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Lexile/Reading Level
Recommended for 3-7 Grade

Genre/Category
Adventure | Fiction | Mystery | Realistic

Historical Time Period
Modern
Date
1950s
Topic
Boys & Men | Children | Mystery
Geographic Region
United States - America
Main Character
Boy(s)
Format
Book | Ebook

HARDY BOYS STARTER SET, TH The Hardy Boys Starter Set

Author: Dixon, Franklin W.Part of a Series: Hardy Boys

A special treat for Hardy Boys fans! The first five books in the classic mystery series are packaged together in a collectible box set featuring a newly redesigned slipcover. Titles included are #1 The Tower Treasure, #2 The House on the Cliff, #3 The Secret of the Old Mill, #4 The Missing Chums, and #5 Hunting for Hidden Gold.

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Lexile/Reading Level
Recommended for 4-8 Grade

Genre/Category
Adventure | Fiction | Historical

Historical Time Period
French Revolution
Date
1700s
Topic
Boys & Men | Revolution
Geographic Region
Europe | France
Main Character
Boy(s)
Format
Book | Ebook | Free Ebook

No Surrender!: A Tale of the Rising in La Vendee

Author: Henty, G. A.

Unedited, unabridged, original format editions with original colored cover art, these Henty books reproduce the original in careful detail.
The revolt of La Vendde against the French Republic at the time of the Revolution forms the groundwork of this absorbing story. Leigh Stansfield, a young English lad, is drawn into the thickest of the conflict. Forming a company of boys as scouts for the Venddan Army, he greatly aids the peasants. He rescues his sister from the guillotine, and finally, after many thrilling experiences, when the cause of La Vendde is lost, he escapes to England.

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Lexile/Reading Level
1340L Recommended for 7-12 Grade

Genre/Category
Adventure | Fiction | Historical

Historical Time Period
Modern
Date
1800s
Topic
Boys & Men | Brave | Courage | Culture and Traditions | Native Americans/Canadians
Geographic Region
United States - America
Main Character
Man/Men
Format
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Deerslayer

Author: Cooper, James Fenimore

A restless white youth raised by Indians, Natty Bumppo is called Deerslayer for the daring that sets him apart from his peers. But he has yet to meet the test of human conflict. In a tale of violent action and superbly sustained suspense, the harsh realities of tribal warfare force him to kill his first foe, then face torture at the stake. Still yet another kind of initiation awaits him when he discovers not only the ruthlessness of “civilized” men, but also the special danger of a woman’s will. His reckless spirit transformed into mature courage and moral certainty, the Deerslayer emerges to face life with nobility as pure and proud as the wilderness whose fierce beauty and freedom have claimed his heart.

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Lexile/Reading Level
GN Recommended for 6-9 Grades

Genre/Category
Fiction | Graphic Novel-Comics | Historical

Historical Time Period
World War II
Date
1940s
Topic
Boys & Men | Choices | Concentration Camps | Courage | Endurance | Friendship | Germans | Growing Up - Coming of Age | Hitler | Holocaust | Jews or Jewish | Military and Wars | Survival
Geographic Region
Europe | Germany
Main Character
Boy(s)
Format
Book | Ebook

Keeping My Hope

Author: Huh, Christopher

KEEPING MY HOPE, a historical fiction graphic novel written by 14 year old Christopher Huh, talks about the life of a young teenage boy named Ari Kolodiejski, who is caught in the horrors of the Final Solution. Now as a parent and grandparent, he tells his life story to his grandchildren. After surviving the world’s most deadliest camp, he hopes to pass on his life legacy to his family.

Ari is a strong and courageous teen who must battle for his life throughout the second world war. Ari is forever scarred from his deep past. Despite being kept prisoner at the Auschwitz Birkenau concentration camp, seeing the untimely death of hundreds, and forced to endure unbearable conditions in lice infested clothing, Ari keeps his friends close and struggles to live. Throughout his stay in the camp, he meets two inmates who both stand along with him, trying to help as often as they can. Friendship and belief is all they have left, in which the Nazis and the war strip away from the trio and ultimately brings the devastating disaster that awaits. When Ari and his two friends are slowing down in a death march during a blizzard and his friend has frostbite, Ari still helps his friend despite an SS guard approaching them with a pistol. He even claims that “carrying Saul was a challenge” (page 149), but does not want to leave him in the snow, knowing the fate his friend would face.

He tries to help and aid his fellow camp inmates whenever possible. During his stay at Auschwitz III, everyone fears one Kapo guard who is known for being a sadist on the prisoners with a rubber truncheon. Ari not only stands up against the Kapo, he even goes to the point of scaring him too. The guard showed “in his eyes…he was confused, maybe even fearful. Almost as if he was the beaten victim” (page 104). No matter what consequences are to come, he always gives his best effort in order to make a situation better. Throwing himself into the line of fire while no one else would is the shocking reality that made those like Ari from ordinary people to heroes.

A true friend and strong Samaritan, Ari Kolodiejski is a person who is stuck with the ability to make anyone into being a friend with him. After his liberation of six years of terror, he tries to rebuild his life to replace the one he lost a lifetime ago. With his family’s history stored safely in the minds of his grandchildren, he can now preserve his memories for his great-grandchildren and their children to remember. KEEPING MY HOPE is an excellent book, and an even better one with the character of Ari.

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Lexile/Reading Level
NC1040L Recommended for 4-6 Grades

Genre/Category
Fiction | Picture Book | Realistic

Topic
Boys & Men | Caring | Choices | Disobedience | Friendship | Helping | Intergenerational Relationships | Responsibility
Main Character
Boy(s)
Award-Winning Book
Christophers Book Awards
Format
Book

Summer My Father was Ten

Author: Brisson, Pat

A moving story of one boy’s efforts to make amends after destroying a neighbor’s garden.

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Lexile/Reading Level
1060L

Genre/Category
History | Nonfiction

Historical Time Period
Civil War
Date
1800s
Topic
Boys & Men | Military and Wars
Geographic Region
United States - America
Main Character
Boy(s)
Award-Winning Book
Golden Kite Honor Book Award
Format
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Boys’ War: Confederate and Union Soldiers Talk About the Civil War

Author: Murphy, Jim

First-hand accounts that include diary entries and personal letters describe the experiences of boys, sixteen years old or younger, who fought in the Civil War.

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Lexile/Reading Level
590L

Genre/Category
Fiction | Historical | Realistic

Historical Time Period
Civil War
Date
1800s
Topic
Based on True Story(s)/event | Boys & Men | Hangings | Military and Wars | Wounded
Geographic Region
United States - America
Main Character
Boy(s)
Award-Winning Book
Horn Book | Nominee | Other Awards | Rebecca Caudill Young Reader's Book Award | West Virginia Children's Book Award
Format
Audiobook | Book

Pink and Say

Author: Polacco, Patricia

There are few picture books written about the Civil War, and none are as powerful as this one. This story, about how a young black soldier rescues a white soldier, opens young readers’ eyes to the injustices of slavery and the senselessness of war. Highly charged emotionally, this masterful retelling of a true story is seen through the white soldier’s eyes.

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Lexile/Reading Level
NA - varies with versions Recommended for 7-9 Grade Advanced Readers

Genre/Category
Classics | Fiction | Historical

Date
1800s
Topic
Apprentices | Boys & Men | Growing Up - Coming of Age
Geographic Region
England | Europe
Main Character
Boy(s)
Format
Audiobook | Book | Ebook | Free Audiobook | Free Ebook | Video

Great Expectations

Author: Dickens, Charles

Pip is headed for an apprenticeship at the blacksmith’s forge. Then an anonymous donor appears, and sends Pip to London to live as a gentleman. Pip is sure he knows the identity of his secret benefactor. He couldn’t be more surprised when he finds that he’s been mistaken all along.

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Lexile/Reading Level
580L

Genre/Category
Adventure | Fiction | Historical

Historical Time Period
Revolutionary War
Date
1700s
Topic
American History | Banned Books | Boys & Men | Captives | Courage | Germans | Military and Wars
Geographic Region
United States - America
Main Character
Boy(s)
Award-Winning Book
ALA Notable Children's Book | Nominee | Other Awards | Rebecca Caudill Young Reader's Book Award | Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction
Format
Audiobook | Book

Fighting Ground

Author: AVI

April 3, 1778 He may be just thirteen, but Jonathan knows he’s ready to go to the war against the British. He can handle a gun. He yearns to battle for glory, just like his brother and cousin.

So when Jonathan hears the tavern bell toll, calling men to fight, he runs to join them. He doesn’t realize that in just twenty-four hours, his life will be forever altered — by the war, by his fellow soldiers, and by the terrible choices he must make.

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Lexile/Reading Level
670L

Genre/Category
Adventure | Fiction | Historical | Realistic

Date
1800s
Topic
Boating | Boys & Men | Christian | Growing Up - Coming of Age | Rescues
Geographic Region
Cape Cod | Massachusetts | United States - America
Main Character
Boy(s)
Award-Winning Book
Christophers Book Awards
Format
Book

Shipwreck Season

Author: Hill, Donna

Sixteen-year-old Daniel is appalled at the prospect of spending eight months at the lifesavers’ station. And yet, in the autumn of 1880, Daniel finds himself on the train to Cape Cod, where he will live among the coarse, dull surfmen and take orders from his crude, unsympathetic uncle, Captain Alder, the man in charge.
At first Daniel’s new life seems as comfortless and unrewarding as he had imagined, but the work is unexpectedly challenging, and to his surprise Daniel finds himself beginning to respect and admire the surfmen who risk their lives to save those lost in shipwrecks off the coast.
Breathtaking adventure punctuates this lively, insightful coming-of-age story. An afterword traces the history of U.S. lifesaving from its origins to the present-day Coast Guard.

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