Need book opinions for daughter

[QNPoohBear]

Books for Addy fans...

Younger readers

<u>[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0590430270/qid=1138043050/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/104-9716313-4523957?s=books&v=glance&n=283155"]Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters</u>[/ame]

<u>[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0679819975/qid=1138043125/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/104-9716313-4523957?s=books&v=glance&n=283155"] Follow the Drinking Gourd</u>[/ame]

<u>[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0689801173/qid=1138043177/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/104-9716313-4523957?s=books&v=glance&n=283155"]Nettie' Trip South</u>[/ame]

<u>[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0679874720/qid=1138043304/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/104-9716313-4523957?s=books&v=glance&n=283155"]Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt</u>[/ame]

<u>Next Stop Freedom: The Story of a Slave Girl (Her Story)</u>


Dear America
<u>[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0439445582/qid=1137547020/sr=1-21/ref=sr_1_21/102-4636203-8757736?s=books&v=glance&n=283155"]When Will This Cruel War Be Over: The Diary of Emma Simpson[/ame]</u>

<u>[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0439555019/qid=1137547509/sr=1-64/ref=sr_1_64/102-4636203-8757736?s=books&v=glance&n=283155"]A picture of Freedom: The diary of Clotee, a slave girl</u>[/ame]

<u>[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0439445574/qid=1137547302/sr=1-44/ref=sr_1_44/102-4636203-8757736?s=books&v=glance&n=283155"]A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin</u>[/ame]

<u>[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0590849131/qid=1137547302/sr=1-50/ref=sr_1_50/102-4636203-8757736?s=books&v=glance&n=283155"]I Thought My Soul Would Rise Up and Fly: The Dairy of Patsy, a Freed Girl</u>[/ame]

Middle grades

<u>[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0440219361/qid=1137548151/ref=br_lf_b_3/102-4636203-8757736?n=17437&s=books&v=glance"]Nightjohn</u>[/ame]

<u>[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/044022747X/ref=pd_sim_b_1/102-4636203-8757736?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=283155"]North By Night</u>[/ame]

<u>[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0440418011/ref=pd_ys_iyr201/102-4636203-8757736?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=283155"]Stealing South</u>[/ame]

<u>[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0684194465/qid=1137549353/sr=1-5/ref=sr_1_5/102-4636203-8757736?s=books&v=glance&n=283155"]Letters from a Slave Girl</u>[/ame]

<u>[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0689823797/qid=1138042558/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/104-9716313-4523957?s=books&v=glance&n=283155"]Dear Ellen Bee: A Civil War Scrapbook of Two Union Spies</u>[/ame]

<u>[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0425102416/qid=1138042939/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-9716313-4523957?s=books&v=glance&n=283155"]Across Five Aprils</u>[/ame]

<u><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0786815698/qid=1090517692/sr=ka-2/ref=pd_ka_2/002-2428391-2683259" target="_blank">
Silent Thunder: A Civil War Story</u></a>

<u>Little Women</u>

Young Adult

<u>[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0399237135/qid=1137547579/sr=2-2/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_2/102-4636203-8757736?s=books&v=glance&n=283155"]Evvy's Civil War</u>[/ame]

<u>[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0439676460/ref=pd_bxgy_text_b/102-4636203-8757736?%5Fencoding=UTF8"]Girl in Blue</u>[/ame]

<u>[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0440228611/ref=pd_bxgy_text_b/102-4636203-8757736?%5Fencoding=UTF8"]The Last Silk Dress</u>[/ame]

<u>[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0590447319/ref=pd_sim_b_3/102-4636203-8757736?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=283155"]In My Father's House</u>[/ame]

<u>[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0786805331/ref=pd_sxp_grid_pt_2_1/102-4636203-8757736?%5Fencoding=UTF8"]Numbering All the Bones</u>[/ame]

<u>[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0689859244/ref=pd_sxp_grid_pt_2_0/102-4636203-8757736?%5Fencoding=UTF8"]Sarah's Ground</u>[/ame]

<u>[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0152053875/qid=1138042643/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/104-9716313-4523957?s=books&v=glance&n=283155"]An Acquaintance with Darkness</u>[/ame]

<u>[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0439326664/ref=pd_sxp_grid_pt_0_1/102-4636203-8757736?%5Fencoding=UTF8"]Amelia's War</u>[/ame]

<u>[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0803727356/qid=1137547993/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-4636203-8757736?s=books&v=glance&n=283155"]The River Between Us</u>[/ame]

<u>[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060012110/qid=1137549159/sr=1-26/ref=sr_1_26/102-4636203-8757736?s=books&v=glance&n=283155"]Annie Between the States</u>[/ame]

Adult

<u>[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0345348109/qid=1137549202/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-4636203-8757736?s=books&v=glance&n=283155"]Killer Angels</u>[/ame]

<u>[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0918222788/qid=1137549426/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-4636203-8757736?s=books&v=glance&n=283155"]Hospital Sketches</u>[/ame] by Louisa May Alcott

<u>[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0553212184/qid=1138042859/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/104-9716313-4523957?s=books&v=glance&n=283155"]Uncle Tom's Cabin</u>[/ame]

<u>Huckleberry Finn</u>

non-fiction

adult

<u>[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0300087012/qid=1137549245/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-4636203-8757736?s=books&v=glance&n=283155"] The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass</u>[/ame]

<u>[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1576468372/qid=1137549280/sr=2-3/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_3/102-4636203-8757736?s=books&v=glance&n=283155"]Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl</u>[/ame]

<u>[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0300029799/qid=1138042894/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/104-9716313-4523957?s=books&v=glance&n=283155"]Mary Chesnut's Civil War</u>[/ame]

<u>Civil War Women: The Civil War Seen Through Women's Eyes</u>

<u> Women's Rights Emerges From the Anti-Slavery Movement 1830-1870</u>

children

<u>[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0395518482/ref=pd_ys_iyr134/102-4636203-8757736?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=283155"]Lincoln: A Photobiography</u>[/ame]

<u>[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0876145047/qid=1138043359/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/104-9716313-4523957?s=books&v=glance&n=283155"]Go Free or Die: The Story of Harriet Tubman</u>[/ame]

<u>[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0590451561/qid=1138043411/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/104-9716313-4523957?s=books&v=glance&n=283155"]If You Traveled On The Underground Railroad</u>[/ame]

<u>[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0679879366/qid=1138043459/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/104-9716313-4523957?s=books&v=glance&n=283155"]Many Thousand Gone : African Americans from Slavery to Freedom</u>[/ame]

[Aunt Cornelia]

My dd has enjoyed a few of the Doll Hospital books. The Dear America books are for an older age group and some of them contain very mature topics. You might want to preread some of them. If you're looking for books like American Girl, The Magic Attic books are fun. Most libraries seem to carry these (they are out of print). Another fun historical series for the younger age group (7-10 years) is the Magic Treehouse series.

[QNPoohBear]

Books for Felicity fans

Books for children

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0395547911/qid=1139777729/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/103-2920918-2275036?s=books&v=glance&n=283155"]A Williamsburg Household[/ame]

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0590929283/ref=pd_bxgy_text_b/103-2920918-2275036?%5Fencoding=UTF8"]Mary Geddy's Day: A Colonial Girl in Williamsburg[/ame]

Sybil Rides for Independence

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1590781791/qid=1139777994/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/103-2920918-2275036?s=books&v=glance&n=283155"]This Time, Tempe Wick?[/ame]

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0689810547/qid=1139778088/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/103-2920918-2275036?s=books&v=glance&n=283155"]Katie's Trunk[/ame]

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0027123227/qid=1139778124/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/103-2920918-2275036?s=books&v=glance&n=283155"]If You Were There in 1776[/ame]

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/059045160X/qid=1139778219/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/103-2920918-2275036?s=books&v=glance&n=283155"]If You Lived In Colonial Times [/ame]

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0152163255/qid=1139778873/sr=1-10/ref=sr_1_10/103-2920918-2275036?s=books&v=glance&n=283155"]Emma's Journal: The Story of a Colonial Girl[/ame]

Books for middle grades

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0064401855/qid=1139777879/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/103-2920918-2275036?s=books&v=glance&n=283155"]The Fighting Ground[/ame]

Young Adult

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0440228506/ref=cm_bg_f_1/103-2920918-2275036?v=glance&n=283155"]Time Enough for Drums[/ame]

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0152046844/ref=pd_sim_b_2/103-2920918-2275036?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=283155"]The Secret of Sarah Revere[/ame]

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0152050787/ref=pd_bxgy_text_b/103-2920918-2275036?%5Fencoding=UTF8"]The Fifth of March : A Story of the Boston Massacre[/ame]

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0152050779/ref=pd_sxp_grid_pt_1_2/103-2920918-2275036?%5Fencoding=UTF8"]Cast Two Shadows : The American Revolution in the South [/ame]

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0152050795/ref=pd_sxp_grid_pt_2_1/103-2920918-2275036?%5Fencoding=UTF8"]Finishing Becca : A Story about Peggy Shippen and Benedict Arnold [/ame]

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0152046836/ref=pd_sim_b_5/103-2920918-2275036?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=283155"]A Ride into Morning: The Story of Tempe Wick[/ame]

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0152008764/qid=1139778924/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-2920918-2275036?s=books&v=glance&n=283155"]Hang a Thousand Trees with Ribbons: The Story of Phillis Wheatley[/ame]

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/068985188X/ref=pd_ys_iyr93/103-2920918-2275036?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=283155"]Taking Liberty : The Story of Oney Judge, George Washington's Runaway Slave[/ame]

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0152166874/ref=pd_ys_iyr143/103-2920918-2275036?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=283155"]Or Give Me Death: A Novel of Patrick Henry's Family[/ame]
[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0553273221/qid=1139778702/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/103-2920918-2275036?s=books&v=glance&n=283155"]April Morning[/ame]

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0590226533/qid=1139778753/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/103-2920918-2275036?s=books&v=glance&n=283155"]The Winter of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1777 (Dear America)[/ame]

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0439153085/ref=pd_sim_b_5/103-2920918-2275036?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=283155"]Love Thy Neighbor: The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson, Greenmarsh, Massachusetts, 1774 (Dear America) [/ame]

Adult non-fiction
All books by Alice Morse Earle

[marisol05]

This is a great post. Many of these books/series I've never heard of before and I LOVE to read! I'm looking into getting a few for myself. [img]wink.gif[/img]

[kboyd912]

I agree - I would love to capture all this and make some lists that could be kept around...sort of like the Amazon favorite lists...one more item for a future website, I guess!

[QNPoohBear]

I can do that for you easily. I can copy my lists and make an HTML file on my Cox account. It won't be fancy though. If someone else wants to make a nicer webpage and maintain it, go ahead. I will make lists for the other historicals soon.

[kboyd912]

That's really sweet of you to offer - I actually could do it myself, but just don't have the time right now. I've been wanting to put a sort of reference site together for a while now with info/links on the different AG time periods, but life keeps interfering. Maybe someday...

[QNPoohBear]

I'm working on a simple HTML file. I'll post when it's done!

[zap_sea]

I started readind Dear America books when they first came out and I haven't sopped since. All of the girls I went to school with loved them and when a new one came out we would all read it. Its really sad that they stopped the series. They were a great way to get girls interested in history and they were so much fun to read.

Sigh. I must have spent half of my fifth grade year trying to write one. Obviously it didn't get very far.

Some themes are raher mature but when I read The Winter of the Red Snow in third grade I most certainly did not know what a 'loose woman' was and I could have cared less when the book mentioned it.