Books about a Century Ago
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The Darkness Under the Water
by Beth Kanell (2008)
Historical fiction, chapter book (320 pages), grades 6-12
During the 1920s, Molly's Abenaki and French Canadian family is targeted by the Vermont Eugenics Survey.
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Hidden Roots
by Joseph Bruchac (2004)
Historical fiction, chapter book (137 pages), grades 5-9
Set in the 1950s in New York and Vermont. From Uncle Louis, Sonny learns about his roots and the forced sterilization of Abenaki people in Vermont in the 1930s.
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The Night the Bells Rang
by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock (1991)
Historical fiction, chapter book (76 pages), grades 3-5
The last year of World War I (1918) is an eventful one for a Vermont farm boy.
Available in the VHS lending library.
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Nora's Ark
by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock (2005)
Historical fiction, picture book (28 pages), grades K-4
The story of the 1927 flood when all the neighbors and their chickens and horses crowd into Grandma's house for safety.
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A Raccoon at the White House
by Rachel Dougherty (2018)
Non-fiction, 32 pages, grades K-3
Learn the true story of Grace and Calvin Coolidge's pet raccoon Rebecca.
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A Stitch in Time
by Daphne Kalmar (2018)
Historical fiction, chapter book (176 pages), grades 4-6
Will Aunt Agnes take the orphaned Donut away from her Vermont village and move her to Boston? Set in the 1927.