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2021., North Star Editions Call No: F PLA green dot Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Ana & AndrewSummary Note: Ana & Andrew think they have seen every fun place in their hometown of Washington, DC. They are surprised when Papa takes the family to a spot they haven't visited! There, they honor an ancestor who fought for freedom. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards.
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[2016], Adolescent, Fulcrum Call No: NL HISTORICAL F BRU Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Two young men on opposing sides of a war learn about themselves and the meaning of being a part of a country. In 1874 the Red River War is raging. Private Washington Vance Jr., an African American cavalry man, is sent to fight. Meanwhile a Cheyenne warrior named Wolf meets him in battle, and an unlikely friendship forms.
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[2016], Adolescent, Fulcrum Publishing Call No: FIC BRU Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "In 1874, the U.S. Army sent troops to subdue and move the Native Americans of the Southern plains to Indian reservations, and this chronicles the brief and brutal war that followed. Told from the viewpoint of two youths from opposite sides of the fight, this is a tale of conflict and unlikely friendship in the Wild West"--
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c2006., Pelican Pub. Co. Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Realizing that his future lies in owning land, not just being free, a young man raised as a slave becomes a buffalo soldier--a member of an all-black cavalry regiment formed to protect white settlers from Indians, bandits, and outlaws, and that later fought in the Spanish American War. Includes historical note.
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c2010., Atheneum Books for Young Readers Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Publisher description Contributor biographical information Summary Note: Curzon, having matured from boy to man over the course of the winter with the army at Valley Forge, worries that someone will learn he is a runaway slave passing for free, and tries to figure out the meaning of his friendship with Isabel.
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c2010., Pre-adolescent, Atheneum Books for Young Readers Call No: FIC ANDERSON Edition: 1st ed. Genre: Historical fiction Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Separated from his friend Isabel after their daring escape from slavery, fifteen-year-old Curzon serves as a free man in the Continental Army at Valley Forge until he and Isabel are thrown together again, as slaves once more.
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c2010., Pre-adolescent, Atheneum Books for Young Readers Call No: Fic ANDERSON Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: Separated from his friend Isabel after their daring escape from slavery, fifteen-year-old Curzon serves as a free man in the Continental Army at Valley Forge until he and Isabel are thrown together again, as slaves once more.
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c2010., Pre-adolescent, Atheneum Books for Young Readers Call No: FIC AND Edition: 1st ed. Genre: Historical fiction Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Curzon, having matured from boy to man over the course of the winter with the army at Valley Forge, worries that someone will learn he is a runaway slave passing for free, and tries to figure out the meaning of his friendship with Isabel.
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c2010., Pre-adolescent, Atheneum Books for Young Readers Call No: Historical fiction FIC ANDERSON Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Publisher description Contributor biographical information Summary Note: Curzon, having matured from boy to man over the course of the winter with the army at Valley Forge, worries that someone will learn he is a runaway slave passing for free, and tries to figure out the meaning of his friendship with Isabel.
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c2010., Pre-adolescent, Atheneum Books for Young Readers Call No: Historical Fiction Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Curzon, having matured from boy to man over the course of the winter with the army at Valley Forge, worries that someone will learn he is a runaway slave passing for free, and tries to figure out the meaning of his friendship with Isabel.
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c2010., Atheneum Books for Young Readers Call No: HISTORICAL F AND Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Seeds of America Volume: 2Summary Note: Separated from his friend Isabel after their daring escape from slavery, fifteen-year-old Curzon serves as a free man in the Continental Army at Valley Forge until he and Isabel are thrown together again, as slaves once more.
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c2010., Pre-adolescent, Atheneum Books for Young Readers Call No: HISTORICAL FICTION Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Seeds of America Volume: bk 2Summary Note: Separated from his friend Isabel after their daring escape from slavery, fifteen-year-old Curzon serves as a free man in the Continental Army at Valley Forge until he and Isabel are thrown together again, as slaves once more.
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By Hart, Alisonc2007., Peachtree Call No: FIC HART Edition: 1st ed. Genre: Historical fiction Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Thirteen-year-old Gabriel, a former slave, leaves behind his life as a professional jockey and joins his father in the Fifth U.S. Colored Cavalry at Camp Nelson, Kentucky.
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c2007, Pre-adolescent, Peachtree Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Racing to freedom trilogy Volume: bk. 3Summary Note: Thirteen-year-old Gabriel, a former slave, leaves behind his life as a professional jockey and joins his father in the Fifth U.S. Colored Cavalry at Camp Nelson, Kentucky.
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2013., Adolescent, Scholastic Press Call No: [Fic] Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Josiah Wedgewood and Marcus Perry were friends in Virginia, but now that they are both involved in the Normandy invasion, the differences in their positions is uncomfortable, for Josiah is a white infantryman and Marcus is a black transport driver, the only role the segregated army will allow him.
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2013., Adolescent, Scholastic Press Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Josiah Wedgewood and Marcus Perry were friends in Virginia, but now that they are both involved in the Normandy invasion, the differences in their positions is uncomfortable, for Josiah is a white infantryman and Marcus is a black transport driver, the only role the segregated army will allow him.
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2013., Adolescent, Scholastic Press Call No: HISTORICAL FICTION Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Josiah Wedgewood and Marcus Perry were friends in Virginia, but now that they are both involved in the Normandy invasion, the differences in their positions is uncomfortable, for Josiah is a white infantryman and Marcus is a black transport driver, the only role the segregated army will allow him.
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2013., Adolescent, Scholastic Press Call No: [Fic] Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)View cover image provided by Mackin Summary Note: In May of 1944 Josiah Wedgewood, a recruit for the US Army, sees in the "colored" regimen a black man he thinks he knows. Closer inspection shows the man to be his friend, Marcus Perry, and the two are glad to meet each other again in the fight against the Nazis. However, as the war heats up the future of these two young men is far from certain as they learn what it really means to fight.
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2013., Adolescent, Scholastic Press Call No: Historical fiction FIC MYERS Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Josiah Wedgewood and Marcus Perry were friends in Virginia, but now that they are both involved in the Normandy invasion, the differences in their positions is uncomfortable, for Josiah is a white infantryman and Marcus is a black transport driver, the only role the segregated army will allow him.
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2015., Adolescent, Ember Call No: Historical FIC Nickerson Edition: First Ember edition. Genre: Historical Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Seventeen-year-old Violet Dancey is spending the Civil War with a new stepmother and stepsister and her young cousin when she comes upon a wounded Yankee soldier, Thomas, who is being kept alive by mysterious voodoo practitioners.