Kids Books - Historical

Annie Brown, a 15 years old girl during U.S. Civil War of 1861 and the Harper's Ferry raid. Her father, John Brown who often away from home and his family, and most of time, Annie and her father doesn't really talk at each other. Her brother, Owen, Oliver, Watson, Salmon, and few others; and one brother, Frederick, had died. Her sisters Ruth, Sarah, and late Amelia but Annie doesn't really talk about Amelia for nearly 13 years in the book. And Annie, she worries of possibly losing one man that she loved; Dauphin Thompson who later in the book got killed in the raid along with Oliver, Albert Hazlett, Johnny Cook, and few others. But overall, this book really good, telling you about people that most people doesn't know, but most of us knew and heard of John Brown. - Happy Reading!

Jemima Emerson, a 15 years old girl who always run on from her tutor, John Reid. Jem's brothers, Dan who was a captain in Continental Line Army and David, who was a soldier. Her older sister, Rebeckah "Becky" who married one British officer, Lit. Blakely. Her childhood friend, Raymond Moore along with his siblings, Becky and Isaac. Later in the book, things got really intense, like Mr. James Emerson got killed by the Hessians, David got killed and buried somewhere in Virginia. And Jemima realized that he loved John Reid, more than just a tutor and later married him later in the book. - Happy Reading!

Ellen and William Craft, the two fugitive slaves who escaped from slavery in the South of Georgia. In the first part of the story, there's are mini biographies of Ellen and William. Their masters, unlike any other masters were very kind. Ellen, who is Black but light-skinned, could pass for a White. Ellen, herself disguised as a white man of Mr. Johnson, her disguise name by the idea of her husband, William. Their escape was long, difficult but also very intense. I would recommend anyone who loves history! - Happy Reading!

The characters in this book set during the 60's were amazingly memorable. We first hear about the main one, Julian Twerski, a Jewish-American kid living in New York. An interesting fact about him: he is a good sprinter. Another fact: he writes well. This is evidenced by the book you are reading about, which, we are told, was originally put in 9 composition books. As he informs us early on, he's been forced to write something long, on account of the mysterious deed he did over winter break(hint: it involves eggs); so every week or so, he adds 20 pages or so to his diary/book thing, and soon we are left with more than 2-and-a-half hundred pages. So, what exactly does he do during half a year? Mostly, he hangs out with his friends, whose names, as he tells us, are Lonnie, Quentin, Shlomo Shlomo, Eric The Red, and Howie Wartnose. He encounters a major dilemma, however, when his closest friend, Lonnie, tells him to not only WRITE a love letter for him but also to DELIVER the love letter. This amorous message goes to a girl named Jillian Rifkin, who has moved in from "somewhere like Ohio." The problems start when Jillian gets the idea that it was Julian's love note(I mean, he wrote and delivered it, after all.) Then she starts getting interested in him, and stuff happens between him and Lonnie. Sure, other things happen as well, but that's the main one. What stood out to me, at first, was "Twerp"'s casual tone, which was simple and informal, with all the 60's slang in it. The next thing that stood out to me was how the 1960s atmosphere was subtly brought in, through the use of slang words such as "razz" and "yakking it up." Even some of the characters' attitudes towards girls and African Americans. Not only did it have a straightforward style and such, "Twerp" also drew me in because of the relatability of Julian. He's always trying to impress his friends, keep his promises, and is (understandably) concerned about not being the fastest kid at school. However, the book has its minor flaws. For instance, at the end everything goes wrong, then gets right again, and also Julian gets really sentimental: it's sort of cliche. Also, as the whole reason for writing this was the Egg Incident, it was disappointing how it only really got mentioned in detail at the end. It's supposed to be the dark cloud of guilt overshadowing everything, but aside from very brief mentions near the beginning, it just seems like an excuse for Julian to begin talking about other stuff that happens to him. Still, it's an interesting premise, it just could have been done better. It's still a memorable book, and that's why I would recommend it to those connoisseurs of historical fiction set in modern times, especially for those who've read "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt (it's very similar).

This book is actually not bad when I first started reading it but when I start reading it was so interesting filled clues that is why it is called 39 clues. This book is about a girl that is 14 years of age and her younger brother named Dan who goes to Japan trying to find the sword thief the clues was filled with Japanese and they had to try finding the clues themselves they had some help from a girl I think Alistair yeah she helped them about the Japanese clues and to try to find all about the stuff the sword thief than they found a coin that looked like Harry potter thing it was called the philosophers stone and than they found another clue of how it was made and then they think there might be a lie for one of the chosen clues from their uncle. In the end they found the mystery after the sword thief and in the end Amy was very sick she went behind a tree and was terribly sick and the end. This book is funny a lot of secret stuff full with clues between pages and this was the first book I red of 39 clues.

In 1882 two year old Helen Keller became Blind an Deaf. In 1887 Annie Sullivan came to help teach Helen. She learned How to read, write, even speak properly! I'm her life time Helen wrote and published three books, she starred in a silent film, she even toured Japan! In 1936 her dead friend and teacher passed away one of the books Helen wrote was about Annie. This biography made me very interested in learning about Helen Keller and the amazing obstacles she went through with her head held high! Recommended for ages 10+ Thanks for reading -Ajg16's reviews

Lydia "Lyddie" Worthen, a young girl in 1846, about twenty years right before U.S. Civil War had began. Her mother, Mattie, who you would sometimes see her letters to Lyddie but not so often had died later in the book. Her sister, Agnes, also died, too. Her another sister, Rachel, and her brother Charles "Charlie" who Lyddie seldom talk about but mostly about Charlie more than Rachel. Lyddie, who was only young girl when she decided to go out of her home, earn some money, send some back to her mother for the debt when her father had left. Her friends, Diana Goss, Luke Stevens, Prudence Allen, etc. This book is inspiring but sad book. This tells that even though if you lost someone or something very valuable, just keep on going, no matter what. - Happy Reading!

Mary Cooper, a 14 years-old girl living on her 22 years-old cousin, Tempe Wick with her mother, Mary. Mary's aunt Mary became so sick that she was bedridden, so either her daughter or her niece have to stay and take care of aunt Mary. Mary C. who frequently being with her two friends, David Hamilton Morris (12) and Jeremiah Levering (14 or 15) who were in army. Morris served one year in army, because as revealed, his widowed mother couldn't afford to take care of her son so she put his son in care of military. And for Levering, he was homeless, and served for 3 years in artillery. But both boys were too small for drums, so they carried only muskets. Mary C. met Tempe's older brother, Henry who was away from home for nearly 11 years, and that caused his mother, Mary to think that Henry was dead. Mary, who is also friends with Lt. Enos Reeves, and Officer Anthony Wayne, and Mary was smitten by Wayne but also really liked Reeves, and in the ending was so surprising. - Happy Reading!

Susanna English, a daughter of Phillip and Mary English along with her two siblings, older brother, William who got lost in the sea, and younger sister, Mary during 1660s-70s Salem Witch Trials. Witch trials are part of darkest era in American past. Susanna, who always loved to visit Boston, almost fearless but sometimes feel vulnerable when its comes to possibly losing family and friends. Mary, the mother, who trying to protect her daughters from possibly being named as a witches in the meeting house, got arrested, then got released, then got sick and died about 1690s in the following winter after she had been released from prison. Phillip, who does the same as his wife, Mary. Mary, a younger sister, who almost always feel scared almost every day, but in the book, you can see that she is brave. Susanna's friend and love of life, Jonathan Hathrone who always being with her. Joseph and Elizabeth Putnam, who let both sister Mary and Susanna to stay with them while Susanna and Mary's parents possibly return. Every day in the book, every lives were lost because of their "accused of being witches". - Happy Reading!

Rachel Marsh, fourteen years-old girl in Boston, working as a nursemaid for Adams. Nabby and Johnnie Adams both very fond of Rachel, like with Rachel fond of them. The young lawyer, John Adams along with his wife, Abigail, who always treated her like a family. Rachel's friend, Jane Washburn, who was seventeen years-old who worked for Sarah Welsteed, always being with her and Christopher (Chris) Snider but got shot by British, befriends one British Private Matthew Kilroy, wounded up in different situations during the American Revolutionary War of Boston Massacre. Matthew, who really likes Rachel, hoping to marry her someday when war is over, would write to her when he is back home in England. Matthew's story was little bit shocking but sad. - Happy Reading!