2006 NYPL Books for the Teen Age (USA: Civil War & After)
Discover the NYPL's 2006 Teen Age book list on America's Civil War & After, featuring The River Between Us, Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy, and Frederick Douglass's classic narrative—essential historical reads for teens.
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
by Frederick Douglass
This book is an autobiographical account by runaway slave Frederick Douglass that chronicles his experiences with his owners and overseers and discusses how slavery affected both slaves and slaveholders.
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Hear the Wind Blow
by Mary Downing Hahn
With their mother dead and their home burned, a thirteen-year-old boy and his little sister set out across Virginia in search of relatives during the final days of the Civil War.
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The River Between Us
by Richard Peck
During the early days of the Civil War, the Pruitt family takes in two mysterious young ladies who have fled New Orleans to come north to Illinois.
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Robert E. Lee
by James I. Robertson
Provides young adult readers with a comprehensive look at the life and accomplishments of this famous Confederate General of the Civil War, enhanced with period photos, illustrations, and source notes.
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Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy
by Gary D. Schmidt
Turner Buckminster is purely miserable. Not only is he the son of the new minister in a small Maine town, but he is shunned for playing baseball differently from the local boys.
