Sure, life for teens today can be tough…you have to deal with dating, college applications and pressure from every direction imaginable. But what about for teens who lived in the 1860s, during the height of the Civil War? On February 19th, Amy Alessio --- author of TAKING THE HIGH GROUND, part-time librarian in Illinois and frequent Civil War reenactor --- decided to celebrate Black History Month and her book by teaching local teens a thing or two about military and teenage life in the 1860s. Read below to learn more about this fun event! Amy Alessio
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A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar
Heart the Lover by Lily King
The Irish Goodbye by Heather Aimee O'Neill
Joyride: A Memoir by Susan Orlean
The Missing Pages by Alyson Richman
Paper Girl: A Memoir of Home and Family in a Fractured America by Beth Macy
The Ten Year Affair by Erin Somers
Twice by Mitch Albom
Under the Stars by Beatriz Williams
The Women of Wild Hill by Kirsten Miller
Wreck by Catherine Newman
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