Ruby wants to be a teacher, but after her father's death in a logging accident she must quit school to care for her ten brothers and sisters, until a chance meeting with a lonely old blind woman transforms her life.
Twelve-year-old Homer, a poor but clever orphan, has extraordinary adventures after running away from his evil uncle to rescue his brother, who has been sold into service in the Civil War.
Ghost Pirates (Young Heroes, #6)
by Zak Lyon, Storyshopusa, and John Jenkins
Mystery at Chilkoot Pass (Mysteries Through Time) (Mysteries Through History, #17)
by Steiner Barbara and Barbara Steiner
During the Civil War, a twelve-year-old Bowery Boy from New York City joins the Union Army as a drummer, deserts during a battle in Virginia, and encounters a hostile old mountain woman.
The Beat on Ruby's Street (Beat Street Series Book, #1)
by Jenna Zark
Shadows on Society Hill (American Girl Mysteries) (American Girl: Addy Mysteries)
by Evelyn Coleman
When her family moves to Philadelphia's Society Hill neighborhood in 1866, Addy discovers that her new home holds dangerous secrets--including one connected to the North Carolina plantation she had escaped from only two years earlier. Includes a brief overview of the experiences of African Americans during Reconstruction, the period immediately following the Civil War.
