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David Went Where on Vacation?

Linda Sibley (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613849408

The Smithers family find Grandpa's old time machine and decide to travel back to 1880 for their summer vacation. David and Jenny learn a lot about their heritage and history on their incredible trip.

Almost Sisters

Candri Hodges (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613849194

After her father dies at the Battle of Gettysburg, Sallie Randall and her mother move to Kansas, where Mrs. Randall takes a job as housekeeper and Sallie adjusts to life with a new family. Sallie finds a new friend and they become almost like sisters. Just like most friends, they struggle to remember what friendship really means at times.

A Light in the Sky

Cynthia Mercati (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613849675

In 1941, when an American pilot with the British Royal Air Force parachutes into the woods near her French village, fourteen-year-old Jeanne tries to keep him safe from the Nazis.

A Trip Through Time

Cynthia Mercati (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781622990016

Max is bored with his grandfather's tales of Norway's Resistance movement against the Nazis in World War II, until he travels back in time and finds himself participating in a raid to free captured Resistance fighters.

Coming to America: The Story of Immigration

Joanne Mattern (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613848531

Lena Martini and her family are among the many people who left their homes in Europe in search of a better life in America. Their story represents what most immigrants encountered on their journey.

Diary of a War Child: The Memoir of Gertrud Schakat Tammen

Helmer, Diana Star (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613848579

This book presents the diary of Gertrud Schakat Tammen in which she recorded her experiences growing up in Germany during World War II and how her family lost their home and had to search for a new home and a new life.

Wagons Ho! A Diary of the Oregon Trail

Cynthia Mercati (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613848197

A young girl chronicles her family's journey west on the Oregon Trail in 1849, describing their lives as part of a wagon train and the hardships they encountered during eight months along the trail.

Valley of Disaster: The Johnstown Flood of 1889

Bonnie Highsmith Taylor (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613848180

Ben finds himself in charge as record floodwaters destroy Johnstown. This book is about a family who survives the Johnstown flood of 1889.

We're Behind You, George Washington

Diana Star Helmer (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613848203

In 1778, having been traveling with George Washington's army since the British burned down their house, Rob and his mother find themselves in the middle of the fighting at the battle of Monmouth when, after Rob's father is wounded, they take charge of firing the cannon.

Tragedy from the Sea: The Galveston Hurricane of 1900

Bonnie Highsmith Taylor (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613848173

Vernon and his mother try to stay safe during a hurricane that hits Galveston, Texas, in 1900.

The Real Hannah Green

Kathleen Muldoon (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613847930

Arriving in Texas on an "orphan train," Hannah Green is taken in by a husband and wife who need help on their ranch, and Hannah begins to learn the skills necessary to be a veterinarian.

The Race for a New Life

Alvin Robert Cunningham (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613847923

After his father becomes injured fighting off a robber, Josh and his family participate in a wild ride for land in the hopes of claiming a homestead and starting a new life - ten-year-old Josh takes his place in the Cherokee Strip Land Rush of 1893.

The Road Home

Kathleen Muldoon (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613847954

Sent west on an "orphan train" when their mother can no longer care for them, Emily and her brother, James, are separated in Omaha, but Emily is befriended by a hobo who helps her find her way back to Omaha to look for James.

The Secret Soldier

Diana Star Helmer (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613848036

Teenage soldiers Michael and Ralph find a woman's dress in the bushes while serving with the Continental Army and are concerned about spies, but when they and their new comrade, Hugh, face the British they have other worries.

The Price of Freedom: Coming to America from Ireland--1717

M.J. Cosson (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613847909

To escape his troubled life in 1717 Dublin, Richard Ellis is sent to live with relatives in the American colonies, but once the ship makes landfall in Massachusetts, he is sold as an indentured servant to pay his passage.

The Spirit of the Wild West

L.L. Owens (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613848074

Emma slips away from her parents at the Grand Exhibition of 1893 in Chicago to see Buffalo Bill's Wild West show and Annie Oakley.

The Spy on West Street

Martha Sias Purcell (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613848098

During World War II, Jack and his friends believe that his neighbor, Mr. Schmidt, is a German spy.

The Spy Catchers

Dorothy Francis (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613848081

Brady wants to do something to help the war effort after his brother is killed during the Japanese attach on Pearl Harbor, but he feels pulled in two directions when his friend suspects his new neighbor, whom he has a crush on, of being a Nazi spy.

The Secret Heroes

Margo Sorenson, Carla Mishek (authors)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613848029

A boy must find something special to write about for his class project. When he finally learns the history behind his grandfather's stories of WWII, what else will he learn about one of his new classmates?

The Barbed Wires of Hate

Martha Sias Purcell (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613847008

This book is about a Japanese American boy and his family, who were forced to live in internment camps after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Terror in the City: The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake

Bonnie Highsmith Taylor (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613848111

Tells the story of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake as seen through the eyes of eleven-year-old Stuart as he helps his father on his milk delivery route.

The Longest Journey: The Story of the Donner Party

Mercati, Cynthia (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613847596

Patty's family join the Donners on their shortcut and become trapped during a long, horrible winter in this fictionalized account of the historical event.

The Believers

Diana Star Helmer (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613847015

This book tells the story of a young boy planned to be a preacher. When he is called to save a white girl living with an Indian tribe, he is surprised by what he learns.

Panic in the Snow: The 1888 New York City Blizzard

Bonnie Highsmith Taylor (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613847855

Gerald braves the blizzard of 1888 to find a drugstore to get medicine for his little sister.

Search for Gold Mountain: Coming to America from China--1850

M.J. Cosson (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613848012

Li Ming and his father are lured to America after hearing about the wealth to be found in California.