Paul Revere's Ride - Mean DRP: N/A
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, Mimosa Publications, 1992 30 pp. ISBN: 0-7327-0880-x,
On April 18, 1775, Paul Revere took his famous ride, depicted in this poem, to warn of the British troops' approach. 

The Upstairs Room - Mean DRP: 42
Reiss, Johanna, Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1972 196 pp. ISBN: 0-690-85127-8,
During World War II, Annie and Sini leave their family to escape the Germans. The two Jewish children are hidden in a farmhouse by a Dutch family.

Civil War on Sunday - Mean DRP: 45
Osborne, Mary Pope, Random House, 2000 73 pp. ISBN: 0-679-89067-x,
In their most difficult Magic Treehouse journey yet, Jack and Annie are transported back in time to the Civil War. There they must help a nurse named Clara Barton aid wounded soldiers.

Grasshopper Summer - Mean DRP: 45
Turner, Ann, Macmillan Publishing Co., 1989 166 pp. ISBN: 0-02-789511-4,
After the Civil War, Sam's family moves from Kentucky to the Dakota Territory. But life in a sod house on the wide prairie is hard and lonely for Sam who misses his friends. Then it gets worse when the grasshoppers come.

The Secret of Sarah Revere - Mean DRP: 45
Rinaldi, Ann, Harcourt Brace and Co., 1995 320 pp. ISBN: 0-15-200393-2,
As the daughter of Patriot leader Paul Revere, 13-year-old Sarah sees the momentous events at the beginning of the Revolutionary War from a unique and very personal perspective.

An Acquaintance with Darkness - Mean DRP: 46
Rinaldi, Ann, Harcourt Brace and Co., 1997 294 pp. ISBN: 0-15-201294-x,
With the ending of the Civil War and President Lincoln's assassination, the city of Washington is filled with confusion and fear. Fourteen-year-old Emily finds herself alone: the only person she can turn to is her uncle, a man her mother hated. 

Amelia's War - Mean DRP: 46
Rinaldi, Ann, Scholastic Press, 1999 263 pp. ISBN: 0-590-11744-0,
Hagerstown, Maryland is divided by the Civil War. Twelve-year-old Amelia doesn't want to take sides. But when a Confederate general threatens to burn down the town, Amelia and a friend become involved in a dramatic rescue plan.

The Fifth of March: A Story of the Boston Massacre - Mean DRP: 46
Rinaldi, Ann, Harcourt Brace and Co., 1993 333 pp. ISBN: 0-15-200343-6,
Rachel Marsh, 14, is an indentured servant to John Adams and his family. She lives in Boston during the time of rising political tensions that lead to the Boston Massacre of 1770.

The Journey Back - Mean DRP: 46
Reiss, Sohanna, HarperCollins Publishers, 1976 212 pp. ISBN: 0-690-01252-7,
Annie de Leeuw and her sister Sini have spent three years hiding in a Holland farmhouse. Now World War II is over, and Annie's family has reunited – the difficult job of rebuilding their lives begins.

The Mystery of Drear House: The Conclusion of the Dies DrearChronicle - Mean DRP: 46
Hamilton, Virginia, Aladdin Paperbacks, 1987 217 pp. ISBN: 0-02-043480-4,
For 100 years, the treasure belonging to abolitionist Dies Drear has lain hidden in a secret cave 'near Thomas Small's house. Now that the Small family has found it, what should they do with it?

Nightjohn - Mean DRP: 46
Paulsen, Gary, Delacorte Press, 1993 92 pp. ISBN: 0-385-30838-8,
John is a slave who escaped to the North. But now he has come back and, risking both their lives, he secretly teaches 12-year-old Sammy to read.

The Second Bend in the River - Mean DRP: 46
Rinaldi, Ann, Scholastic Press, 1997 280 pp. ISBN: 0-590-74258-2
Rebecca Galloway, a pioneer girl in Ohio Territory, enjoys the visits of Chief Tecumseh to her family's homestead. Over the years, as she tutors him in English and in turn learns Indian ways, she finds herself falling in love

Wolf by the Ears - Mean DRP: 46
Rinaldi, Ann, Scholastic Inc., 1991 252 pp. ISBN: 0-590-43412-8,
Harriet Hemings, 19, must decide whether to leave Monticello and run away to freedom or to stay as a slave. Monticello is the only home she has ever known and its owner, Thomas Jefferson, is rumored to be her father. 

Streams to the River, River to the Sea - Mean DRP: 47
O'Dell, Scott, Houghton Mifflin Co., 1986 191 pp. ISBN: 0-395-40430-4,
When Lewis and Clark set out to explore the Northwest, they took along an Indian girl. Her name was Sacagawea. Captain Clark called her Janey.

Carry On, Mr. Bowditch - Mean DRP: 48
Latham, Jean Lee, Houghton Mifflin Co., 1955 251 pp. ISBN; 0-395-13713-6,
At the age of 12, Nathaniel Bowditch worked all day for a ship chandler. At night he studied about ships and the sea. He became a great navigator.

On the Banks of Plum Creek - Mean DRP: 48
Wilder, Laura Ingalls, Harper and Row Publishers, Inc., 1937 339 pp. ISBN: N/A,
Laura Ingalls is living with her pioneer family on the prairie. Just before the harvest, a cloud of grasshoppers descends on their wheat fields.

The Red Badge of Courage (Abridged and Adapted) - Mean DRP: 48
Crane, Stephen, Raintree Steck-Vaughn Publishers, 1991 48 pp. ISBN: 0-8172-1670-7,
All his life Henry had dreamed of war. Now he is a real soldier in the Civil War, and the reality is not at all like his dream of mighty deeds and glory. 

After the Dancing Days - Mean DRP: 49
Rostkowski, Margaret I., Harper and Row Publishers, Inc., 1986 217 pp. ISBN: 0-06-025078-X,
World War I is finally over. At the hospital where her father works, Annie meets Andrew, a young veteran whose face and hands are horribly scarred.

Buffalo Gal- Mean DRP: 49
Wallace, Bill, HOliday House, 1992 185pp.  ISBN: 0-8234-0946-0,
Amanda, a San Francisco girl, had other plans for her 16th summer in 1904.  But her mother drags her along on a "Save the Buffalo" trip to the wilds of Texas, where Amanda begins to learn the ways fo the West.

The House of Dies Drear - Mean DRP: 49
Hamilton, Virginia, Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1968 246 pp. ISBN: N/A,
The old house was once a hiding place for runaway slaves. People say it is haunted. When Thomas' family moves in, frightening things begin to happen

Muddy Banks - Mean DRP: 49
Tolliver, Ruby C., Texas Christian University Press, 1987 153 pp. ISBN: 0-87565-062-7,
After escaping from a Confederate steamboat, a young slave is found and nursed back to health by a Texas widow. She names him Muddy and teaches him to read and write. But when the Civil War reaches their Texas town, Muddy must make a hard decision. 

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes - Mean DRP: 49
Coerr, Eleanor, Dell Publishing Co., Inc., 1977 64 pp. ISBN: 0-440-47465-5,
Sadako is dying. She is an 11-year-old Japanese girl who was exposed to radiation from the atomic bomb. But her courageous spirit won't give up.

Sweetgrass - Mean DRP: 49
Hudson, Jan, Philomel Books, 1984 159 pp. ISBN: 0-399-21721-5,
Sweetgrass is a 15-year-old Dakota Indian girl in the 1830s. She longs to be married, but her father still thinks of her as a little girl. Then, smallpox hits the village, and it is up to Sweetgrass to save her family.

By the Shores of Silver Lake- Mean DRP: 50
Wilder, Laura Ingalls, Harper and Row, Publishers, Inc., 1939 291 pp. ISBN: N/A,
Laura Ingalls is 13 now. Mary has gone blind because of scarlet fever. The family is leaving Plum Creek and moving west to a new prairie homestead.

The Captive - Mean DRP: 50
Hansen, Joyce, Scholastic, Inc., 1994 195 pp. ISBN: 0-590-41624-3,
Kofi is 12, the youngest son of an Ashanti chief, when he is kidnapped and sold into slavery. As the white man's ship carries him away from his homeland, the only thing he has left is his flute.

Daniels Walk - Mean DRP: 50
Spooner, Michael, Henry Holt and Co., 2001 214 pp. ISBN: 0-8050-6750-7,
In 1844 fourteen-year-old Daniel leaves his Missouri home is search of his father, an experienced trapper. Daniel must face the dangers of the Oregon Trail, and the sinister scar-faced man who is pursuing him!

Girl in a Cage - Mean DRP: 50
Yolen, Jane & Harris, Robert J., Philomel Books, 2002 234 pp. ISBN: 0-399-23627-9,
Shortly after her father's coronation as Scotland's new king in the early 1300s, eleven-year-old Marjorie is captured by the King of England and put on public display in a cage.

My Brother Sam Is Dead  - Mean DRP: 50
Collier, James & Collier, Christopher, Scholastic Book Services, 1974 251 pp. ISBN: N/A
It is the time of the American Revolution. The Meeker family does not want war. But Sam, 16, runs away to join the rebels fighting the British.

A Ride Into Morning: The Story of Tempe Wick  - Mean DRP: 50
Rinaldi, Ann, Harcourt Brace and Co., 1991 353 pp. ISBN: 0-15-200673-7
On Wick Farm, New Jersey, in 1781, 14-year-old Mary Cooper is staying with her cousin Tempe Wick. When unrest spreads among the patriot troops camped there for the winter, Tempe must hide her horse from mutinous soldiers.

Sarah Bishop - Mean DRP: 50
O'Dell, Scott, Scholastic Book Services, 1980 230 pp. ISBN: 0-590-32120-X,
Sarah is all alone after her father and brother die during the American Revolution. With a gun to protect her, she goes into the wilderness to hide.

Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story - Mean DRP: 50
Hahn, Mary Downing, Houghton Mifflin Co., 1994 167 pp. ISBN: 0-395-66556-6,
In the attic of his Aunt Blythe's old house, Andrew meets another boy named Andrew – his great great uncle who died of diphtheria 80 years before. The boys decide to trade places, and Andrew finds himself back in 1910.

Trouble Don't Last - Mean DRP: 50
Pearsall, Shelley, Alfred A. Knopf, 2002 239 pp. ISBN: 0-375-81490-6,
Along the Underground Railroad, eleven-year-old slave Samuel and Harrison one of the elderly slaves that raised him, follow the Underground Railroad in search of freedom and opportunity.

Which Way Freedom?  - Mean DRP: 50
Hansen, Joyce, Walker and Co., 1986 120 pp. ISBN: 0-8027-6623-4,
Although Obi escaped slavery, he still feels like a slave. A friend told him that freedom was found in one's mind. Obi thinks about this while fighting in Tennessee as a black Union soldier. 

The Winter Hero - Mean DRP: 50
Collier, James k Collier, Christopher, Four Winds Press, 1978 152 pp. ISBN: 0-590-07529-2,
In 1787, angry Massachusetts farmers face terrible taxes. Many can't pay and they may lose their farms. Justin, 14, joins Shay's Rebellion.

Crispin: The Cross of Lead - Mean DRP: 51
Avi, Hyperion Books for Children, 2002 262 pp. ISBN: 0-7868-0828-4,
As Crispin, a thirteen-year-old peasant boy, flees across fourteenth-century England, he is forced into accompanying Bear, a huge juggler who sometime seems mad. Will Bear protect Crispin from his pursuers?

Jump Ship to Freedom - Mean DRP: 51
Collier, James k Collier, Christopher, Delacorte Press, 1981 198 pp. ISBN; 0-440-04205-4,
Daniel Arabus is a 14-year-old boy whose father was a black soldier in the Revolutionary War. Escaping from slavery, Daniel makes his way to Philadelphia.

A Single Shard- Mean DRP: 51
Park, Linda Sue, Clarion Books, 2001, 148 pp., ISBN 0-395-97827-0
In medieval Korea, a thirteen-year-old orphan named Tree-Ear desperately wants to become a potter. But will the short-tempered Min be willing to teach him the trade?

Spirit of the West - Mean DRP: 51
Malcolm, Jahnna N., Scholastic Inc., 1996 122 pp. ISBN: 0-590-06866-0,
In 1911, Jessie, a young Nez Perce girl, goes to live on a ranch in Oregon near the tribe's ancient homeland. There her father will help breed Appaloosas.

The Door in the Wall - Mean DRP: 52
De Angeli, Marguerite, Doubleday and Co., Inc., 1949 121 pp. ISBN: N/A,
Robin is the crippled son of a nobleman in 14th-century England. When the castle of Lindsay is in danger, Robins proves that, with courage, even he can serve his king.

George Washington's Sockst - Mean DRP: 52
Woodruff, Elvira, Scholastic Inc., 1991 166 pp. ISBN: 0-590-44036-5,
The first camp-out of Matt's Adventure Club turns out to be quite an adventure as the four 5th-graders (and one little sister) climb into a mysterious rowboat and are transported back in time to the icy Delaware River on the eve of the Battle of Trenton.

The Long Winter - Mean DRP: 52
Wilder, Laura Ingalls, Harper and Row Publishers, Inc., 1940 335 pp. ISBN: N/A,
It is winter on the Dakota prairies. Laura Ingalls and her family are snowbound. The train cannot get through. Food is getting scarce.

Number the Stars - Mean DRP: 52
Lowry, Lois, Houghton Mifflin Co.,  1989 137 pp. ISBN: 0-395-51060-0,
Annemarie is a schoolgirl in wartime Denmark. Her best friend Ellen is Jewish. Ellen is in danger from the Nazis and only Annemarie can save her.

Pocahontas: True Princess  - Mean DRP: 52
Hanes, Mari, Multnomah Books, 1995 150 pp. ISBN: 0-88070-856-5,
Pocahontas, lively young daughter of Chief Powhatan, befriends the Jamestown settlers – the white "Bearded Ones" – and becomes the first Algonquin to embrace the Christian religion.

The Winter of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart - Mean DRP: 52
Gregory, Kristiana, Scholastic Inc., 1996 173 pp. ISBN: 0-590-22653-3,
Eleven-year-old Abby tells her diary about the winter of 1777, when George Washington's ragged, starving troops are stationed near her farm in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.

Black Fox of Lorne - Mean DRP: 53
De Angeli, Marguerite, Doubleday and Co., Inc., 1956 191 pp. ISBN: N/A,
After their Viking ship wrecks on the Isle of Skye, twin brothers San and Brus witness their father's murder. They journey across the wild land of Scotland seeking the murderer.

The Bronze Bow - Mean DRP: 53
Speare, Elizabeth George, Houghton Mifflin Co., 1961 254 pp. ISBN: 0-395-07113-5,
During the days when Jesus preached, Romans ruled the land of Israel.  Romans had killed Daniel's parents, and all Daniel can think about is revenge 

Charley Skedaddle - Mean DRP: 53
Beatty, Patricia, William Morrow and Co., Inc., 1987 186 pp. ISBN: 0-688-06687-9,
Charlie, 12, enlists as a drummer boy in the Civil War. But when he sees the horrors of battle, he deserts. He hides in the Appalachian Mountains. 

Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison - Mean DRP: 53
Lenski, Lois, HarperCollins Publishers, 1941 298 pp. ISBN: 0-06-446162-9,
Molly is just 12 when Indians attack her family's homestead and take her captive. Living with the Senecas in western New York State, she comes to accept and love Indian ways. (Based on true events.)  

The Ransom of Mercy Carter - Mean DRP: 53
Cooney, Caroline B., Delacorte Press, 2001 249 pp. ISBN: 0-385-32615-7,
When the English settlement of Deerfield, Massachusetts is attacked by the Mohawk Indians in 1704, eleven-year-old Mercy is taken prisoner. Will she ever see her home and family again? Will she want to? 

Roanoke: A Novel of the Lost Colony - Mean DRP: 53
Levitin, Sonia, Atheneum Publishers, 1973 213 pp. ISBN: 0-689-30114-6,
William Wythers is a 16-year-old orphan. Running away from his apprenticeship, he joins a group of emigrants heading for the New World. They plan to establish a permanent colony on Roanoke Island.

The Winter Room - Mean DRP: 53
Paulsen, Gary, Orchard Books, 1989 103 pp. ISBN: 0-531-05839-5,
It is winter on the Minnesota farm. The family gathers around the woodstove. They all listen to stories told by the old Norwegian uncle. 

Detectives in Togas - Mean DRP: 54
Winterfeld, Henry, Harcourt, Brace and World, Inc., 1956 205 pp. ISBN: N/A,
Schoolboys of ancient Rome must find the vandal who smeared paint on the temple of Minerva. Their friend Rufus has been falsely accused of the crime. 

Escape from Warsaw - Mean DRP: 54
Serraillier, lan, Scholastic Inc., 218 pp. ISBN: 0-590-43715-1,
Their parents have been taken away by the Nazis. Now the three children – Ruth, Edek, and Bronia – are on their own, struggling to stay together and survive amid the rubble of war-tarn Warsaw. 

The First Four Years - Mean DRP: 54
Wilder, Laura Ingalls, Harper and Row Publishers, Inc., 1971 134 pp. ISBN: N/A,
Laura Ingalls and Almanzo Wilder are married. Their first four years of farming together include drought and hailstorm, and the birth of a daughter. 

Gentle Annie: The True Story of a Civil War Nurse - Mean DRP: 54
Shura, Mary Francis, Scholastic Inc., 1991 184 pp. ISBN: 0-590-44367-4,
Annie is just 16 when the Civil War breaks out. To her friends' astonishment, she joins up with the Michigan Volunteer Regiment, determined to serve as a nurse. 

A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple - Mean DRP: 54
Lasky, Kathryn, Scholastic Inc., 1996 173 pp. ISBN: 0-590-50214-x,
Along with her mother and father, Mem crosses the wide Atlantic on the Mayflower. Though she and the others are continually sick, her thoughts are on the New World and what it will be like. (Dear America) 

North to Freedom - Mean DRP: 54
Holm, Anne, Harcourt, Brace and World, Inc., 1965 190 pp. ISBN: N/A,
Twelve-year-old David escapes from a concentration camp in Eastern Europe. He stows away on a ship to Italy. From there he starts walking north. 

The Serpent Never Sleeps - Mean DRP: 54
O'Dell, Scott, Ballantine Books, 1987 183 pp. ISBN: 0-449-70328-2,
Seventeen-year-old Serena Lynn sails from England with the man she loves, to Jamestown. When they finally arrive, after storms and shipwrecks, they find the colonists in worse shape than they are. 

The Sign of the Beaver - Mean DRP: 54
Speare, Elizabeth George, Houghton Mifflin Co., 1983 135 pp. ISBN: 0-395-33890-5,
During pioneer days, a boy is left alone to guard the family's Maine homestead. Indian neighbors teach him the skills he needs to survive. 

Summer of My German Soldier - Mean DRP: 54
Greene, Bette, Bantam Books, Inc., 1973 199 pp. ISBN: 0-553-13440-X,
Patty, 12, is a lonely Jewish girl in a small Southern town during World War II. Then she meets Anton, a German prisoner of war. 

Tituba of Salem Village - Mean DRP: 54
Petry, Ann, Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1964 254 pp. ISBN: 0-690-04766-5,
Tituba is a native of sunny Barbados. She is sold as a slave to a cruel New England master. In Salem, she is accused of witchcraft and thrown in jail. 

Calico Captive - Mean DRP: 55
Speare, Elizabeth George, Houghton Mifflin Co., 1957 272 pp. ISBN: N/A,
Captured by Native Americans and carried far from her New Hampshire homestead in 1754, Miriam eventually finds herself in Montreal. There she meets Pierre, a young French trapper.

Constance: A Story of Early Plymouth - Mean DRP: 55
Clapp, Patricia, Penguin Books, Inc., 1968 255 pp. ISBN: 0-14-032030-X,
During the first winter, half the Plymouth colonists die. Life in America seems hard and dreary to 14-year-old Constance until she falls in love.

The Double Life of Pocahontas - Mean DRP: 55
Fritz, Jean, Penguin Books, Inc., 1983 96 pp. ISBN: 0-14-032257-4,
Pocahontas was the favorite daughter of Chief Powhatan. She loved her own people. But she was also drawn to her English friends of Jamestown.

The Feathered Serpent - Mean DRP: 55
O'Dell, Scott, Houghton Mifflin Co., 1981 211 pp. ISBN: 0-395-30851-8,
Julian Escobar, a young Spanish seminarian, travels through the New World. He is a witness to Cortes' capture of the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan.

Johnny Tremain - Mean DRP: 55
Forbes, Esther, Houghton Mifflin Co., 1943 256 pp. ISBN: N/A,
In 1773, Johnny Tremain is a young apprentice silversmith in Boston. He becomes dramatically involved as a patriot in the American Revolution.

Moccasin Trail - Mean DRP: 55
McGraw, Eloise J., Penguin Books, Inc., 1980 247 pp. ISBN: 0-14-032170-5,
Jim ran away from home and lived for six years with the Crow Indians. But now he feels restless and lonely. Should he rejoin his two brothers and sister, and help them head west to Oregon Territory?

The Playmaker - Mean DRP: 55
Cheaney, J.B., Alfred A. Knopf, 2000 307 pp. ISBN: 0-375-80577-x,
As an apprentice in a theater company in 1597, fourteen-year-old Richard is able to scope out his situation: Someone seems to want him to leave London – immediately! Why? Soon, he is uncovering a plot – to overthrow the Queen!

Catherine, Called Birdy - Mean DRP: 56
Cushman, Karen, Clarion Books, 1994 169 pp. ISBN: 0-395-68186-3,
In England in 1290, 13-year-old Catherine writes in her diary about her father's determination to marry her to wealth, about her skills at outwitting her suitors, and about her own dreams.

Cry to the Night Wind - Mean DRP: 56
Smith, T. H., Penguin Books, Inc., 1986 160 pp. ISBN: 0-14-031931-X,
Swimming one day beside his father's ship, David is captured by Indians. They think he is a Spirit Child because he has befriended a baby seal.

Gay-Neck: The Story of a Pigeon - Mean DRP: 56
Mukerji, Dhan Gopal, E. P. Dutton, 1927 197 pp. ISBN: N/A,
Gay-Neck is a carrier pigeon who served with honor in World War I. He was born and trained in Calcutta, India.

Make Way for Sam Houston - Mean DRP: 56
Fritz, Jean, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1986 109 pp. ISBN: 0-399-21303-1,
As a boy, Sam Houston ran away from home. He lived with the Indians for three years. In later life, he became a founding father of the state of Texas. 

The Midwife's Apprentice - Mean DRP: 56
Cushman, Karen, Clarion Books, 1995 122 pp. ISBN: 0-395-69229-6,
A homeless girl in 14th-century England who does not even have a name sleeps on a dunghill and survives by begging scraps of food until a sharp-tongued midwife named Jane takes her in and makes her apprentice.

Rifles for Waitie - Mean DRP: 56
Keith, Harold, Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1957 332 pp. ISBN: 0-690-70181-0,
Jeff Bussey is a Civil War soldier. He is also a spy, trying to find out who is selling rifles to Confederate General Watie.

Amistad: A Long Road to Freedom - Mean DRP: 57
Myers, Walter Dean, Dutton Children's Books, 1998 94 pp. ISBN: 0-525-45970-7,
The Amistad was a ship engaged in the slave trade. During the middle passage to America, captured Africans were packed tightly into the bowels of the ship and forced to endure a terrible journey.

The Witch of Blackbird Pond - Mean DRP: 57
Speare, Elizabeth George, Houghton Mifflin Co., 1958 249 pp. ISBN: 0-395-07114-3,
In 1687, young Kit comes to live with her Puritan aunt m New England.  Lonely, she befriends old Hannah. But the Puritans think Hannah is a witch.

Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl (Adapted) - Mean DRP: 58
Frank, Anne, Globe Book Company, Inc., 1992 318 pp. ISBN: 0-8359-0235-8,
Anne Frank was a young Jewish girl forced to live in hiding with her family. When they are eventually discovered, they are taken to a horrible prison camp.(Adapted Classics)

Across Five Aprils - Mean DRP: 59
Hunt, Irene, Follett Publishing Co., 1964 223 pp. ISBN: N/A,
Civil War becomes real to the Creighton family when all the able-bodied me are called. Only young Jethro is left to keep the Illinois farm going.

Living in England: The Elizabethan Age - Mean DRP: 61
Taylor., Duncan, Dennis Dobson Limited, 1955 189 pp. ISBN: N/A,
Here is the daily life of both the rich and the poor in the time of Shakespeare and Elizabeth I of England.

Codes, Ciphers and Secret writing - Mean DRP: 62
Gardner, Martin, Simon and Schuster, Inc., 1972 96 pp. ISBN: N/A,
Cryptography, the study of secret codes, is a great hobby. Try solving the Playfair Cipher, used by the Australians in World War II. 

Going to School in Colonial America - Mean DRP: 62
Sateren, Shelley Swanson, Blue Earth Books, 2002 32 pp. ISBN: 0-7368-0803-5,
Imagine you are transformed back into colonial America and are attending school there. What would it be like? What kinds of things would you do? Find out!

The Great Wall of China - Mean DRP: 62
DuTemple, Lesley A., Lerner Publications Co., 2003 80 pp. ISBN: 0-8225-0377-8,
Though earlier versions of the Great Wall of China were constructed thousands of years ago, the 4,000-mile wall seen today was built during the fourteenth-century by Ming Dynasty emperors. (Great Building Feats)

Mr. Revere and I - Mean DRP: 62
Lawson, Robert, Dell Publishing Co., Inc., 1953 191 pp. ISBN: N/A,
Sherry, the horse that took Paul Revere on his famous ride, tells how she once belonged to a British regiment and how Sam Adams saved her life.

Pompeii: Exploring a Roman Ghost Town - Mean DRP: 62
Goor, Ron k Goor, Nancy, Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1986 118 pp. ISBN: 0-690-04515-8,
In 79 A.D. a volcano named Mt. Vesuvius erupted, burying the Roman town of Pompeii under 18 feet of ashes! For 1500 years Pompeii lay hidden.

Cathedral - Mean DRP: 64
Macaulay, David, Houghton Mifflin Co., 1973 78 pp. ISBN: 0-395-31668-5,
In the year 1252, the townspeople of Chutreaux decide to build the most beautiful cathedral in all of France. The construction will take 86 years.

City: A Story of Roman Planning and Construction - Mean DRP: 64
Macaulay, David, Houghton Mifflin Co., 1974 112 pp. ISBN: 0-395-19492-X,
The Romans were masters of city planning. They had engineers who designed water and sewage systems, and architects who designed public buildings.

Castle - Mean DRP: 65
Macaulay, David, Houghton Mifflin Co., 1977 78 pp. ISBN: 0-395-25784-0,
In 1283, an English Lord selects a site on the coast of Wales. Here he will begin building a castle and an adjoining town.