The Slave Dancer
by Paula Fox
Age: 11+
Interests: American history, slavery, racism, ships
The Slave Dancer
19 Feb 2018 Leave a comment
in Books, books 11+, Uncategorized Tags: American history, boats, history, racism, slavery, violence
A Year Down Yonder
18 Jan 2018 Leave a comment
in Books, books 11+ Tags: bad behavior, bullying, grandparents, Great Depression, high school, poverty, romance, small town life, violence
A Year Down Yonder
by Richard Peck
Age: 11+
Interests: Great Depression, small town life, grandparents, high school, poverty, bullying, romance
The Hero and the Crown
23 Oct 2017 Leave a comment
in Books, books 11+, Uncategorized Tags: dragons, fantasy, Magic, Princess, romance, royalty, strong girls, violence, war, wizard
The Hero and the Crown
by Robin McKinley
Age: 11+
Interests: fantasy, magic, princesses, strong girls, dragons, war and violence, romance
The Bronze Bow
23 Jun 2017 Leave a comment
in Books, books 11+, Uncategorized Tags: coming of age, early Christianity, ethics, history, Jesus, Jewish history, religion, romance, war
The Bronze Bow
by Elizabeth George Speare
Age: 11+
Interests: history, religion, Israel, Judaism and early Christianity, war, ethics, romance, coming-of-age story
I, Juan de Pareja
26 May 2017 Leave a comment
in books 11+ Tags: art, art history, artists, biography, history, painting, racism, slavery, Spain
I, Juan de Pareja
by Elizabeth Borton de Treviño
Age: 11+
Interests: history, art history, painting, Spain, biography, slavery, racism More
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
26 Feb 2017 Leave a comment
in books 11+, Uncategorized Tags: American history, civil rights, family, farming, Great Depression, history, poverty, racism, violence
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
by Mildred D. Taylor
Age: 11+
Interests: history, American history, racism, civil rights, the Great Depression, family
Rifles for Watie
23 Nov 2016 Leave a comment
in Books, books 11+, Uncategorized Tags: American Civil War, American history, ethics, history, romance, war
Rifles for Watie
by Harold Keith
Age: 11+
Interests: history, American history, American Civil War, war, moral questions, friendship, romance More
Milkweed
28 Sep 2016 Leave a comment
in Books, books 11+, Uncategorized Tags: family, history, Holocaust, homelessness, Jewish history, mental illness, orphans, Poland, racism, violence, war, Warsaw, WWII
Milkweed
by Jerry Spinelli
Ages: 11+
Interests: history, Jewish history, WWII, war, Holocaust, racism, homelessness More
Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze
01 Sep 2016 Leave a comment
in Books, books 11+ Tags: careers, China, city life, coming of age, history, morality, religion
Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze
by Elizabeth Foreman Lewis
Age: 11+
Interests: China, history, city life, hardship, careers, coming of age More
The Book Thief
22 Aug 2016 Leave a comment
in Books, books 11+, Movies, movies 10+ Tags: death, family, Germany, history, Holocaust, Jewish history, morality, orphans, politics, strong girls, violence, war, writers, WWII
The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak
Age: 11 +
Interests: history, WWII, war, Germany, Jewish history, Holocaust, orphans, strong girls More
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