Civil+War

Crane, Stephen. **__The Red Badge of Courage__**. During his service in the Civil War a young Union soldier matures to manhood and finds peace of mind as he comes to grips with his conflicting emotions about war. **Lexile: 920**.

Shaara, Michael. **__The Killer Angels: A Novel of the Civil War__**. A fictional account of four days in July, 1863 at the Battle of Gettysburg discussing tactics, plans and preparations for battle from both the Northern and Southern points of view. **Lexile: 610**.

Shaara, Jeff. **__Gods and Generals__.** Traces the lives, passions, and careers of great military leaders from the first gathering clouds of the Civil War.

Frazier, Charles. __**Cold Mountain**__. //Cold Mountain// is an extraordinary novel about a soldier's perilous journey back to his beloved at the end of the Civil War. At once a magnificent love story and a harrowing account of one man's long walk home, //Cold Mountain// introduces a stunning new talent in American literature.**Lexile: 1210**.

Stowe, Harriet Beecher. **__Uncle Tom's Cabin__**. Tells the story of a slave's refusal to obey his oppressors while working on a plantation revealing the cruelest forms of injustice and inhumanity and the courage it takes to fight against them. **Lexile:**

Mitchell, Margaret. **__Gone with the Wind__**. The tale of Scarlett O'Hara, the spoiled, ruthless daughter of a wealthy plantation owner, who arrives at young womanhood just in time to see the Civil War sweep away the life for which her upbringing has prepared her. **Lexile: 1100**.

Rinaldi, Ann. **__The Last Silk Dress__**. During the Civil War, Susan finds a way to help the Confederate Army and uncovers a series of mysterious family secrets. **Lexile: 630.**

Collier, James Lincoln. **__With Every Drop of Blood__**. While trying to transport food to Richmond, Virginia, during the Civil War, fourteen-year-old Johnny is captured by a black Union soldier. **Lexile: 820.**

Bahr, Howard. **__Judas Field: A Novel of the Civil War__**. Contains a fictionalized account of the Civil War in which Cass Wakefield returns home seeking rest and relaxation. But a childhood friend asks him to accompany her to Franklin, Tennessee to remove her father's and brother's bodies from the battlefield and Cass agrees to go with her. **Lexile:**

Rinaldi, Ann. **__In My Father’s House__**. For two sisters growing up surrounded by the Civil War, there is conflict both outside and inside their house. Interest Level: Gr. 7-10. **Lexile: 640.**

Rinaldi, Ann. **__Numbering all the Bones__**. When thirteen-year-old Eulinda, a house slave on a Georgia plantation, has a chance to go North and find freedom, she decides to stay and face the challenges around her. Interest Level: Gr. 6-9. **Lexile: 600**.