SeaConquest Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 (edited) I'm looking for book recommendations for life in Pioneer/Early Colonial America. My son has already read Caddie Woodlawn, Sign of the Beaver, and Sing Down the Moon, and enjoyed all of them. Middle school reading and maturity level. Can be from the perspective of the settlers, the Native Americans, or slaves, as long as it is not too graphic. He is understandably pretty disturbed by what happened to slaves and Native Americans, but he understands the importance of viewing history through different eyes. Thanks so much! Edited October 18, 2016 by SeaConquest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Just off the top of my head? Try Out of Many Waters or The Pickpocket's Tale. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73349 Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 I try to screen via https://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/ first when making my lists, and there are some recommendations on there as well. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltopmom Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Calico captive, witch of blackbird pond, off the top of my head. I always check the Sonlight reading list when I'm looking for ideas for certain time periods. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HS Mom in NC Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 For the other point of view: https://www.amazon.com/True-Story-Pocahontas-Other-History/dp/1555916325/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1476825483&sr=8-1&keywords=the+true+story+of+pocahontas+the+other+side+of+history 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelia Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 The Birchbark House series Little Britches Little House on the Prairie series (DD liked On the Banks of Plum Creek best, but there's also Farmer Boy, though his parents weren't pioneers) Sarah, Plain and Tall The Ballad of Lucy Whipple Sophia's War: A Tale of the Revolution The Matchlock Gun 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalusignan Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 I definitely recommend Louise Erdrich's Birchbark House series. I like reading them alongside the Little House books. Two different perspectives and set in approximately the same geographic region and time period. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 The Matchlock Gun (settlers) Johnny Tremain (colonists in Boston in the 1770s) Amos Fortune, Free Man (Africans in Massachusetts in the late 1700's) Amistad (Africans in Massachusetts later on) Ishii In Two Worlds (CA Native Americans in the late 1800s) Patty Reed's Doll (the Donner party, CA settlers in the late 1800s) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaplank Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 (edited) Bound for Oregon by Jean Van Leeuwen Edited October 19, 2016 by aaplank 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourisenough Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 Hattie Big Sky and sequels 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeaganS Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 Letters of a Woman Homesteader. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0082VE9UG/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=&sr= 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3andme Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 These both take place in New England so they are not necessarily "frontier" novels but they give a vivid account of farm life in post colonial America. Diary of an Early American Boy - Noah Blake Farmer Boy - Laura Ingalls Wilder 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vida Winter Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 The Travels of Jamie Mcpheeters, written in 1959, won the Pulitzer Prize. "Huck Finn set in the Old West" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeAgain Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 Blood On The River is a fascinating look at the colonization of Jamestown (and told through the eyes of a 12yo boy). I'd also maybe suggest Skitterbrain if you're going up through the 1800s. It's set during the cowboy era. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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