Chapter Books about Vermont History
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Aaron and the Green Mountain Boys
by Patricia Lee Gauch (1972)
Historical fiction, 64 pages, grades 2-4
The story of Aaron Robinson who helped the Green Mountain Boys at the Battle of Bennington in 1777.
Available in the VHS lending library.
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The Arrow Over the Door
by Joseph Bruchac (2002)
Historical fiction, 89 pages, grades 3-7
The story of an Abenaki boy and a Quaker boy in New York during the Revolutionary War. Based on a true story.
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As Long as There Are Mountains
by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock (1997)
Historical fiction, 139 pages, grades 3-7
After their barn burns down, Iris' family is in danger of losing their farm in the 1950s.
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At the Top of the Mountain
by Judith Edwards (2013)
Historical Fiction, 144 pages, grades 4-8
In the third adventure with Will Ryan, find out if the Civilian Conservation Corps crew will reach the top of Mount Ascutney.
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Azban's Great Journey
by Brian Chenevert (2015)
Abenaki stories, 56 pages, grades 4-6
Read about the adventures of Azban, the raccoon, trickster of the Western Abenaki people.
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The Black Bonnet
by Louella Bryant (1996)
Historical fiction, 149 pages, grades 5-8
Charity and Bea have escaped slavery and are travelling through Vermont to reach freedom in Canada. Set in the 1850s.
Available in the VHS lending library.
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Bread and Roses, Too
by Katherine Paterson (2006)
Historical fiction, 275 pages, grades 4-8
Lawrence, Massachusetts is a dangerous place during the "Bread and Roses" strike in 1912. Rosa and Jake are sent to live with families in Barre where they will be safe.
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Captive of Pittsford Ridge
by Janice Ovecka (1994)
Historical fiction, 88 pages, grades 4-8
Josiah's father is fighting with the Green Mountains Boys at the Battle of Hubbardton during the Revolutionary War. What happens when Josiah meets the enemy after the battle?
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Cave of Falling Water
by Janice Ovecka (1992)
Historical fiction, 115 pages, grades 4-8
Woni, Mattie, and Stacy are three girls from different time periods that discover the Cave of Falling Water.
Available in the VHS lending library.
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Champlain and the Silent One
by Kate Messner (2008)
Historical fiction, 142 pages, grades 4-8
In 1609, an Innu young man called Silent One travels with Champlain to save his brother.
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Counting on Grace
by Elizabeth Winthrop (2006)
Historical fiction, 232 pages, grades 4-8
Grace works in a southern Vermont cotton mill in the early 1900s. Will Lewis Hine's photograph change everything?
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The Darkness Under the Water
by Beth Kanell (2008)
Historical fiction, 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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The Day of the Pelican
by Katherine Paterson (2010)
Historical fiction, 160 pages, grades 5-7
Meli Lleshi and her family must leave their home in Kosovo because of the war. They arrive in Vermont as refugees to start a new life. How will the events of 9/11 impact life for the Muslim family in their new home?
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The Dewey Boy
by Earline V. Marsh (2012)
Historical fiction, 84 pages, grades 3-6
Before George Dewey grew up to be an admiral in the US navy, he spent the summer of 1846 on his cousins' farm.
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The Faithful Hunter Abenaki Stories
by Joseph Bruchac (1988)
Abenaki stories, 61 pages, grades 4-12
A collection of traditional Western Abenaki stories including several stories about Gluskabe.
Available in the VHS lending library.
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Faraway Summer
by Johanna Hurwitz (2000)
Historical fiction, 160 pages, grades 3-7
Thanks to the Fresh Air Fund, Dossi spends the summer of 1910 in Vermont, far away from her Jewish family and their tenement in New York City.
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Full Cicada Moon
by Marilyn Hilton (2017)
Historical fiction, 400 pages, grades 3-7
In 1969, Mimi Yoshiko Oliver wants to be an astronaut. How can she work towards her dream and fit into her new Vermont school?
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Green Mountain Hero
by Edgar Newman Jackson (1961)
Historical fiction, 190 pages, grades 4-8
The story of Solomon Story and his family who settled in Salisbury, Vermont in the 1770s.
Available in the VHS lending library.
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Guns for General Washington: A Story of the American Revolution
by Seymour Reit (1990)
Historical fiction, 140 pages, grades 5-9
The Continental Army must move the cannons from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston. Will the cannons get there in time to help General Washington beat the British Army?
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The Hero of Ticonderoga
by Gail Gauthier (2002)
Fiction, 240 pages, grades 3-7
Tessy gets the report topic that everyone else wants - the story of Ethan Allen and Fort Ticonderoga.
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Hidden Roots
by Joseph Bruchac (2004)
Historical fiction, 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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Invasion on the Mountain
by Judith Edwards (2011)
Historical fiction, 96 pages, grades 4-8
The Civilian Conservation Corps comes to Will Ryan's hometown during the Great Depression.
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Jip, His Story
by Katherine Paterson (1996)
Historical fiction, 181 pages, grades 5-8
Jip lives on the town poor farm in Vermont in the 1850s after being abandoned by his family.
Available in the VHS lending library.
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Justin Morgan Had a Horse
by Marguerite Henry (1946)
Historical fiction, 170 pages, grades 4-8
Justin Morgan's horse "Little Bub" is stronger and faster than other Vermont horses in the late 1700s.
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Lumber Camp Library
by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock (2002)
Historical fiction, 87 pages, grades 2-5
Ruby wants to be a teacher, but everything changes after her father dies in an accident. Set in the early 1900s.
Available in the VHS lending library.
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Lyddie
by Katherine Paterson (1991)
Historical fiction, 182 pages, grades 5-8
Lyddie leaves Vermont to work in the mills in Lowell, Massachusetts in the 1840s to earn money to support herself and her poor family.
Available in the VHS lending library.
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March Toward the Thunder
by Joseph Bruchac (2009)
Historical fiction, 320 pages, grades 6-9
Louis Nolette, a young Abenaki man, fights for the Union in the American Civil War, even though he is only 15 years old and from Canada.
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Mr. Lincoln's Drummer
by G. Clifton Wisler (1997)
Historical fiction, 131 pages, grades 5-7
Based on the story of Vermonter Willie Johnston, an 11 year old drummer boy in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Available in the VHS lending library.
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The Night the Bells Rang
by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock (1991)
Historical fiction, 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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Preacher's Boy
by Katherine Paterson (2000)
Historical fiction, 176 pages, grades 5-7
In 1899, Robbie's father is a preacher in a small Vermont town where some people think the world is about to end.
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Return to Sender
by Julia Alvarez (2010)
Fiction, 352 pages, grades 3-7
Tyler's father hires migrant workers from Mexico to work on their dairy farm. Will Mari and her family be able to stay in Vermont?
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Soup
by Robert Newton Peck (1974)
Historical fiction, 96 pages, grades 4-7
Rob and his best friend Soup create mischief all over their Vermont town in the 1930s.
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Spitfire
by Kate Messner (2007)
Historical fiction, 144 pages, grades 4-6
In 1776, Abigail and Pascal are on a ship during a Revolutionary War naval battle on Lake Champlain.
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A Stitch in Time
by Daphne Kalmar (2018)
Historical fiction, 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.
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Trouble on the Mountain
by Judith Edwards (2012)
Historical fiction, 118 pages, grades 4-8
The second adventure of Will Ryan and the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression.
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Understood Betsy
by Dorothy Canfield Fisher (1916)
Historical fiction, 137 pages, grades 5-8
The story of Betsy who must leave her city home to live with her Vermont cousins on a farm. This classic story provides a glimpse of Vermont in the early 1900s.
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Vermont, the State with the Storybook Past
by Cora Cheney (1976, revised 1999)
Non-fiction, 256 pages, grades 4-8
A narrative history of the state of Vermont. Although full of action and adventure, educators should discuss the portrayal of Abenaki history in this book.
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The Wind Eagle and Other Abenaki Stories
by Joseph Bruchac (1985)
Abenaki stories, 34 pages, grades 4-12
A collection of teaching stories that teach and entertain.
Available in the VHS lending library.