Juvenile Civil War Novels
Civil War novels for younger readers are a long tradition in American literature, and several of the most celebrated children's classics make use of Civil War themes. Listed here are only those novels that were originally written for and marketed to children or young adults. Many adult Civil War novels, like The Red Badge of Courage and The Killer Angels, are also widely used in school curricula.
- Adams, William Taylor. At the Front. 1897.
- Adams, William Taylor. Brave Old Salt. 1866.
- Adams, William Taylor. Brother against Brother. 1894.
- Adams, William Taylor. Fighting for the Right. 1892.
- Adams, William Taylor. Fighting Joe. 1866.
- Adams, William Taylor. In the Saddle. 1895.
- Adams, William Taylor. A Lieutenant at Eighteen. 1895.
- Adams, William Taylor. On the Staff. 1896.
- Adams, William Taylor. The Sailor Boy. 1863.
- Adams, William Taylor. The Soldier Boy. 1863.
- Adams, William Taylor. Stand by the Union. 1891.
- Adams, William Taylor. Taken by the Enemy. 1888.
- Adams, William Taylor. An Undivided Union. 1899.
- Adams, William Taylor. Within the Enemy's Lines. 1889.
- Adams, William Taylor. The Yankee Middy. 1865.
- Adams, William Taylor. The Young Lieutenant. 1865.
- Altsheler, Joseph A. The Guns of Shiloh. 1914.
- Bowley, F.S. A Boy Lieutenant. 1906.
- Brenaman, Miriam. Evvy's Civil War. 2002.
- Burchard, Peter. Jed. 1960.
- Burow, Daniel R. Sound of the Bugle. 1973.
- Denenberg, Barry. When Will This Cruel War Be Over?. 1996.
- Durrant, Lynda. My Last Skirt. 2006.
- Fleischman, Paul. Bull Run. 1993.
- Fosdick, Charles Austin. Frank on the Lower Mississippi. 1868.
- Gutman, Dan. Abner & Me. 2005.
- Hesse, Karen. A Light in the Storm. 1999.
- Honig, Donald. Walk Like a Man. 1961.
- Hunt, Irene. Across Five Aprils. 1964.
- Keehn, Sally M. Anna Sunday. 2002.
- Keith, Harold. Rifles for Watie. 1957.
- Lunn, Janet. The Root Cellar. 1981.
- Lytle, Robert A. A Pitch in Time. 2002.
- McMullan, Margaret. How I Found the Strong. 2004.
- Nixon, Joan Lowery. Keeping Secrets. 1995.
- Paulsen, Gary. Sarny. 1997.
- Paulsen, Gary. Soldier's Heart. 1998.
- Peck, Richard. The River Between Us. 2003.
- Porter, Connie. Meet Addy. 1993.
- Pryor, Bonnie. Joseph 1861 -- A Rumble of War. 1999.
- Wells, Rosemary. Red Moon at Sharpsburg. 2007.
- Woodruff, Joan Leslie. The Shiloh Renewal. 1998.