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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 (1998) 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. $4.99 |
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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. $4.99
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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. $12.95 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. $6.99 |
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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? $10.95 |
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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. $12.95 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 Indian called Silent One travels with Champlain to save his brother. $9.95 |
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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? $6.99 |
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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. $12.95 |
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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. $9.95 Available in the VHS lending library. |
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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? $6.95 |
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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 Abenakis in Vermont in the 1930s. $9.95 |
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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. $12.50 |
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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. $6.99 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. $5.99 |
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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. $4.99 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. $6.99 Available in the VHS lending library. |
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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. $5.99 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. $4.99 Available in the VHS lending library. |
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Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science by John Fleischman (2002) Non-fiction, 80 pages, grades 4-8 Phineas Gage was working to build the railroad through Cavendish in 1848 when a large tamping iron blasted through his head. Read about his survival and his life with a brain injury. $9.95 |
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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. $5.50 |
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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. $12.50 |
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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. $8.99 |
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Vermont, the State with the Storybook Past by Cora Cheney (1976, revised 1999) |
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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. $9.95 Available in the VHS lending library. |
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The Winter People by Joseph Bruchac (2002) Historical fiction, 168 pages, grades 5-8 The story of Saxso, an Abenaki boy who tries to rescue his family after the English raid on the Abenaki village of St. Francis in 1759. $5.99 |
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Witness by Karen Hesse (2001) Historical fiction, 161 pages, grades 5-12 Set in 1924, a Vermont community changes when the Ku Klux Klan comes to town. The story is told in verse by different characters. $5.99 |
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