Mary Jemison Native American Captive
A fictional retelling of the early life of Mary Jemison who was captured during the French and Indian War and lived for most of her life with the Seneca Indians.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 20
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: jemison, mary, indian captivities, frontier and pioneer life, seneca indians, native americans, united states, genesee river valley (pa. and n.y.), historical fiction, biographical fiction
Sybil Ludington
A fictionalized account of sixteen-year-old Sybil Ludington, trained to handle a musket, who rode alone over forty miles in New York to bring out the militia before the Battle of Ridgefield.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 12
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: ludington, sybil, gender role, united states, connecticut, historical fiction, biographical fiction
Nettie And Nellie Crook
After being taken away from their parents in 1910, twin sisters Nettie and Nellie are put on the orphan train to Kansas by the Children's Aid Society and end up in a house where they are treated more as servants than children.
FIC
year:
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: children's aid society (new york, n.y.), orphans, twins, sisters, child abuse, new york (n.y.), kansas
John Lincoln Clem
A fictional retelling of the legend of John Clem, who ran away from his Ohio home to become a drummer boy during the Civil War, and became famous when he was captured in 1863 and was exchanged after a short stay in Andersonville prison.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: clem, john lincoln, soldiers, united states, united states, historical fiction, biographical fiction