Ann Rinaldis Historic Fiction - A-M
Explore Ann Rinaldi's captivating historic fiction books A-M. Discover her acclaimed novels blending rich history with compelling storytelling for readers of all ages.
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Amelia's War
by Ann Rinaldi
A riveting middle-grade Civil War drama by acclaimed author, Ann Rinaldi. Based on a true incident. As the Civil War rages, Amelia's Maryland town is beset by divisions. Even she and her best friend Josh disagree. Amelia vows not to take sides, until the Confederate troops march into town...led by Josh's uncle.
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Cast Two Shadows
by Ann Rinaldi
A young girl living in South Carolina during the American Revolution discovers the duplicity within herself and others.
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The Coffin Quilt
by Ann Rinaldi
In the 1880s, young Fanny McCoy witnesses the growth of a terrible and violent feud between her Kentucky family and the West Virginia Hatfields, complicated by her older sister Roseanna's romance with a Hatfield.
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The Color of Fire
by Ann Rinaldi
Set in 1741 New York City, this hypnotic tale, drawn from an obscure slice of American history, delves into topical issues, where a culture of fear creates a hunger for a scapegoat, and a mob mentality results in the tragic deaths of innocents.
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Girl in Blue
by Ann Rinaldi
Determined to live her own life free of the controls of any man, Sara Louisa Wheelock disguises herself as a man and sets off from her home in Michigan to fight as a soldier in the Civil War. Reprint.
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In My Father's House
by Ann Rinaldi
For two sisters growing up surrounded by the Civil War, there is conflict both outside and inside their house.
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The Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce, a Pilgrim Boy, Plimoth Plantation, 1620
by Ann Rinaldi
As an orphan, young Jonathan looks forward to starting life anew and so journeys across the sea on the Mayflower to look for his great opportunity in the new world.
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The Last Silk Dress
by Ann Rinaldi
High-spirited, beautiful Susan Chilmark, fourteen, vows to do something meaningful to support the Confederacy during the Civil War. Despite the wishes of her mother, Susan and her best friend, Connie, collect silk dresses from all the ladies of Richmond to make a balloon that will be used to spy on the Yankees. But the issues behind the war aren't as obvious as Susan thinks. When she meets her dashing, scandalous older brother and discovers why he was banished from the family, Susan unlocks a Pandora's box of secrets that forces her to rethink and challenge the very system she was born into. Does she have the courage to do what is right even though it may hurt the ones she loves?
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Mutiny's Daughter
by Ann Rinaldi
Gives voice, as a teenager returned to the Christian family in England, to the half-Tahitian daughter of the British ship Bounty's second-in-command and mutineer, Fletcher Christian.
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My Heart is on the Ground
by Ann Rinaldi
In the diary account of her life at a government-run Pennsylvania boarding school in 1880, a twelve-year-old Sioux Indian girl reveals a great need to find a way to help her people.