Two excellent Civil War novels are:
Silent Thunder: a Civil War Story by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Turn Homeward, Hannalee by Patricia Beatty
Revolutionary War:
Sarah Bishop by Scott O'Dell
Basya Karp, Librarian
Shulamith High School and Shulamith School For Girls
basyak10@hotmail.com
> Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2008 18:14:33 -0600
> From: dbashaw@CONSOLIDATED.NET
> Subject: 5th grade novels about Civil War and Revolutionary War
> To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
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> My 5th grade teachers are searching for novels to use with reading circles in
>conjunction with studies about the Civil War and the Revolutionary War. This year
>they used Johnny Tremaine(found it much too difficult and way too long) and Witch
>of Blackbird Pond, but would like to use different ones next year. Any
>suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Debra Bashaw
> Librarian
> Huntington Intermediate School
> Huntington, TX
> dbashaw@huntingtonisd.com
>
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