13 Sep 2018
by Kim
in movies 12+, Old Movies, Uncategorized
Tags: American history, comedy, gangsters, gender, history, humour, jazz, love, prohibition, sexual identity

Some Like It Hot
black and white, comedy
released: 1959
director: Billy Wilder
starring: Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, Marilyn Monroe
rated: not rated (PG)
length: 2 hrs, 1 min
Age: 12+
Interests: comedy, jazz, romance, history, Prohibition, gangsters, gender roles
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19 Feb 2018
by Kim
in Books, books 11+, Uncategorized
Tags: American history, boats, history, racism, slavery, violence

NEWBERY MEDAL WINNER – 1974
The Slave Dancer
by Paula Fox
Age: 11+
Interests: American history, slavery, racism, ships
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25 Sep 2017
by Kim
in Books, books 10+, Uncategorized
Tags: American history, crime, family history, Great Depression, history, mystery, prohibition, small town life, strong girls, violence, WWI

NEWBERY MEDAL WINNER – 2011
Moon Over Manifest
by Clare Vanderpool
Age: 10+
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26 Apr 2017
by Kim
in Books, books 10+, Uncategorized
Tags: American history, crime, history, mystery, small town life, social justice, violence, writers

NEWBERY MEDAL WINNER – 2012
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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07 Apr 2017
by Kim
in Books, books 9+, Uncategorized
Tags: American history, Great Depression, history, jazz, music, orphans, racism

NEWBERY MEDAL WINNER – 2000
Bud, Not Buddy
by Christopher Paul Curtis
Age: 9+
Interests: history, American history, music, jazz, the Great Depression, racism, orphans More
26 Feb 2017
by Kim
in books 11+, Uncategorized
Tags: American history, civil rights, family, farming, Great Depression, history, poverty, racism, violence

NEWBERY MEDAL WINNER: 1977
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
by Mildred D. Taylor
Age: 11+
Interests: history, American history, racism, civil rights, the Great Depression, family
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19 Jan 2017
by Kim
in Books, Uncategorized
Tags: American history, death, family, farming, Great Depression, grieving, history, music, poetry

NEWBERY MEDAL WINNER – 1998
Out of the Dust
by Karen Hesse
Age: 10 +
Interests: poetry, history, American history, the Great Depression, farming, death and grief, music
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13 Dec 2016
by Kim
in Books, books 10+, Uncategorized
Tags: American history, desert, First Nations, history, nature, Navajo, religion, spirituality

NEWBERY MEDAL WINNER – 1932
Waterless Mountain
by Laura Adams Armer
Age: 10+
Interests: American history, First Nations, Navajo spiritualism, life in the desert, religion
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23 Nov 2016
by Kim
in Books, books 11+, Uncategorized
Tags: American Civil War, American history, ethics, history, romance, war

NEWBERY MEDAL WINNER – 1958
Rifles for Watie
by Harold Keith
Age: 11+
Interests: history, American history, American Civil War, war, moral questions, friendship, romance More
10 Nov 2016
by Kim
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
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