Elliott
Chapter Book
V*
Keeping Room, The
Ann Myers
Chapter Book
V
Love Thy Neighbor
Ann Turner
Diary
W
Guns for General Washington
Seymour Reit
Chapter Book
W
Who is Carrie?
James and Christopher Collier
Chapter Book
W*
Witch of Blackbird Pond, The
Elizabeth George Speare
Chapter Book
X
Echohawk
Lynda Durrant
Chapter Book
X
Sarah Bishop
Scott O’ Dell
Chapter Book
X
Winter Hero, The
James Lincoln Collier
Chapter Book
Y
My Brother Sam is Dead
J.L Collier and C.Collier
Chapter Book
Z
Johnny Tremain
Esther Forbes
Chapter Book
Recommended Titles without Levels & Nonfiction Titles to Build Background Knowledge
1776
Kids Discover Magazine
American Revolution
Kids Discover Magazine
American Revolution
Eyewitness Books
Boston Tea Party Focus
Jackdaws
Primary Document – NF
Boston Tea Party to the American Revolution Jackdaws
Primary Document – NF
Charlotte
Janet Lunn
Picture Book
Colonial America
Kids Discover Magazine
Colonial Immigration
Jackdaws
Primary Document - NF
Growing Up in the American Revolution
Hand in Hand: An American History
Appleseeds
Collected by Lee Bennett
Poetry
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Through Poetry
Jamestown Apples
Kate’s Trunk
New York State History
Paul Revere
Paul Revere and the Bell Ringers
Pilgrims’ Cat
Revolutionary Women
Story of the Declaration of Independence
Hopkins
eeds
Ann Turner
Jackdaws
Appleseeds
Johan Winter
Peacock
Kids Discover Magazine
Jackdaws
Picture Book
Primary Document - NF
Picture Book
Primary Document - NF
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The Great Depression
Level
L
L
L
L*
M
M
M
M
N*
N
N
N
N
N
O
O
O
P
P
P*
R
S
S
S*
S*
S*
S*
T*
T
T
T
T
T
Title
Christmas After All
Christmas Promise, The
Don’t Forget Winona
Mimmy and Sophie All Around
the Town
Blizzard of the Blue Moon
Dust Bowl, The
Dust for Dinner
Horse Named Seabiscuit, A
Babe and I, The
Gingerbread Doll, The
Letting Swift River Go
Pop’s Bridge
Rag Coat, The
This Land is Your Land
Goldie’s Fortune
Kit Learns a Lesson: A School
Story
Leah’s Pony
House in the Mail, The
Tree of Hope
Uncle Jed’s Barbershop
Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt, A
Amazing Thinking Machine, The
Butterflies and Lizards, Beryl and
Me
Friendship, The
Mississippi Bridge
Song of the Trees
Tales from the Homeplace
Bud, Not Buddy
Down Cut Shin Creek
Journal of C.J. Jackson, The
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall
Saving Grace
Truth about Sparrows, The
Author
Kathryn Lasky
Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Jeanne Whitehouse Peterson
Miriam Cohen
Type of Book
Diary
Chapter Book
Picture Book
Chapter Book
Mary Pope Osborne
David Booth
Ann Warren Turner
Cathy East Dubowski
David Adler
Susan Tews
Jane Yolen
Eve Bunting
Lauren Mills
K. Jakobsen
Joan Holub
Valerie Tripp
Chapter Book
Picture Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Picture Book
Picture Book
Picture Book
Picture Book
Picture Book
Elizabeth Friedrich
Tom Wells
Amy Littlesugar
Margaree King
C. Coco de Young
Dennis Haseley
Ruth Lercher Bornstein
Chapter Book
Picture Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Mildred Taylor
Mildred Taylor
Mildred Taylor
Shelley Dale
Christopher Curtis
Kathi Appelt
William Durbin
Barry Denenberg
Priscilla Cummings
Marian Hale
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Journal
Diary
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Folk Song Picture Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
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Level
U
U
U
V*
V*
V*
W*
X
X*
X*
X
Z
Title
Cat Running
Chig and the Second Spread
Treasures in the Dust
Esperanza Rising
Long Way From Chicago, A
Year Down Yonder, A
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Bread Winner, The
Let the Circle Be Unbroken
Out of the Dust
Survival of the Storm
No Promises in the Wind
Author
Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Gwenyth Swain
Tracey Porter
Pam Munoz Ryan
Richard Peck
Richard Peck
Mildred D. Taylor
Arvella Whitmore
Mildred Taylor
Karen Hesse
Katelan Janke
Irene Hunt
Type of Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Diary
Chapter Book
Recommended Titles without Levels and
Some Nonfiction Titles to Build Background Knowledge
Children of the Dust Bowl: The True Story of
the School at Weedpatch Camp
Depression, The
Great Depression in America
Great Depression, The
Hard Times for Jake Smith
New Deal, The
Jerry Stanley
Chapter Book – Level Y
Jackdaws
Jackdaws
Kids Discover Magazine
A. Henderson
Jackdaws
Nonfiction Book
Nonfiction Book
Nonfiction Book
Chapter Book
Nonfiction Book
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The Civil Rights Movement
Level
M
M*
M*
N*
O*
O*
P
R*
U*
Title
Freedom Summer
Goin' Someplace Special
Other Side, The
Freedom on the Menu: The
Greensboro Sit-Ins
Granddaddy's Gift
Freedom School, Yes!
Tree of Hope
Bat Boy and His Violin, The
Watson’s Go to Birmingham, The
Author
Deborah Wiles
Patricia McKissack
Jacqueline Woodson
Carole Boston Weatherford
Type of Book
Picture Book
Picture Book
Picture Book
Picture Book
Margaree Mitchell
Amy Littlesugar
Amy Littlesugar
Gavin Curtis
Christopher Paul Curtis
Picture Book
Picture Book
Picture Book
Picture Book
Chapter Book
Recommended Titles without Levels
Walking to the Bus Rider Blues
Birmingham 1963
Fire from the Rock
Riding to Washington
Starplace
Sweet Smell of Roses, A
This is the Dream
Thousand Never Evers, A
White Socks Only
Harriette Gillem Robine
Carol Weatherford
Sharon Draper
Gwenyth Swain
V. Grove
Angela Johnson
Shore and Alexander
Shana Burg
Evelyn Coleman
Picture Book
Picture Book
Chapter Book
Picture Book
Picture Book
picture book
Picture Book
Chapter Book
Picture Book
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Immigration
Level
L
L
L
L
M
M
M
M
N
N
N
O
P
P
P
P
R
S
S
S
S
S*
S
Title
Long Way To A New Land
Long Way to a New Land, The
Long Way Westward, The
Watch the Stars Come Out
Copper Lady, The
Milly and the Macy’s Parade
Milly and the Macy’s Parade
Whispering Cloth, The
Dreaming of America
Lily and Miss Liberty
Painted Words/Spoken Pictures
Memory Coat, The
Abby Takes a Stand
Home at Last
Hope in My Heart
Lotus Seed, The
Dreams in the Golden Country
Braid, The
Hear My Sorrow
Letters From Rifka
Orphan of Ellis Island, The
Star Fisher, The
When Jessie Came Across the Sea
Author
Joan Sandin
Joan Sandin
Joan Sandin
R. Levinson
Alice Ross
Shana Corey
S. Corey
Pegi Deitz Shea
Eve Bunting
Carla Stevens
Aliki
Elvira Woodruff
P. McKissack
K. Lansky
K. Lansky
Sherry Garland
K. Lansky
Helen Frost
D. Hopkinson
K. Hesse
Elvira Woodruff
L. Yep
Amy Hest
T
T
V
V
W
Y
Rodzina
Voyage on the Great Titanic
Ashes of Roses
Escape From Home
Traitor, The
House of Tailors, A
Karen Cushman
E.E. White
Mary Jane Auch
Avi
L. Yep
Patricia Reilly Giff
Type of Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Picture Book
Picture Book
Picture Book
Picture Book
Picture Book
Picture Book
Chapter Book
Picture Book
Picture Book
Chapter Book
Diary
Diary
Picture Book
Diary
Chapter Book
Diary
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Picture Book &
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Diary
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Chapter Book
Recommended Titles without Levels
America, My New Home
Grandfather’s Journey
Land of Hope
Monica Gunning
Allen Say
Joan Nixon
Poetry
Picture Book
Chapter Book
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Streets of Gold
Rosemary Wells
Chapter Book
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