Dear Mr. President

If you're looking for a great book for children and young adults to read on the Civil War, and also the hard life of a slave ; then you should read Dear Mr. President.  Dear Mr. President is written by Andrea Davis Pinkney.  This book uses letters between a slave girl, Lettie Tucker, and Abe Lincoln to tell the story.

     Dear Mr. President is a historical fiction book.  Lettie writes to Abe about how hard it is to be a slave and how she hopes that Mr. President can stop slavery and the Civil War.  Abe writes things to Lettie like;  he hopes to stop slavery by killing all the Confederates.

     This book is a great book for 2nd grade and older.  If you're interested in what went on during the Civil War, Abe and Lettie will tell all about it.  We all know how the  Civil War ends, but this book digs deeper into the war between the states.