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Top Ten Living History Read Alouds for Tween Girls

June 12, 2012 by Carlie Kercheval 17 Comments

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Welcome to week 4 of the iHomeschool Network’s 10 in 10 Blog Hop! Here is a list of our Top 10 Favorite Living History Read Alouds For Tween Girls {however our two young boys LOVE to sit along side when we read these as wel}.

CLICK ON THE IMAGES to find out more about each book.

Escape on the Underground Railroad {Liberty Letters}

Secrets of Civil War Spies {Liberty Letters}

Adventures in Jamestown {Liberty Letters}

Attack at Pearl Harbor {Liberty Letters}

The Stout-Hearted Seven: Orphaned on the Oregon Trail

Escape From the Slave Traders

Shanghaied to China

The Hidden Jewel

The Shadow Of His Hand

Spy For the Night Riders

We had to think really hard to narrow this list down to just 10, we really could do a top 100 list on this subject!

What is your favorite living history read aloud?

Leave us a comment and let us know!

Linking up with – Angie over at Many Little Blessings!

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About Carlie Kercheval

Carlie Kercheval is a homeschooling mom by day and a blogger by night. She enjoys being married to the love of her life {Michael} while together they fulfill God’s purpose for their lives. She is the founder of Fulfilling Your Vows, So You Call Yourself a Homeschooler?, Beautiful Motherhood and Managing Your Blessings. Carlie is also a professional photographer that dabbles in blog design and brand consulting. You can connect with her on Pinterest, Twitter and Facebook.

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Mary says:

June 12, 2012 at 11:48 am

Oh Carlie! This is JUST THE POST I needed this morning. I need some more focused read-alouds for my 11 year old and these all look wonderful. Seriously – you just made my day!!!

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- Carlie says:
  
  June 12, 2012 at 8:32 pm
  
  Mary,
  I am so happy that this post blessed you earlier today My daughter is a freshly turned 11-year-old as well Be blessed sweet friend!
  
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Jennifer says:

June 12, 2012 at 12:02 pm

Thanks for this list! I want to use more living books for social studies, and I just happen to have a newly-tween girl! This is very helpful. She will love these!

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- Carlie says:
  
  June 12, 2012 at 8:32 pm
  
  Jennifer,
  Great! We love living books – we live for them…LOL. But we really do eat them up around here! Glad you can benefit from this list
  
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Ginny says:

June 12, 2012 at 1:45 pm

I had never heard of Liberty Letters books before. They look very interesting. Also interested in the Daughters of the Faith series. Thank you for sharing about these. I will be checking them out for sure.

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- Carlie says:
  
  June 12, 2012 at 8:33 pm
  
  Ginny,
  I really think you will LOVE these books! Have a great day and thank you so much for stopping by today!
  
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amber says:

June 12, 2012 at 3:03 pm

Thanks! The Liberty Letters series looks really good!

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- Carlie says:
  
  June 12, 2012 at 8:40 pm
  
  Amber,
  I really think you will enjoy the Liberty Letters. I originally purchased them for Hannah to read as silent reading books back in 2007 and we still use them today
  
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Jamie says:

June 12, 2012 at 6:02 pm

I have a few of these set aside for the next few years. (Don’t have a tween yet…but soon.) Thanks for reminding me. I’ll have to unpack them.

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- Carlie says:
  
  June 12, 2012 at 8:42 pm
  
  Jamie,
  Sounds like you have a GREAT stockpile of books for the future Thanks for stopping by!
  
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Katrina Smith says:

June 12, 2012 at 6:26 pm

Hello from your newest email subscriber! I found you through The Ultimate Homeschool Blog Roll by Hip Homeschool Moms. As an avid reader and lover of all books, I want to thank you for posting these books. While my only daughter is still too young for any of these books I will definitely make a list of them for future reference.

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- Carlie says:
  
  June 12, 2012 at 6:51 pm
  
  Welcome Katrina! I am happy we are connected I am also happy these books can bless you and your daughter in the future!
  
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Theresa says:

June 12, 2012 at 7:51 pm

I have not heard of Liberty’s Letters, but my girls love Dear America and AG novels so i am going to check these out. thank you!

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- Carlie says:
  
  June 12, 2012 at 8:41 pm
  
  Hi Theresa,
  I really believe your girls will love this series. My daughter has also been fond of both AG and Dear America novels as well Thanks for stopping by!
  
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Sara says:

June 23, 2012 at 9:34 pm

This is perfect for us right now! I wasn’t familiar with the Liberty Letters series so you’ve given us something new to read! Awesome! We love living history books. I’m going to pin this so I won’t forget it. =0)
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Mary Lou Hom says:

August 16, 2012 at 2:26 am

So glad to get some new recommendations on great books. Just finished an awesome read today. Beorn the Proud by Madeleine Polland. Great gook on the Viking history from a Christian perspective. Yes, there is a good one out there! Will keep the name for later when my daughter is older. She is only 7.5 now and this book is beyond her maturity.

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Bente says:

March 22, 2013 at 3:29 pm

These look interesting! My daughter is about to be 5 and my son about to be 3, but I’m always thinking ahead. I spent so much of my time reading good books at that age! My first thoughts are of the Laura Ingalls Wilder books and of the book Caddie Woodlawn. There were so many others I liked also.

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