Kids Books - Historical
That Book Woman
By Heather Henson
The dedication of a woman who delivers books in the Appalachian Mts. inspires a boy to learn to read.
King of the Mound: My Summer with Satchel Paige
By Wes Tooke
Nick was the best teenager pitcher until he got polio. He had to wear a brace to be able to walk. No one thinks he could pitch ever again even him and his father. Satchel Paige and Emma encourage him to pitch again and not let anyone bring you down.
Ripper
By Stefan Petrucha
It's 1895 in the city that never sleeps, New York City. Carver Young, and orphan in this city has only one thing about his parents, that his dad sent a letter saying that he would come to New York for him, but he never did. When he get's adopted by a Pinkerton detective that helps him find clues about his father. As he digs deeper and deeper into his past his findings soon get intertwined with the brutally killings of women in the city. As this thrilling mystery twists and turns through the Big Apple will Carver find the library killer or will, as the Post puts it ''Devil in Manhattan" find him?
The Secret Project Notebook
By Carolyn Reeder
Fritz, a young middle school boy, finds himself in the middle of a giant lab for World War ll. His scientist father cannot tell him the project, so Fritz decides to try to learn about the project on his own. He meets Kathy, Manny, and Jacob along the way, too, and they help him discover so much more than he ever wanted to know. Fritz records all his findings in his notebook, which he calls Notes on the Secret Project, a book he doesn't let anybody but Kathy see. As he learns more and more, Fritz realizes that this might be more than he ever wanted to know.
The Great Railroad Race: The Diary of Libby West, Utah Territory 1868 (Dear America Series)
By Kristiana Gregory
Want to read this book
King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table
By Roger Lancelyn Green
It is very confusing! I read it for my 6th grade class. So much happens at once! If you like myths... this is the book for you!!
When I Was a Slave: Memoirs from the Slave Narrative Collection (Dover Thrift Editions)
By Norman R. Yetman
WOW!I would love to read this.This is my favorite part of history although it is still really awful to think we americans enslaved African american people just because of their skin color.
Bull Rider
By Suzanne Morgan Williams
I think this book is awesome because it has action,mystery, and drama at the American rodeo.i think they should make a 2ed bull rider book.this is what it is called bull rider the 2ed