China: Nations of the World by Anna Carew
The Junior Thunder-Lord by Laurence Yep
A Time of Golden Dragons by Song Nan Zhang
Chapter 30: Freedom in the Carribean
The Haitian Revolt
Revolutionaries by Paul Thomas
Open the Door to Liberty: A biography of Toussaint L'Ouverture by Anne Rockwell
Haiti: Cultures of the World
The Magic Orange Tree and Other Haitian Folk-Tales by Amy McDonald
Chapter 32: The Opened West
Lewis and Clark Map the West
Tecumseh's Resistance
Choctaw: Tribes of Native America by Marla Felkins Ryan
Lewis & Clark by Cynthia Klingel and Robert Noyed
Lewis & Clark: Voyage of Discovery by James P. Burger
Lewis & Clark: Explorers of the American West
Sacagawea by Stacy DeKeyser
Lewis & Clark & Me: A Dog's Tale by Laurie Myers
Why Sacagawea Deserves the Day off and Other Lessons from the Lewis & Clark Trail by Stephehnie Ambrose Tubbs
The Devil's Highway by Stanley Applegate
Chapter 34: Freedom for South America
Simon Bolivar, the Liberator
A Picture Book of Simon Bolivar by David Adler
Bolivia by Robert B. Noyed
Ecuador by Amy Daniels
The Magic Bean Tree: A Legend from Argentina by Nancy van Laan
Tortillas and Lullabies by Lynne Resier
Chapter 35: Mexican Independence
The Cry of Dolores
The Republic of Mexico
Mexico ABCS by Sarah Heiman
Mexico; The People by Bobbie Kalman
Adelita: A Mexican Cinderella Story by Tomie de Paola
My Mexico-- a collection of poems by Tony Johnston
The Pinata Maker by George Ancona
The Tree is Older tahn You are: A Bilingual Gathering of Poems and Stories from Mexico by ed. Naomi Shihab Nye
When the Viceroy Came by Claudia Burr
Chapter 36: The Slave Trade Ends
The Work of the Abolitionists
Amistad: The Long Road to Freedom by Walter Dean Myers
"Guide My Pen"--The Poems of Phyllis Wheatley by Greg Roza
Only Passing Through--The Story of Sojourner Truth by Anne Rockwell (this one was fairly graphic & sad)
President of the Underground Railroad: A Story about Levi Coffin by Gwenyth Swain
Sojourner Truth by Francis E. Ruffin
A Good Night for Freedom by Barbara Olenyik Morrow (this one is really good)
A Picture of Freedom The Diary of Clotee by Patricia Mckissack
Amos Fortune: Free Man by Elizabeth Yates (I loved this one years ago and Francesca liked it)
Big Jabe by Jerdine Nolen
Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt by Deborah Hopkinson -- this one was terrific
The Talking Eggs: A Folktale from the American South
Chapter 37: Troubled Africa
The Zulu Kingdom
The Boers and the British
Africa Brothers and Sisters by Virginia Kroll
Ashanti to Zulu: African Tradtions by Margaret Musgrove
Shaka, King of the Zulu by Diane Stanley -- this was very well done
The Zulu of Southern Africa by Christine Cornell
Abiyoyo by Pete Seeger
Adventures of Riley: Safari in South Africa by Amanda Lumry
Nabulela: A South African Folk Tale by Fiona Moodie
Over the Green Hills by Rachel Isadora
Saba: Under the Hyena's Foot by Jane Kurtz -- Giuliana liked this one but it was sad
Zulu Dog by Anton Ferreira
Chapter 38: American Tragedies
The Trail of Tears
Nat Turner's Revolt
If You Lived with the Cherokee by Anne Kamma and Connie Roop
The Indian Wars by Rebecca Stefoff
Life with the Comanches: The Kidnapping of Cynthia Ann Parker by Nancy Golden
Nat Turner and the Virginia Slave Revolt by Rivvy Neshama
The Trail of Tears: The Story of the Cherokee Removal by Dan Elish
Ahyoka and the Talking Leaves by Connie Roop
Brother Eagle, Sister Sky by Susan Jeffers
The First Strawberries: A Cherokee Story by Joseph Bruchac
Yonder Mountain: A Cherokee Legend by Robert Bushyhead
Chapter 39: China Adrift
The First Opium War
see also Chapter 28 for more China books
Ruby's Wish by Shirin Yim Bridges -- this one was sweet and nice
Spring Pearl: The Last Flower by Laurence Yep
Chapter 40: Mexico and Her Neighbors
Remember the Alamo
The Mexican-American War
Davy Crockett by Marianne Johnston
Jim Bowie by Marianne Johnston
Welcome to Josefina's World
Sam Houston and the Rise of Texas by Mac Woodward
State Capitals: The Rourke Guide to State Symbols by Tracy Maurer
The Boy in the Alamo by Margaret Cousins
Texas Jack and the Alamo by James Rice
Tucket's Ride by Gary Paulsen
Chapter 42: The World of Forty-Nine
California Gold Rush by Peter and Connie Roop
G is for Golden: A California Alphabet by David Domeniconi
Gold Fever! by Catherine mcMorrow
Gold Rush! The Young Prospector's Guide to Striking it Rich by James Klein
The Life of a Miner by Bobbie Kalman
Striking it Rich: The Story of the California Gold Rush by Stephen Krensky
Gold Rush Days: Hitty's Travels by Ellen Weiss
Seeds of Hope: The Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild by Kristiana Gregory
Wagon Train by Sydelle Kramer
Westward to Home: Joshua's Oregon Trail Diary by Patricia Hermes