Juvenile & Young Adult / Historical / United States / 21st Century

I Survived #6: I Survived the Attacks of September 11th, 2001

by Lauren Tarshis

On the day that shocks the world, one boy just wants to find his dad. A powerful addition to the gripping I SURVIVED series. The only thing Lucas loves more than football is his Uncle Benny, his dad's best friend...

I Survived #3: I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005

by Lauren Tarshis & Scott Dawson

The horror of Hurricane Katrina is brought vividly to life in this fictional account of a boy, a dog, and the storm of the century. Barry's family tries to evacuate before Hurricane Katrina hits their home in...

Heart of a Shepherd

by Rosanne Parry

When Brother's dad is shipped off to Iraq, along with the rest of his reserve unit, Brother must help his grandparents keep the ranch going. He’s determined to maintain it just as his father left it, in the...

Second Fiddle

by Rosanne Parry

The author of Heart of a Shepherd offers another sensitive portrayal of military families, this time stationed abroad, in the city of Berlin at that historic time just after the Wall came down.

When 13-year-old...

Black Angels

by Linda Beatrice Brown

The compelling story of three young orphans who must survive on their own during the Civil War. It's near the end of the war, and rumors of emancipation are swirling. Eleven-year-old Luke decides to run away...

March Toward the Thunder

by Joseph Bruchac

Louis Nolette, a fifteen-year-old Abenaki Indian from Canada, is recruited to fight in the northern Irish Brigade in the Civil War. Though he is too young, and neither American nor Irish, he finds the promise...

Dubs Goes to Washington

by Dick Morris, Eileen McGann & Clayton Liotta

Dubs, America's favorite golden retriever, loses his tennis ball and traces it to Washington, DC. While hunting for it, he visits the country's great memorial sites--Lincoln, Jefferson, FDR, Reagan, Martin Luther...

Dubs Goes to Philadelphia

by Dick Morris, Eileen McGann & Clayton Liotta

DUBS the loveable golden retriever is off and running again, this time to Philadelphia. Having found his lost ball at America’s patriotic sites in Washington DC, and having run for president (as any patriotic...

Saint Louis Armstrong Beach

by Brenda Woods

A boy, a dog, and New Orleans' most famous hurricane

Saint is a boy with confidence as big as his name is long. A budding musician, he earns money playing clarinet for the New Orleans tourists, and his best...