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1937 Recession

• A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck

75th Annual Hunger Games

• Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, Book 2) by Suzanne Collins

Age of the Dreamers

• The Elder Gods by David Eddings

American Civil War

• A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L'Engle
• Three Against the Tide by D. Anne Love
• Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt (1865)
• Addy Learns a Lesson: A School Story by Connie Porter (1865)
• The Battle of Gettysburg, 1863 by Lauren Tarshis (1865)
• Behind rebel lines : the incredible story of Emma Edmonds, Civil War spy by Seymour Reit (1865)
• Big Bad Ironclad: a Civil War Steamship Showdown by Nathan Hale (1865)
• Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Brink (1865)
• Changes for Addy: A winter story (The American girls collection) by Connie Rose Porter (1865)
• Meet Addy: An American Girl by Connie Porter (1865)
• The mostly true adventures of Homer P. Figg by W. R. Philbrick (1865)
• Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor (1865)
• The story of George Washington Carver by Eva Moore (1865)
• The War Within: A Novel of the Civil War by Carol Matas (1865)

American Revolution

• Lafayette! by Nathan Hale
• The Secret Soldier: The Story of Deborah Sampson: The Story of Deborah Sampson by Ann McGovern
• --if you lived at the time of the American Revolution by Kay Moore (1783)
• The American Revolution: A History (Modern Library Chronicles) by Gordon S. Wood (1783)
• The fighting ground by Avi, (1783)
• Meet Felicity: An American girl by Valerie Tripp (1783)
• One Dead Spy: the Life, Times and Last Words of Nathan Hale, America's Most Famous Spy by Nathan Hale (1783)
• Chains (The Seeds of America Trilogy) by Laurie Halse Anderson (1775 ∙ 1783)

American Revolutionary War

• I Survived The American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis

Apollo program

• Who was Neil Armstrong? by Roberta Edwards

Appin murder

• Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson (1752)

Arrival of Pegasus in New York

• The Flame of Olympus by Kate O'Hearn

Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

• Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr

Attack on Pearl Harbor

• Attack on Pearl Harbor : The True Story of the Day America Entered World War II by Shelley Tanaka (1941-12-07)
• Don't talk to me about the war by David A. Adler (1941-12-07)
• I survived the bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941 by Lauren Tarshis (1941-12-07)

auroras

• The northern lights by Susan Canizares

Autumn

• There was an old lady who swallowed some leaves! by Lucille Colandro

Autumn Feast

• The Silver Chair (Chronicles of Narnia, Book 4) by C. S. Lewis

B'Wa Kell Rebellion

• The Arctic Incident (Artemis Fowl, Book 2) by Eoin Colfer

Battle at Burning plains

• Eldest by Christopher Paolini

Battle of Brandywine

• Lafayette! by Nathan Hale

Battle of Cowpens

• Lafayette! by Nathan Hale

Battle of Gettysburg

• The Battle of Gettysburg, 1863 by Lauren Tarshis (1863-07-03)

Battle of Gloucester

• Lafayette! by Nathan Hale

Battle of Manhattan

• The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan

Battle of Minden

• Lafayette! by Nathan Hale

Battle of Monmouth Courthouse

• Lafayette! by Nathan Hale

Battle of Quebec

• Lafayette! by Nathan Hale

Battle of Rhode Island

• Lafayette! by Nathan Hale

Battle of the Alamo

• Alamo All-Stars by Nathan Hale (1836-03-06)

Battle of the Chesapeake

• Lafayette! by Nathan Hale

Battle of the Labyrinth

• The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan

Battle of the Virginia Capes

• Lafayette! by Nathan Hale

Battle of Yorktown

• Lafayette! by Nathan Hale

Battles of Saratoga

• Lafayette! by Nathan Hale

Blizzard of 1888

• The Children's Blizzard, 1888 by Lauren Tarshis

Burning of the bamboo books

• Day of the Dragon King by Mary Pope Osborne

Butlerian Jihad

• Dune by Frank Herbert (mentioned)

California Gold Rush

• Riding freedom by Pam Muñoz Ryan
• The ballad of Lucy Whipple by Karen Cushman (1848–1855)

Cholera Epidemic

• The secret garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Christmas

• Bear stays up for Christmas by Karma Wilson
• A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss
• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (The Chronicles of Narnia, Book 2) by C. S. Lewis
• Little house in the big woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Christmas Eve

• Snowmen at Christmas by Caralyn Buehner

Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama, 1963

• The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis

Death and Resurrection of Aslan

• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (The Chronicles of Narnia, Book 2) by C. S. Lewis

Death of the White Witch

• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (The Chronicles of Narnia, Book 2) by C. S. Lewis

December 1946

• The House Without a Christmas Tree by Rock, Gail (1998) Paperback by Gail Rock

Discovery of the Titanic

• Exploring the Titanic: How the Greatest Ship Ever Lost was Found by Robert D. Ballard (1985-09-01)
• Finding the Titanic (Hello Reader! Level 4) by Robert D. Ballard (1985-09-01)
• Titanic: A Nonfiction Companion to Tonight on the Titanic (Magic Tree House Research Guide) by Will and Mary Pope Osborne (1985-09-01)

Donner Party

• Donner Dinner Party by Nathan Hale (1847)

Earthquake and Fire

• I survived the San Francisco earthquake, 1906 by Lauren Tarshis (1906-04-18)

Emancipation Proclamation

• Changes for Addy: A winter story (The American girls collection) by Connie Rose Porter

Eruption of Mount Vesuvius

• Vacation Under the Volcano (Magic Tree House, No. 13) by Mary Pope Osborne (79)
• The destruction of Pompeii, A.D. 79 by Lauren Tarshis (79 AD)

Evacuation of British Children in WW2

• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (The Chronicles of Narnia, Book 2) by C. S. Lewis

Fate of the Labryinth

• The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan

First day of school

• The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn
• Llama Llama misses Mama by Anna Dewdney

Founding of New Milford, Connecticut, USA

• The courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh (1707)

Fourth of July

• The Westing game by Ellen Raskin

Gettysburg Campaign

• The Battle of Gettysburg, 1863 by Lauren Tarshis (1863)

Gilded Age

• Distant waves : a novel of the Titanic by Suzanne Weyn
• Titanic: A Nonfiction Companion to Tonight on the Titanic (Magic Tree House Research Guide) by Will and Mary Pope Osborne
• Tonight on the Titanic (Magic Tree House #17) by Mary Pope Osborne

Great Chicago Fire

• The Great Chicago Fire, 1871 by Lauren Tarshis (1871)

Great Depression

• Blue Willow by Doris Gates
• Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
• Kit's home run by Valerie Tripp
• Moon over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool

The Great Wars

• The sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks

Halloween

• Arthur's Halloween by Marc Tolon Brown
• Creepy Pair of Underwear! by Aaron Reynolds
• The Westing game by Ellen Raskin

Han Dynasty

• Day of the Dragon King by Mary Pope Osborne (220 CE)

Hindenburg disaster

• The Disaster of the Hindenburg: The Last Flight of the Greatest Airship Ever Built by Shelley Tanaka (1937-05-06)

Holocaust

• Hana's Suitcase by Karen Levine
• The Nazi Invasion, 1944 by Lauren Tarshis
• The Endless Steppe: Growing Up in Siberia by Esther Hautzig (1945)
• The book thief by Markus Zusak (1945)

Hurricane Katrina

• I survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 by Lauren Tarshis (2005)

Influenza pandemic

• Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson (1918)
• Listening for Lions by Gloria Whelan (1918)
• Moon over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool (1918)

Iraq War

• Navy seal dogs : my tale of training canines for combat by Mike Ritland

Jack trades a cow for some magic beans.

• Jack and the Bean Stalk by Steven Kellogg

Jacobite Rebellion

• Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson

Kinkajou being taken to the Healers in Possibility.

• Winter Turning by Tui T. Sutherland

Kinkajou getting knocked unconscious/into a coma.

• Winter Turning by Tui T. Sutherland

Klondike Gold Rush

• White Fang (Scholastic Classics) by Jack London (1899)
• The Call of the Wild (A Watermill Classic) by Jack London (1898)

Late Cretaceous

• Dinosaurs Before Dark (Magic Tree House, No. 1) by Mary Pope Osborne

Montgomery Bus Boycott

• Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott by Russell Freedman

NCAA Basketball Tournament

• Last Shot: Mystery at the Final Four (The Sports Beat, 1) by John Feinstein

New York World's Fair

• Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick (1965)

Nuclear winter

• The sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks

Operation Linebacker Two

• Surviving Hell: A POWS Journey by Leo Thorsness

Orphan Train

• A Family Apart (Orphan Train Adventures) by Joan Lowery Nixon
• Orphan Train Rider: One Boy's True Story by Andrea Warren

Poisoning of Crops

• The lost city of Faar by D. J. MacHale

Post-Reconstruction

• Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor (Reconstruction Ends)

Prince Winter putting on the necklace, turning himself into Pyrite.

• Winter Turning by Tui T. Sutherland (Doesn't last very long.)

Prince Winter ripping the animus touched/enchanted necklace off of Pyrite's neck, turning her back into his brother, Prince Hailstorm.

• Winter Turning by Tui T. Sutherland

Quarter Quell

• Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, Book 2) by Suzanne Collins

Rebirth of Kronos

• The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan

Reconstruction

• Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor

Reign of Titus

• The destruction of Pompeii, A.D. 79 by Lauren Tarshis (81-09-13)
• Vacation Under the Volcano (Magic Tree House, No. 13) by Mary Pope Osborne (81-09-13)

Return of Father Christmas

• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (The Chronicles of Narnia, Book 2) by C. S. Lewis

Saint Lucy's Day

• Kirsten's surprise : a Christmas story by Janet Beeler Shaw

San Francisco Earthquake

• Smile by Raina Telgemeier (1989)

San Francisco Earthquake and Fire

• Magic Tree House #24: Earthquake in the Early Morning by Osborne Mary Pope (1906)

Search for the Flame of Olympus

• The Flame of Olympus by Kate O'Hearn

Second Titan War

• The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
• The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
• The lightning thief by Rick Riordan
• The sea of monsters by Rick Riordan
• The Titan's curse by Rick Riordan

September 11 Attacks

• I survived the attacks of September 11, 2001 by Lauren Tarshis (2001-09-11)

Seven Years' War

• Lafayette! by Nathan Hale

Siege of Fowl Manor

• Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl, Book 1) by Eoin Colfer

Sinking of the Titanic

• Distant waves : a novel of the Titanic by Suzanne Weyn (1912-04-15)
• Exploring the Titanic: How the Greatest Ship Ever Lost was Found by Robert D. Ballard (1912-04-15)
• I survived the sinking of the Titanic, 1912 by Lauren Tarshis (1912-04-15)
• Titanic: A Nonfiction Companion to Tonight on the Titanic (Magic Tree House Research Guide) by Will and Mary Pope Osborne (1912-04-15)
• Tonight on the Titanic (Magic Tree House #17) by Mary Pope Osborne (1912-04-15)

sinking of the USS Monitor

• Big Bad Ironclad: a Civil War Steamship Showdown by Nathan Hale (1862)

Snow Winter

• The Long Winter (Little House) by Laura Ingalls Wilder (1880-1881)

Spanish Inquisition

• Viva Heather (Magic Attic Club) by S. Sinykin

Spanish-American War

• Bully for you, Teddy Roosevelt! by Jean Fritz (1898)

St. Patrick's Day

• Fin M'Coul: The Giant of Knockmany Hill by Tomie De Paola

State Fair

• Two for One by Kate DiCamillo

strike

• Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin

Summer Solstice

• The lightning thief by Rick Riordan

Texas Revolution

• Alamo All-Stars by Nathan Hale (1836-04-21)

Thanksgiving

• A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L'Engle

Underground Railroad

• Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
• Meet Addy: An American Girl by Connie Porter
• Silent Thunder a Civil War Story by Andrea Davi Pinkney
• What Was the Underground Railroad? by Yona Zeldis McDonough
• Who conducted the Underground Railroad? : and other questions about the path to freedom by Peter Roop

Vietnam War

• Surviving Hell: A POWS Journey by Leo Thorsness
• The things they carried : a work of fiction by Tim O'Brien

War of the Races

• The sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks

War on Olympus

• The Flame of Olympus by Kate O'Hearn

Winter

• But no elephants by Jerry Smath
• Red Sled by Lita Judge
• Snowmen at Night by Caralyn Buehner

Winter Solstice

• The Titan's curse by Rick Riordan

World War I

• Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson
• Moon over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool
• War horse by Michael Morpurgo (1914-1918)

World War II

• Coming on Home Soon by Jacqueline Woodson
• An Elephant in the Garden: Inspired by a True Story by Michael Morpurgo
• Meet Molly : an American girl by Valerie Tripp
• Molly learns a lesson: A school story (The American girls collection) by Valerie Tripp
• Molly takes flight by Valerie Tripp
• Molly's story collection by Valerie Tripp
• Someone named Eva by Joan M. Wolf
• A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck
• Attack on Pearl Harbor : The True Story of the Day America Entered World War II by Shelley Tanaka (1945)
• The book thief by Markus Zusak (1945)
• Don't talk to me about the war by David A. Adler (1945)
• The Endless Steppe: Growing Up in Siberia by Esther Hautzig (1945)
• First Source to Volleyball: Rules, Equipment, and Key Playing Tips (First Sports Source) by Tyler Dean Omoth (1945)
• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (The Chronicles of Narnia, Book 2) by C. S. Lewis (1945)
• The Nazi Invasion, 1944 by Lauren Tarshis (1945)
• A New Coat for Anna by Harriet Ziefert (1945)
• Raid of No Return by Nathan Hale (1945)
• Snow treasure by Marie McSwigan (1945)
• Who was Anne Frank? by Ann Abramson (1945)

World War II, British Home Front

• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (The Chronicles of Narnia, Book 2) by C. S. Lewis

World War II, German Occupation of Norway

• Snow treasure by Marie McSwigan (1945-05-08)

Yellow Fever Epidemic

• Fever, 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson (1793)