Patricia Polacco
2) Pink and Say
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Chronicles the frienship of Pink, a fifteen-year-old African-American Union soldier, and Say, his poor white comrade, as one nurses the other back to health from a battle wound and the two of them are imprisoned at Andersonville. Based on a true story.
6) The bee tree
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To teach his grandaughter the value of books a grandfather leads a growing crowd in search of the tree where the bees keep all their honey.
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When two brothers visit a museum in Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, with their grandmother, they find themselves in a very realistic Civil War setting where they see the Antietam battlefield and meet historical figures from the aftermath of that momentous battle. Includes author's note on the Battle of Antietam.
17) Some birthday!
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On her birthday Dad takes a young girl and her brother to see the Monster at Clay Pit Bottom.