The Great Episodes Books
Discover the best historical fiction books for young readers in The Great Episodes Books list—featuring poignant tales by Ann Rinaldi, including The Fifth of March and The Coffin Quilt, plus adventure classics like Behind Rebel Lines and The Captain's Dog. Explore gripping episodes of courage, friendship, and pivotal moments in history.
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Behind Rebel Lines
by Seymour Reit
Recounts the story of the Canadian woman who disguised herself as a man and slipped behind Confederate lines to spy for the Union army.
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The Primrose Way
by Jackie French Koller
Sixteen-year-old Rebekah joins her missionary father in the New World in the 1630s and, after being introduced to Indian culture, begins to question whether these "savages" need saving after all
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The Fifth of March
by Ann Rinaldi
Fourteen-year-old Rachel Marsh, an indentured servant in the Boston household of John and Abigail Adams, is caught up in the colonists' unrest that eventually escalates into the massacre of March 5, 1770.
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The Captain's Dog
by Roland Smith
Captain Meriwether Lewis's dog Seaman describes his experiences as he accompanies his master on the Lewis and Clark Expedition to explore the uncharted western wilderness.
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An Acquaintance with Darkness
by Ann Rinaldi
Fourteen-year-old Emily Pigbush suspects that her uncle, a respected physician, is involved in body snatching.
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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.
