Sophie’s
War
The Journal of Anna Sophie Franziska Guenther by Janice Shefelman
Dear Reader, I am afraid for us.
So begins Sophie’s journal on Christmas Eve, 1861. An no wonder. She
lives in Comfort, Texas, during the Civil War, and her father makes no
secret of being a Unionist in a state that has left the Union. Terrible
things are happening to German Texans like Sophie’s family because they
are on the wrong side. Since her father refuses to be silent, Sophie must
find a way to save her family. For ages 9
and up.
$19.95
Hardback
ISBN 1-57168-880-3
5 1/2 by 7 ˝
262 pages
PUT
THE BOYS IN
The Story of the Virginia Military Institute Cadets at the
Battle of New Market
By J.D. HAINES, M.D.
Every May 15 the Virginia Military
Institute conducts a moving ceremony. The names of ten former cadets are
called out during the dress parade. After each name is read, a cadet steps
forward and reports, "Died on the field of honor, Sir." The
ceremony is held to honor the ten cadets killed at the Battle of New
Market during the 1864 American Civil War engagement. This is the
courageous story of 264 teen_aged boys who faced the ultimate challenge of
mortal combat.
$9.95 Paperback
ISBN 1-57168-816-1
5 by 7, 76 pages, pictures
Children 9-13
A YANK
AMONG US
By Wanda Dionne
A high-adventure story involving a fourteen-year-old freed black serving
in the Union army but who is captured by the Confederates at the Battle of Sabine Pass.
$12.95 Paperback
ISBN 1-57168-108-6
192 pages, 5˝ x 8˝.
Reading level 6.0.
THE
BATTLE OF GALVESTON
By Tom Townsend
Luke helped deliver some cotton to the Confederate army and got
caught in the middle of the Battle of Galveston Bay.
$7.95
Paperback
ISBN 0-89015-713-8
80 pages, 5˝ x 8˝.
glossary.
Reading Level: 6.1
TEXAS
REBEL
By Rita Kerr
Churchill Roberts and his brothers, all Texans, ,join Major Waller's 13th
Cavalry battalion during the Civil War.
$5.95
Paperback
ISBN 0-89015-710-3
80 pages, 5˝ x 8˝. bibliography.
Reading Level: 5.5
