Dead End in Norvelt
by Jack Gantos
Ages: 10 +
Interests: small town life, mystery, writing, history, American history, social justice, politics, crime, violence
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Bud, Not Buddy
07 Apr 2017 Leave a comment
in Books, books 9+, Uncategorized Tags: American history, Great Depression, history, jazz, music, orphans, racism
Bud, Not Buddy
by Christopher Paul Curtis
Age: 9+
Interests: history, American history, music, jazz, the Great Depression, racism, orphans 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
Out of the Dust
19 Jan 2017 Leave a comment
in Books, Uncategorized Tags: American history, death, family, farming, Great Depression, grieving, history, music, poetry
Out of the Dust
by Karen Hesse
Age: 10 +
Interests: poetry, history, American history, the Great Depression, farming, death and grief, music
Waterless Mountain
13 Dec 2016 Leave a comment
in Books, books 10+, Uncategorized Tags: American history, desert, First Nations, history, nature, Navajo, religion, spirituality
Waterless Mountain
by Laura Adams Armer
Age: 10+
Interests: American history, First Nations, Navajo spiritualism, life in the desert, religion
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
The Mighty Miss Malone
10 Nov 2016 2 Comments
in Books, books 9+, Uncategorized Tags: American history, family, Great Depression, history, poverty, racism, strong girls
The Mighty Miss Malone
by Christopher Paul Curtis
Age: 9+
Interests: strong female characters, history, American history, poverty, racism, Depression/1930s More
Johnny Tremain
19 Oct 2016 5 Comments
in books 9+, Uncategorized Tags: American history, American Revolution, Boston, careers, history, orphans, physical handicaps, politics, war
Johnny Tremain
by Esther Forbes
Age: 9+
Interests: American history, history, American Revolution, Boston, war More
Hitty, Her First Hundred Years
10 Oct 2016 Leave a comment
in Books, books 8+, Uncategorized Tags: American history, boats, dolls, history, toys, travel
Hitty, Her First Hundred Years
by Rachel Field
Age: 8+
Interests: dolls, toys, history, American history 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
