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10 best books like Nothing to Fear (Jackie French Koller): Turn Homeward, Hannalee, Bound for Oregon, Streams to the River, River to the Sea, Ida Early Comes over the Mountain, Theras and His Town, Stink Alley, The Slopes of War, Traitor: the Case of Benedict Arnold, Gratefully Yours, Beyond the Desert Gate

Turn Homeward, Hannalee
AuthorPatricia Beatty
ISBN0688166768
During the closing days of the Civil War, plucky 12-year-old Hannalee Reed, sent north to work in a Yankee mill, struggles to return to the family she left behind in war-torn Georgia. "A fast-moving novel based upon an actual historical incident with a spunky heroine and fine historical detail."--School...
Bound for Oregon
AuthorJean Van Leeuwen
ISBN0140383190

With only a guide book to show them the way, the Todd family sets out from their Arkansas home on a two thousand mile trek to claim unchartered Oregon Territory. Crossing rough terrain and encountering hostile people, the Todds show their true pioneering spirit. But as winter draws near, will the...
Streams to the River, River to the Sea
AuthorScott O'Dell
ISBN0449702448
Real rating: 3 1/2 stars

This was a really great book! Scott O'Dell is one of my favorite authors, and this book is just as wonderful as all the others I've read.

The best way to describe this, and all his books I've read, is charming. The characters were lovable, there was a good antagonist,...
Ida Early Comes over the Mountain
AuthorRobert Burch
ISBN0140345345
This book is a re-read from my childhood. I actually understand the book much better about a quarter century later. I can see why Ida Early is the Mary Poppins of the mountains in Georgia during the Depression. Ida Early comes to the Sutton house the summer after the mother died to take care of the house and...
Theras and His Town
AuthorCaroline Dale Snedeker
ISBN0966706722
Young Theras, born an Athenian, is taken to Sparta by a relative when his father is lost at war. He is forced to live like a Spartan, a brutal life with no pity for those who are not physically perfect and totally obedient to Spartan control. After enduring rigorous training and repeated cruel incidents,...
Stink Alley
AuthorJamie Gilson
ISBN0688178642
The year is 1614. Recently orphaned Lizzy Tinker has lived half of her twelve years in Holland, but she does not feel at home there. Lizzy belongs to a small congregation of religious refugees who have fled England in order to worship as they choose. The Dutch people enjoy a free and easy lifestyle that...
The Slopes of War
AuthorN.A. Perez
ISBN0395549795
About: The Slopes of War is about a family living in Gettysburg at the time of the Battle of Gettysburg. What I think: I love this book. I love all of the main characters, especially Bekah Summerhill and Adam Waite. One of the most interesting things about this book is that it's from multiple people's perspectives....
Traitor: the Case of Benedict Arnold
AuthorJean Fritz
ISBN0698115538
Benedict Arnold always carried things too far. As a boy he did crazy things like climbing atop a burning roof and picking a fight with the town constable. As a soldier, he was even more reckless. He was obsessed with being the leader and the hero in every battle, and he never wanted to surrender. He even killed...
Gratefully Yours
AuthorJane Buchanan
ISBN0141303158
خیلی قشنگ بود، دوستش داشتم.
فکر می‌کردم پایان خوشش اذیتم بکنه، اما نکرد. .
Beyond the Desert Gate
AuthorMary Ray
Sequel to The Ides of April. Palestine in the first century A.D. is as disturbed and divided as it is today. The Jews have revolted against Roman occupation and as they grow more restive, Rome clamps down harder. The ten Greek cities of Palestine the Decapolis want only to continue their peaceful trading...
The Land I Lost: Adventures of a Boy in Vietnam
AuthorHuynh Quang Nhuong
ISBN0064401839
An ALA Notable Children’s Book and a Booklist Editors’ Choice, about one young man’s memories of the land he called home.

The land I love was lost to me forever.

Huynh Quang Nhuong grew up in the highlands of Vietnam, next to the jungle teeming with wildlife. Encounters with tigers,...
Moonshiner's Son
AuthorCarolyn Reeder
ISBN0689855508
Twelve-year-old Tom Higgins is learning the craft of making whiskey. Even though Prohibition forbids the production and sale of alcoholic beverages, Tom is determined to be a good apprentice. He is, after all, a moonshiner's son. His father has raised moonshining to an art, and Tom wants nothing more...
An Age of Extremes 1880-1917
AuthorJoy Hakim
ISBN0195153340
For the captains of industry--men like Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, J. P. Morgan, and Henry Ford--the Gilded Age is a time of big money. Technology boomed with the invention of trains, telephones, electric lights, harvesters, vacuum cleaners, and more. But for millions of immigrant workers,...
After the Dancing Days
AuthorMargaret I. Rostkowski
ISBN0064402487
Is War A Thing To Be Forgotten?

That's what Annie's mother would like to do. She wants to forget the pain and heartache and to keep it away from Annie, too. But Annie cannot forget the death of her favorite uncle, who was killed in France. She cannot forget Andrew, the angry young veteran she meets...
Slake's Limbo: 121 Days
AuthorFelice Holman
ISBN0689710666
An ALA Best Books for Young Adults
An ALA Notable Children's Book
An ALA Best of the Best Books for Young Adults
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Desperate, driven, harassed to the breaking point, Slake decides to go underground—into the sheltering depths of the New York City Subway...
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