<div dir="auto">Here's a novel with a civil war theme and a Twist in that it is a murder mystery as well. 5th graders are on different levels of maturity depending upon the class so you might want to read it over first.  Lethal Lecture, The Lincoln Library Murders <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/489186">https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/489186</a> <div dir="auto"><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 28, 2018 1:19 PM, "Email list for the Illinois School Library Media Association" <<a href="mailto:islma@list.railslibraries.info">islma@list.railslibraries.info</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><font color="black" size="2" face="arial">

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<font color="black"><font face="helvetica, arial" style="color:black" size="3">I have a 5th grade teacher who is looking for a novel to read aloud to her class with a Civil War Background.  Is there anything new a great out there?</font>
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<div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:white;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium">A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin, Fenwick Island, Delaware, 1861 </span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font size="3">Shades of Gray</font></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></div>

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<div><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color:white" size="3"><span>The Last Brother: A Civil War Tale (Tales of Young Americans)</span></font></div>

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<div><span style="white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg</font></span></div>

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