Day for rememberin' : inspired by the true events of the first Memorial Day by Henderson, Leah 

BTSB Prebound(Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2021)

BTSB #: 437691 Available

Dewey: EAges: 6-8   
AR: 4.8 MG F&P: T

Genres: Historical Fiction Multicultural

Subjects: Freedmen - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Memorial Day - Fiction Charleston (S.C.) - Fiction United States - History|y1861-1865, Civil War - Fiction

Summary: In Charleston, South Carolina, in 1865, ten-year-old Eli and other newly freed slaves gather to honor the memory of fallen Union soldiers, an event considered to be one of the first celebrations of what is now called Memorial Day.

Forge [Seeds Of America Trilogy Volume: [2]]by Anderson, Laurie Halse 

Publisher Edition - Large Print Hardcover(Thorndike Press, 2017)

BTSB #: 058898 Temp OS

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 5.4 MG Lexile: 820

Genres: Historical Fiction

Subjects: Soldiers - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Freedmen - Fiction Slavery - Fiction United States - History|y1775-1783, Revolution - Fiction

Summary: Separated from his friend Isabel after escaping from slavery, Curzon, 15, serves as a free man in the Continental Army at Valley Forge until he and Isabel meet again, as slaves once more. Large print hardcover format.

Forge [Seeds Of America Trilogy Volume: [2]]by Anderson, Laurie Halse 

Paperback(Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2012)

BTSB #: 058952 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 5.4 MG RC: 5.4 6-8 Lexile: 820

Genres: Historical Fiction

Subjects: Soldiers - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Freedmen - Fiction Slavery - Fiction United States - History|y1775-1783, Revolution - Fiction

Summary: Separated from his friend Isabel after escaping from slavery, Curzon, 15, serves as a free man in the Continental Army at Valley Forge until he and Isabel meet again, as slaves once more.

Madman of Piney Woods by Curtis, Christopher Paul 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2014)

BTSB #: P02684 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-12   


Genres: Historical Fiction Fantasy Fiction

Subjects: Black people - Canada - Fiction Irish - Canada - Fiction Post-traumatic stress disorder - Fiction Freedmen - Fiction Veterans - Fiction Immigrants - Fiction Canada - History|y1867-1914 - Fiction

Summary: Even though it is now 1901, the people of Buxton, Canada (originally a settlement of runaway slaves) and Chatham, Canada are still haunted by two events of half a century before--the American Civil War, and the Irish potato famine, and the lasting damage those events caused to the survivors.