Civil War Historical Fiction For Teens

Avi. Iron Thunder: The Battle Between the Monitor & the Merrimac : a Civil War Novel. 2007. (J Avi)

Tom's job as an assistant to Captain John Ericsson, the inventor of the Monitor, makes him a target of Confederate spies. (MS)

 

Brenaman, Miriam.Evvy's Civil War. 2002. (YA Fiction Brena.M)

In Virginia in 1860, on the verge of the Civil War, fourteen-year-old Evvy chafes at the restrictions that her society places on both women and slaves. (MS, HS)

 

Brooks, Geraldine. March. 2005. (Fiction Brook.G & YA Fiction Brook.G & CD Fiction Brook.G)

In a story inspired by the father character in "Little Women" and drawn from the journals and letters of Louisa May Alcott's father, a man leaves behind his family to serve in the Civil War and finds his beliefs challenged by his experiences. (HS)

 

 

 

 

Brown, Linda Beatrice. Black Angels. 2009. (YA Fiction Brown.L)

Three Southern children, two black and one white, escape from their homes during the horrors of the Civil War and, after meeting in the woods, gradually come to rely on each other as they make their way slowly north, enduring hunger, fear, sickness, and constant danger, before arriving in Harper's Ferry, West Virginia. (MS, HS)

 

Brown, Rita Mae. High Hearts. 1986. (Fiction Brown.R)

When a young Southern belle’s fiancé goes off to fight for the Confederacy, she is determined to stick with him throughout the war by disguising herself as a boy and joining up as well. (HS)

 

Collier, James Lincoln. With Every Drop of Blood. 1994. (YA Fiction Colli.J & J Colli.J)

Despite his promise to take care of his family, Johnny embarks on a bold mission to supply the Confederates, only to be taken prisoner by a runaway slave, in a novel that explores the reasons for the Civil War. (MS)

 

Bruchac, Joseph. March Toward The Thunder. 2008. (YA Fiction Bruch.J)

Louis Nollette, a fifteen-year-old Abenaki Indian, joins the Irish Brigade in 1864 to fight for the Union in the Civil War. Based on the author's great-grandfather; includes author's note. (MS, HS)

 

Cornwell, Bernard. Rebel. 1993. (Fiction Cornw.B & eAudiobook)

Nate Starbuck, a Confederate soldier who hails from Boston, plays a crucial role in First Bull Run, the first great battle of the American Civil War. (Book One of a series) (HS)

 

 

Crane, Stephen. The Red Badge of Courage. 1951. (YA Fiction Crane.S & CD Fiction Crane.S & Fiction Crane.S)

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. (MS, HS)

 

Doctorow, E. L.. The March. 2005. (Fiction Docto.E. & CD Fiction Docto.E)

Union General William Tecumsah Sherman's devastating march through Georgia and the Carolinas during the final years of the Civil War has a profound impact on the outcome of the war. (HS)

 

Elliott, Laura. Annie, Between the States. 2004. (YA Fiction Ellio.L)

Instead of spending her teen years at parties and balls, Annie, an idealistic, poetry-loving patriot, finds herself nursing soldiers, hiding valuables, and running the household as the Civil War rages around her family's Virginia home. (MS, HS)

 

Fleischman, Paul. Bull Run. 1993. (J Fleis.P & Juv CD Fiction Fleis.P)

Northerners, Southerners, generals, couriers, dreaming boys and worried sisters describe the glory, the horror, the thrill, and the disillusionment of the first battle of the Civil War. (MS)

 

Hunt, Irene. Across Five Aprils. 1964. (YA Hunt.I & J Hunt.I & Juv CD Hunt.I)

Young Jethro Creighton grows from a boy to a man when he is left to take care of the family farm in southern Illinois during the difficult years of the Civil War. (MS)

 

Kilian, Michael. Murder at Manassas : a Harrison Raines Civil War Mystery. 2000. (Mystery Kilia.M)

In July 1861, Harrison Grenville Raines investigates the cold-blooded killing of a Union major during the Northern forces' retreat from the Confederates at the Battle of Manassas. (Book One of a series) (HS)

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