When Freedom Comes
10 best books like When Freedom Comes (Kristiana Gregory): The Journal of Jesse Smoke : A Cherokee Boy, Trail of Tears, 1838, Love Thy Neighbor: The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson, The Journal of Finn Reardon, A Newsie, Freedom's Wings, As Far As I Can See, Journal of Jedediah Barstow: An Emigrant On The Oregon Trail, Junebug, Season of Promise, The Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce: A Pilgrim Boy, Jesse
| Author | Joseph Bruchac |
| ISBN | 0439121973 |
I'm a bit torn on this one. The story itself was very interesting and features plenty of historical details about the Trail of Tears. It does emphasize the fact that the Cherokee people were treated very unfairly and forced to endure great hardships. However, I think it downplays the bitterness and resentment...
| Author | Ann Turner |
| ISBN | 0439153085 |
I really liked Prudence and her family. They were so sweet, and, though this is a historical novel, they felt real. Relatable. Plus Pru and her questions about the world kinda reminded me of me.
Another thing I really liked about this book is that Pru and her family are Loyalists or "Tories." It's...
| Author | Susan Campbell Bartoletti |
| ISBN | 0439188946 |
When his father dies, Finn Reardon must support his family by selling newspapers on the streets of Manhattan, where he finds himself in the middle of the Newsie Strike of 1899.
When Finn Reardon's father dies, he decides to support his mother and eight siblings by peddling newspapers on the streets...
| Author | Sharon Dennis Wyeth |
As part of the relaunch of the My America series, Sharon Dennis Wyeth introduces readers to Corey Birdsong, a slave boy in antebellum Kentucky. This is the story of his family's attempt to escape.
Corey Birdsong is a lively young boy in search of freedom in the same country that made an economy...
| Author | Kate McMullan |
| ISBN | 0439425174 |
The story takes place in 1856, where Meg and her parents live in St. Louis. Her mother takes ill, and her father worries that it might be a cholera plague, so he has Meg and her young brother taken out west to friends in Kansas. This forms one of the themes of the book. The other theme is slavery, where Meg and...
| Author | Ellen Levine |
| ISBN | 0439063108 |
Orphaned after losing his parents in a rafting accident, Jedediah Barstow must find the courage to follow his family's dream westward along the Oregon Trail.
Having lost his parents and younger sister when they tried to ford a river along the Oregon Trail, Jedediah Barstow decides to make...
| Author | Alice Mead |
| ISBN | 0440412455 |
Reeve McLain, Jr.--Junebug--has a big dream that keeps him going. He dreams that someday he and his younger sister and mother will move from the awful housing project where drugs, gangs, and guns are part of everyday life. Junebug's 10th birthday is coming up, and he knows the gangs and drug dealers will...
| Author | Patricia Hermes |
| ISBN | 0606282076 |
In her third and final journal, Elizabeth and her brother, now reunited, grieve the death of their mother, while dramatic changes take place in Jamestown, under the strict leadership of Lord Delaware.
Elizabeth, who is finally reunited with her twin brother Caleb, continues to grieve for...
| Author | Ann Rinaldi |
| ISBN | 0439445566 |
Once I had time to get into this book I really enjoyed it. I liked how the characters in the story were all real people and we could learn what happened to them in the historical note, and how some of them connected to more modern day events. Like the ancestor who FDR descended from. I liked how real locations...
| Author | Gary Soto |
| ISBN | 0152054251 |
In this new edition of his first young adult novel, Gary Soto paints a moving portrait of seventeen-year-old Jesse, who has left his parents' home to live with his older brother. These Mexican American brothers hope junior college will help them escape their heritage of tedious physical labor. Their...
After the Rain: Virginia's Civil War Diary
| Author | Mary Pope Osborne |
| ISBN | 0439369045 |
Part of the My America relaunch, in Ms. Osborne's sequel to My Brother's Keeper, Ginny moves to Washington, D.C. where she must face changing times, marked by the assassination of President Lincoln.
In the final months of the Civil War, Virginia nad her family move to Washington, D.C. where...
An American Spring: Sofia's Immigrant Diary
| Author | Kathryn Lasky |
| ISBN | 0439370469 |
In her third and final diary, by Kathryn Lasky, Sofia continues to face the hardship of her new life in America with her cheerful and courageous spirit.
Sofia continues to chronicle life in her new home, the North End of Boston, as her best friend Maureen comes to live with her, and her parents...
The Journal Of Brian Doyle: Greenhorn on an Alaskan Whaling Ship, The Florence, 1874
| Author | Jim Murphy |
| ISBN | 0439078148 |
In Jim Murphy's newest MNIA, Jonathan Dodge runs away from home to escape his father's anger. He joins the crew of a whaling ship headed for Alaska's frozen seas, where he finds danger and adventure.
Jim Murphy once again writes an exciting story of a young boy on the cusp of a great, and sometimes...
Journal Of Sean Sullivan, A Transcontinental Railroad Worker
| Author | William Durbin |
| ISBN | 0439049946 |
This is one of my favorite books now. This boy is so likable.The characters were so credible. I mean, Sean melted my heart throughout the whole book. His personality got to me. Well, there were a bunch of things he said that made me want to go and hug him. Though, none of the things he said were petty and sad,...
The Journal of Rufus Rowe, A Witness to the Battle of Fredericksburg
| Author | Sid Hite |
| ISBN | 0439353645 |
Acclaimed author Sid Hite brings the drama of the Civil War to life through the eyes of Rufus Rowe, a Confederate boy.
Sixteen-year-old Rufus Rowe runs away from home, to escape his cruel stepfather. He finds work and shelter in Fredericksburg, Virginia, just as the Rebel troops begin to amass...
