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  My Name Is America

  The Journal Of Rufus Rowe

  A Witness to the Battle of Fredricksburg, Bowling Green, Virginia 1862

  by Sid Hite

  Grade 5-7-When Rufus Rowe, 16, runs away from home to escape his harsh stepfather, he keeps his promise to his teacher by recording his experiences in the "fine leather bound book" she gave him. Upon arrival in Fredericksburg, he acquaints himself with the rebel troops and begins an enterprising business running errands for soldiers, and takes shelter at a farm that becomes the headquarters of a Confederate... (more)
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  Dear America: Book 15

  When Will This Cruel War Be Over?

  The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864

  by Barry Denenberg

  A Confederate girl in Gordonsville, Virginia, in 1864, Emma Simpson writes about the hardships of growing up during a turbulent time, as the Civil War tears her family and her nation apart.
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  Dear America: Book 13

  A Picture of Freedom

  The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl, Belmont Plantation, Virginia, 1859

  by Patricia C. McKissack, Fred McKissack

  Having secretly taught herself how to read and write, Clotee, a brave twelve-year-old Virginia slave, witnesses the horrors of slavery and eventually becomes a conductor on the Underground Railroad.
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  The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing: Book 2

  The Kingdom on the Waves

  by M. T. Anderson

  Volume II of the National Book Award Winner and NEW YORK TIMES bestseller — a stunning resolution to the epic tale that "fascinates, appalls, condemns, and enthralls." Fearing a death sentence, Octavian and his tutor, Dr. Trefusis, escape through rising tides and pouring rain to find shelter in British-occupied Boston. Sundered from all he knows — the College of Lucidity, the rebel cause — Octavian hopes to find... (more)