Civil War Novels (Middle School)

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• Silent Thunder-Andrea Davis Pinkney
• The Little Bugler-William B. Styple
• The Red Badge of Courage-Stephen Crane
• Across Five Aprils-Irene Hunt
• With Every Drop of Blood-James and Lincoln Collier
• Red Cap
• Mr. Lincoln's Drummer (maybe lower than 8th grade)
• Bull Run-Paul Fleischman (not really a novel but great info)
• Shades of Gray-Carolyn Reeder
• Killer Angels (not sure of language in this one)
• Soldier's Heart-Gary Paulsen
• Amelia's War-Rinaldi
• Johnny Tremain
• Charley Skedaddle-Beatty
• Rifles for Watie-Keith
• Voice from the Border-Smith
• The Tamarack Tree-Patricia Clapp
• In My Father's House-Anne Rinaldi (female main character)
• The Boys' War-Jim Murphy (not a novel but great lit)
• The Root Cellar
• Pink & Say (children's but good)
• Ann Rinaldi has several quality Civil War books
• Shenandoah (a play)
• Forty Acres and a Mule-Harriette Gillem
• An Acquaintance with Darkness-Ann Rinaldi (female main character)