King of Shadows
by Susan Cooper
Age: 9 +
Interests: theatre, Shakespeare, history, English history, time travel, mystery
King of Shadows
06 Oct 2016 Leave a comment
in Books, books 9+, Uncategorized Tags: British history, England, history, mystery, Shakespeare, theatre, time travel
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
Sounder
24 Sep 2016 Leave a comment
in Books, books 12+ Tags: American history, dogs, family, father, poverty, racial tension, violence
Sounder
by William H. Armstrong
Age: 12+
Interests: American history, racism, poverty, violence, dogs, family
Other books about racism and American history: Amos Fortune, Free Man, One Crazy Summer, Smoky Night; The Watsons go to Birmingham — 1963
Maniac Magee
20 Sep 2016 Leave a comment
in Books, movies 9+ Tags: city life, homelessness, misfits, orphans, racial tension, running away from home, sports, violence
Maniac Magee
by Jerry Spinelli
Age: 9+
Interests: family, city life, orphans, misfits, homelessness, racial tension
Also by this author: Wringer, Milkweed, Stargirl, Loser, Eggs
Other books about racism in America: One Crazy Summer, The Watsons Go to Birmingham — 1963, Smoky Night, Amos Fortune, Free man More
Onion John
14 Sep 2016 Leave a comment
in Books, books 9+ Tags: careers, coming of age, family, father, satire, small town life, superstition, tolerance
Onion John
by Joseph Krumgold
Age: 9 +
Interests: father-son relationships, careers, superstition, tolerance, small town life
Also by this author: … And Now Miguel (another Newbery Medal winner), Henry 3, The Most Terrible Turk: A Story of Turkey, Sweeney’s Adventure
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 Summer of the Swans
30 Aug 2016 Leave a comment
in Books, books 10+ Tags: adolescence, family, siblings, special needs children
The Summer of the Swans
by Betsy Byars
Age: 10 +
Interests: adolescence, siblings, special needs children
Walk Two Moons
26 Aug 2016 Leave a comment
in Books, books 10+ Tags: death, divorce/separation, family, friendship, grandparents, love, mystery
Walk Two Moons
by Sharon Creech
Age: 10 +
Interests: mystery, family, death, grandparents, friendship, first love, divorce 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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