G Clifton Wisler Books In Order

The Seer

Having recognized the fact that he is not of this Earth, fourteen year old Scott tries to live as a normal teenager while exploring his awesome powers of teleportation, matter conversion, and seeing the future. Sequel to ‘The Antrian Messenger.’

The Mind Trap

Scott’s identity as a telepathic alien from another planet may be exposed when he’s imprisoned in a research institute for psychic children run by a mysterious doctor.

Stone Wolf’s Vision

Ages ago, the great Cheyenne prophet Sweet Medicine foretold that pale, earth colored people would come from across the sea, and the Cheyenne’s only hope lay in four sacred stone tipped arrows, the gift of the grandfathers. Now the dark prophecies are coming true, and leader Stone Wolf desperately tries to save his tribe when the sacred arrows are broken.

The Buffalo Shield

Younger Wolf, the bearer of The Buffalo Shield, must maintain the fragile peace in his tribe even as its tribal lands, traditions, and the lives of its people are threatened by the whites.

Thunder on the Tennessee

Dreaming of honor and glory when he leaves home to fight the Yankees with his father, Willie Delamer is completely unprepared for the harsh realities of war and the tragedy that hits his family. SLJ.

Red Cap

Thirteen-year-old Ransom J. Powell lies about his age and joins the Union army, winning the soldiers’ respect with his courage, especially when they all end up in the infamous Confederate Prison at Andersonville. AB. SLJ. VY.

Jericho’s Journey

Longing for adventure, young Jericho Wetherby is delighted when his father decides to pull up the family stakes in Tennessee and relocate to Texas, and Jericho’s subsequent life as a pioneer teaches him about growing up. AB. K. PW.

Mr. Lincoln’s Drummer

The fascinating, true story of ten-year-old Willie Johnston who, for his courage as a drummer in the Union Army during the Civil War, was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. ‘Scrupulously researched and overflowing with evocative detail…
authentic and engaging.’–Kirkus Reviews.

Caleb’s Choice

In 1858 Texas, people are violently divided over a law that makes it a crime to help runaway slaves. When an escaped slave saves Caleb’s life, he must decide if he can break the law and risk his life to repay the debt.

The Drummer Boy of Vicksburg

When the Civil War breaks out, thirteen year old Orion Howe is determined to join his brother, who has enlisted as a musician in a Union regiment. But not even the perilous journey south prepares Orion for the horrors he’ll find on the battlefield or the courage he’ll discover within.’Wisler captures well the confusion of battle and the participants’ fears of both cowardice and heroism…
. Compelling.’ School Library Journal

Under the Black Hills

When Tory Bratton was thirteen, his father went off to fight the Civil War but soon returned, disgraced as a coward. That was more than fifteen years ago, and in that time the boy grew to hate his father. Now a stranger has arrived to carry out Lucius Bratton’s dying wish and deliver to Tory his father’s gold pocket watch. But this gift is more than a simple timepiece, for within it Tory will discover a map to Lucius Bratton’s fortune in gold and a path to reconciliation between father and son…

All for Texas

Thomas Jefferson Byrd is used to facing new challenges. Although only 13 years old, he has already left homes in South Carolina and Alabama. Now, he finds himself in the wilderness that is the Mexican territory of Texas.

While his father serves as a volunteer in the Texas army, ‘Jeff’ is left with the burden of helping his mother, brothers, and sister adapt to their new home at Columbia on the Brazos River. Having grown up in Charleston and Mobile, two busy seaports, the boy has a difficult time adapting to inland farm life.

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Fortunately, a young neighbor, Josh Sagler, befriends Jeff. Their fathers are both in the army, and they feel a strong urge to do something to help in the struggle for Texas independence. Their chance comes when Jeff and Josh join their fathers at Fort Defiance. In the months that follow, Jeff faces his greatest challenges yet, including struggling to decide the difference between his friends and his enemies.

br>Jamestown’s American Portraits explores the growth of different generations and cultures through the lives of young boys and girls. These titles are told from a diverse group of boys and girls, coming from different and unique backgrounds that represent America s own diverse population, spanning from the Jamestown Settlement to the Civil Rights Movement.

Titles in this series:

This Generation of Americans: A Story of the Civil Rights Movement, by Fredrick L. McKissack, Jr.

The Road to Freedom: A Story of the Reconstruction, by Jabari Asim

All for Texas: A Story of Texas Liberation, by G. Clifton Wisler

The Worst of Times: A Story of the Great Depression, by James Lincoln Collier

Wind on the River: A Story of the Civil War, by Laurie Lawlor

When I Dream of Heaven: Angelina s Story, by Steven Kroll 1895 Italian Immigrant in NYC

An Eye for an Eye: A Story of the Revolutionary War

Run the Blockade

Fourteen year old Henry Severn is ship’s boy and lookout on the Banshee. This new British ship is designed to carry good through the line of Yankee ships blocking trade between the Confederate states and Britain during the Civil War. On their many runs through the blockade, Henry and the rest of the crew risk discovery and destruction by the U.S. Navy. Everyone is counting on Henry to spot the enemy ships. Will Henry’s keen eyes save the Banshee from capture? Young readers will enjoy experiencing the high seas adventure of ruining the blockade, as popular author and noted Civil War historical G. Clifton Wisler draws from historical accounts to tell this exciting story of America’s past. Books for the Teen Age 2001 NYPL

Kings Mountain

0n his fourteenth birthday, Francis Livingstone receives a Dickert rifle, some pencils, and two boxes of paper for doing what he loves best drawing. He could not know then just how important these gifts would become not only to him and to his family, but to the entire Patriot cause. It’s the spring of 1780, and the Revolutionary War is raging. Before the war reaches Francis’s South Carolina home, Francis travels straight into the heart of conflict to his grandmother’s tavern in Camden, where he must watch his every move while he is forced to host the enemy. There he gets his first taste of what war is really like, but it won’t be his last. When the fighting spreads closer to home, he discovers how he might use his gifts to protect his family and their way of life.

When Johnny Went Marching Home

0rion Howe was just thirteen years old when he stole away from his Chicago home and traveled alone to Mississippi to join his father and younger brother’s Union regiment. He received a Medal of Honor for his heroism on the battlefield at Vicksburg. Young Miles Moore was a drummer boy for the famous 54th Massachusetts Infantry, one of the early black regiments formed during the Civil War. He helped the wounded when his regiment bravely led the attack on Battery Wagner. Against the advice of his general, nineteen year old Confederate soldier Richard Kirkland risked his life to help wounded enemy soldiers on the battlefield. His act of compassion sparked a truce at Fredericksburg. In this book, you will see the faces and hear the stories of forty nine young people, appearing for the first time in one volume. There are soldiers and spies, drummers and buglers, a future president, and six youngsters presented with the Medal of Honor. Some were boys, some were girls, some died, and some survived. But all were young, and all have a story to tell. Known, for his ‘accurate, well researched historical fiction’ ALA Booklist, distinguished Civil War historian and author G. Clifton Wisler gives a face to the war that divided our nation.