Wind Runner    by Ellie Crowe
Price: $2.99 USD. 4310 words. Language: English. Published on March 9, 2013. Fiction » Children’s books » Historical / United States / 19th Century.
Young Indian runners, running as fast as the wind, carried vital messages for hundreds of miles. This time the message was WAR. The starving Pueblo Indians were rising in battle against the cruel Spanish soldiers. And they were calling on their sworn enemies to join the fight. Running Deer, a 14-year-old boy, is taking the place of his older brother. Can a boy succeed in this dangerous mission?

Jacob's Oregon Trail Adventure Letters Through Time    by Ellen Anthony
Price: $6.00 USD. 20160 words. Language: English. Published by Wings ePress, Inc.  on March 5, 2013. Fiction » Children’s books » Historical / United States / 19th Century.
14-year-old Jacob Harding is traveling the Oregon Trail in 1850. Read his letters as he tells about why they're going, what they hope to find, and what he wants. Follow along as the Harding family faces disease, treacherous river crossings, and Indians. Share Jacob's secrets about his girl friend, a runaway slave, and his sister's birthday surprise. These fictional letters are historical.

The Dewey Boy    by Earline Marsh
Price: $2.99 USD. 12080 words. Language: English. Published on March 4, 2013. Fiction » Children’s books » Historical / United States / 19th Century.
(5.00 from 1 review)
The Dewey Boy is historical fiction about the eight-year old George Perrin Dewey’s summer on the Perrin Farm in Berlin, Vermont, USA, owned by his Aunt Lucy and Uncle Porter Perrin. Some of his many adventures predict his future as the famous Admiral George Dewey. The book is suitable for classroom use, with discussion questions and explanations of idioms used in that time period.

Patchwork Trail    by Janet Kaderli
Price: $2.99 USD. 11710 words. Language: English. Published on January 22, 2013. Fiction » Children’s books » Family / Multigenerational.
Trails of wildflowers. Trails of cattle. Trails of stitches. Trails of history. Ten-year old Erica Kraft explores all these trails and more when she visits her grandparents at their farm in Caldwell County, Texas.

Growing Up With Grandma: Moving To The Ranch    by Bj Gold
Price: $0.99 USD. 20230 words. Language: English. Published on January 20, 2013. Fiction » Children’s books » Historical / United States / 19th Century.
A chapter book focusing on a young girl's perspective of living in the 1950's. This first book details the move to the ranch from her home in the suburbs. Sis's adventures lead her into capers that at first appear to be thoughtful and caring, while her family often finds them ill conceived and beyond parental approval.

Uncle Sam: A Horse's Tale    by Curt Iles
Price: $3.99 USD. 1580 words. Language: English. Published on December 6, 2012. Fiction » Children’s books » Historical / United States / 19th Century.
Uncle Sam, a cavalry horse, travels to Louisiana in the months before America enters World War II. Told by storyteller Curt Iles with creative illustrations by emerging artist Jade Ross and sleight of hand by graphic designer Julian Quebedeaux, Uncle Sam: A Horse's Tale is a delightful story of a memorable time seventy years ago.

Who Tells the Moon to Sleep?    by Haley Whitehall
Price: $2.99 USD. 2880 words. Language: English. Published on December 5, 2012. Fiction » Children’s books » Historical / United States / 19th Century.
(4.50 from 8 reviews)
Picture book for ages 8 and up. Having learned from Mama that the world is filled with things that do what they please like the moon and the cat, Tess wonders why she and Mama are constantly told what to do. They are told when to play, when to eat, and even when to sleep. Mama explains that they are slaves -- owned by the couple in the big house. But Tess realizes her heart is free.

Miss Jones and the Runaway Slaves    by Caitlind L. Alexander
Price: $0.99 USD. 3000 words. Language: English. Published by LearningIsland.com  on November 24, 2012. Fiction » Children’s books » Historical / United States / 19th Century.
Meet Miss Jones, the time traveling 2nd grade teacher. Whenever she finds something “not quite right” in history, she goes back and fixes it! In this adventure Miss Jones discovers a group of runaway slaves. They have become lost when Harriet Tubman, their leader, has suddenly fallen asleep. Miss Jones tries to discover which house is safe for them to go to, only to find that a trap is being set!

Mrs. O'Leary's Cow    by Laura Marshall
Price: $0.99 USD. 1190 words. Language: English. Published on September 2, 2012. Fiction » Children’s books » Historical / United States / 19th Century.
Mrs. O’Leary had no idea that the lantern she carried out to the barn, that clear October night in 1871, would start the Great Chicago Fire.