8 Top history books like The Boys' War: Confederate and Union Soldiers Talk About the Civil War by Jim Murphy

The Boys' War: Confederate and Union Soldiers Talk About the Civil War

By: Jim Murphy

3.66

Format: 162 pages, Paperback

First-hand accounts that include diary entries and personal letters describe the experiences of boy…

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Cover of Liberty for All?: 1820-1860 (A History of US, Book 5) by Joy Hakim

1. Liberty for All?: 1820-1860 (A History of US, Book 5)

By: Joy Hakim

3.99

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Early nineteenth-century America could just about be summed up by Henry David Thoreau's words when … read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • childrens
  • civil war
  • read for school
  • nonfiction
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2. The River Between Us

By: Richard Peck

3.78

Format: 164 pages, Paperback

The year is 1861. Civil war is imminent and Tilly Pruitt's brother, Noah, is eager to go and fight … read more

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  • civil war
  • war
  • childrens
"She said that time was like the Mississippi River. It only flows in one direction. She meant you could never go back. But of course we had. She'd taken me back."

-Richard Peck, The River Between Us

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3. Thunder Rolling in the Mountains

By: Scott O'Dell , Elizabeth Hall

3.75

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

It is spring of 1877 when fourteen-year-old Sound of Running Feet, daughter of Chief Joseph of the … read more

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  • childrens
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4. Bound for Oregon

By: R.W. Alley , James Watling , Jean Van Leeuwen

3.86

Format: 164 pages, Paperback

With only a guide book to show them the way, the Todd family sets out from their Arkansas home on a… read more

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  • american history
  • childrens
  • read for school
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5. World War II: The Rest Of The Story And How It Affects You Today, 1930 To September 11, 2001

By: Richard J. Maybury , Jane A. Williams

4.29

Format: None pages, Hardcover

An examination of the ideas and events that led to World War II, events during the war, and how the… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of We are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball by Kadir Nelson

6. We are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball

By: Kadir Nelson

2.89

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Using an "Everyman" player as his narrator, Kadir Nelson tells the story of Negro League baseball f… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • childrens
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7. An Age of Extremes 1880-1917 (A History of US #8)

By: Joy Hakim

4.10

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

For the captains of industry--men like Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, J. P. Morgan, and Henr… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • childrens
  • read for school
  • nonfiction
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8. Elijah of Buxton

By: Christopher Paul Curtis

3.66

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Newbery Medalist and CSK Award winner Christopher Paul Curtis's debut middle-grade/young-YA novel f… read more

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  • childrens
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9. Out of the Dust

By: Karen Hesse

3.71

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

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  • childrens
Cover of A Year Down Yonder (A Long Way from Chicago, #2) by Richard Peck

10. A Year Down Yonder (A Long Way from Chicago, #2)

By: Richard Peck

3.71

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Mary Alice remembers childhood summers packed with drama. At fifteen, she faces a whole long year w… read more

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  • childrens

11. The Boys' War: Confederate and Union Soldiers Talk About the Civil War

By: Jim Murphy

3.66

Format: 162 pages, Paperback

First-hand accounts that include diary entries and personal letters describe the experiences of boy… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • childrens
  • civil war
  • war
  • read for school
  • nonfiction
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12. A History of US: Book 6: War, Terrible War 1855-1865

By: Joy Hakim

4.35

Format: None pages, Paperback

Details the events surrounding the Civil War and its aftermath. read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • civil war
  • read for school
  • nonfiction
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13. A History of US: Book 7: Reconstructing America 1865-1890

By: Joy Hakim

4.35

Format: None pages, Paperback

read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • childrens
  • read for school
  • nonfiction

14. The Tail of Emily Windsnap (Emily Windsnap, #1)

By: Sarah Gibb , Liz Kessler

3.49

Format: 182 pages, Paperback

For as long as she can remember, twelve-year-old Emily Windsnap has lived on a boat. And, oddly eno… read more

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15. The Slopes of War

By: None

3.86

Format: 262 pages, Paperback

Buck Summerhill, a young soldier from West Virginia, faces the horrors of the Battle of Gettysburg … read more

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16. The Phantom Tollbooth

By: Jules Feiffer , Norton Juster

4.20

Format: 24 pages,

Librarian's Note: For an alternate cover edition of the same ISBN, click . Hailed as "a classic. .… read more

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17. Moonshiner's Son

By: Carolyn Reeder

3.68

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

Twelve-year-old Tom Higgins is learning the craft of making whiskey. Even though Prohibition forbid… read more

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18. A Long Way from Chicago (A Long Way from Chicago, #1)

By: Richard Peck

4.32

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

Join Joey and his sister Mary Alice as they spend nine unforgettable summers with the worst influen… read more

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19. Woods Runner

By: Gary Paulsen

4.64

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Samuel, 13, spends his days in the forest, hunting for food for his family. He has grown up on the … read more

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20. Dragon's Gate (Golden Mountain Chronicles, #3)

By: Laurence Yep

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

In 1867, Otter travels from Three Willows Village in China to California -- the Land of the Golden … read more

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21. What Is the Panama Canal? (What Was?)

By: Janet B. Pascal

4.18

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Before 1914, traveling from the East Coast to the West Coast meant going by land across the entire … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • childrens

8 Best nonfiction books like The Boys' War: Confederate and Union Soldiers Talk About the Civil War by Jim Murphy

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Liberty for All?: 1820-1860 (A History of US, Book 5)

Joy Hakim

3.99

Transform Your Habits

World War II: The Rest Of The Story And How It Affects You Today, 1930 To September 11, 2001

Richard J. Maybury , Jane A. Williams

4.29

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We are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball

Kadir Nelson

2.89

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An Age of Extremes 1880-1917 (A History of US #8)

Joy Hakim

4.10

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Lois Lowry

4.00

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Elisa Carbone

3.84

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Karen Cushman

5.00

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Sanjay Patel

4.16

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