The Slopes of War
10 best books like The Slopes of War (N.A. Perez): Dragon's Gate, They Loved to Laugh, The Boys' War: Confederate and Union Soldiers Talk About the Civil War, The Yanks Are Coming: The United States In The First World War, Bound for Oregon, The Landing of the Pilgrims, Bonanza Girl, My Heart Lies South: The Story of My Mexican Marriage, Stink Alley, Traitor: the Case of Benedict Arnold
| Author | Laurence Yep |
| ISBN | 0064404897 |
In 1867, Otter travels from Three Willows Village in China to California -- the Land of the Golden Mountain. There he will join his father and uncle.
In spite of the presence of family, Otter is a stranger among the other Chinese in this new land. And where he expected to see a land of goldfields,...
| Author | Kathryn Worth |
| ISBN | 1883937167 |
Tears and laughter alternate in this novel of a young girl's growth to womanhood in the 1830s.
16-year-old orphan Martitia Howland has been transplanted into a Quaker farm family of five intimidating sons and one disapproving daughter. As Martitia runs their gauntlet, she suffers their...
| Author | Jim Murphy |
| ISBN | 0395664128 |
I have never read about the Civil War in such a basic and simplistic way before. This is a sad, but true book about the boys who fought in the Civil War. Some were as young as 10 years old! I have a ten year old and I can't imagine him not only witnessing what these boys saw, but being part of it as well. Most of these...
| Author | Albert Marrin |
| ISBN | 0689312091 |
I love Albert Marrin. He has a great style that presents all the facts in a conversational, easy tone, without talking down. I've learned a lot of history through him already.
'The Yanks Are Coming' isn't any different. It's an engaging look at both the personal life of the Doughboy and the decisions...
| Author | Jean Van Leeuwen |
| ISBN | 0140383190 |
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...
| Author | James Daugherty |
| ISBN | 0394846974 |
In England in the early 1600s, everyone was forced to join the Church of England. Young William Bradford and his friends believed they had every right to belong to whichever church they wanted. In the name of religious freedom, they fled to Holland, then sailed to America to start a new life. But the winter...
| Author | Patricia Beatty |
| ISBN | 0688122809 |
Mama is widowed, with two children and no job prospects. She decides to start a school out in the gold fields but is shortly and firmly disabused of all her city slicker notions. The story is narrated by Ann Katherine, who is a nicely written young teen. Her younger brother is the bane of her existence, naturally....
| Author | Elizabeth Borton de Treviño |
| ISBN | 1883937515 |
What happens when a thoroughly twentieth-century American lady journalist becomes a Mexican señora in nineteen-thirties provincial Monterrey? She finds herself sometimes hilariously coping with servants, daily food allowances, bargaining, and dramatic Latin emotions. It is like stepping...
| Author | Jamie Gilson |
| ISBN | 0688178642 |
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...
| Author | Jean Fritz |
| ISBN | 0698115538 |
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...
| Author | Joy Hakim |
| ISBN | 0195153235 |
How did compliant colonials with strong ties to Europe get the notion to become an independent nation? Perhaps the seeds of liberty were planted in the 1735 historic courtroom battle for the freedom of the press. Or maybe the French and Indian War did it, when colonists were called "Americans" for the...
| Author | Carolyn Reeder |
| ISBN | 0689855508 |
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...
| Author | Joseph Bruchac |
| ISBN | 0439280680 |
Young Sacajawea has been asked to join Lewis and Clark in their exploration of the American West. As a translator, peacemaker, caretaker, and guide, Sacajawea alone will make the historic journey of Lewis and Clark possible. This captivating novel, which is told in alternating points of view -- by...
| Author | Janet Benge |
| ISBN | 1576581640 |
During WWI, Cameron Townsend was told, "You'll do more good selling Bibles in Central America than you would shooting Germans in France." Cameron began by translating the Bible into the language of his Guatemalan friends. Then he started Wycliffe Bible Translators with the dream of making the Good...
| Author | Richard J. Maybury |
| ISBN | 0942617436 |
All my kids will be reading this, as I think its challenge to the "mainstream" interpretations of World War II is invaluable. However, I hope my kids all have their internal B.S. detector going, because Maybury isn't immune. Maybury makes important points but can't resist innuendo (like telling us...
