Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze
by Elizabeth Foreman Lewis
Age: 11+
Interests: China, history, city life, hardship, careers, coming of age 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
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
Millions
08 Oct 2014 2 Comments
in Books, books 8+ Tags: crime, ghosts, money, morality, religion, siblings, single parent
Millions
by Frank Cottrell Boyce
Age: 8+
Interests: money, religion, morality, crime, single parent, siblings, ghosts More
Shiloh
10 Jun 2014 Leave a comment
in Books, books 8+ Tags: animals, country life, dogs, morality, pets
Shiloh
by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Age: 8 +
Interests: dogs, pets, animals, morality and ethical dilemmas, country life More
A Gathering of Days
26 May 2014 Leave a comment
in Books, books 8+ Tags: American history, country life, dealing with change, death, family, farm, history, morality, single parent
A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl’s Journal, 1830-32
by Joan W. Blos
Age: 8+
Interests: history, American history, single parent families, farm life, country life, ethical questions, death
The Little Bookroom
06 Sep 2013 Leave a comment
in Books, books 6+, books 9+ Tags: fairies, Fairy Tale, fairy tale updated, helping others, Magic, morality, prince, Princess, romance, satire, short stories
The Little Bookroom
by Eleanor Farjeon
Age: 6 (read to); 9 (independent reading)
Interests: short stories, updated fairy tales, satire, magic, romance, princesses and princes, helping others, morality
The Three Robbers
29 May 2013 Leave a comment
in Books, books 3+ Tags: crime, helping others, morality, orphans, robbers, treasure
by Tomi Ungerer
Age: 3+
Interests: crime, robbers, treasure, orphans, morality, helping others
Black Ships Before Troy
12 Mar 2013 Leave a comment
in Books, books 10+, books 8+ Tags: action, adventure, boats, gods, Greece, history, Magic, morality, myths, romance, war
GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER -1993
Rosemary Sutcliff, text
Alan Lee, illustrations
Frances Lincoln Limited: 1993
125 pages, 19 chapters
Age: 8+ (read to) ; 10+ (independent reading)
Interests: Greek history and mythology, war, romance, ethical dilemmas
Next: Sutcliffe’s The Wanderings of Odysseus, D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths
Also by this author: many historical fiction novels for young people, including The Eagle of the Ninth Chronicles (3 books about the Romans in Britain, including Carnegie winner The Lantern Bearers), Warrior Scarlet (about life in the Bronze Age), Tristan and Iseult, The Shining Company (medieval Britain)
The Little White Horse
04 Mar 2013 Leave a comment
in Books, books 7+ Tags: animals, castle, cats, country life, dogs, England, family history, Magic, morality, mystery, Princess, religion, romance, strong girls
WINNER OF THE CARNEGIE MEDAL – 1946
by Elizabeth Goudge
University of London Press: 1946
238 pages – 12 chapters
Age: 7 (read to); 9 (independent reading)
Interests: magic, mystery, animals, castles, princesses, England, aristocracy, religion, family history, romance
NB: This book was adapted into a 1994 BBC series entitled Moonacre and a 2009 movie The Secret of Moonacre.
Next: The Secret Garden or A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Also by this author: Island Magic
The Giver
12 Feb 2013 Leave a comment
in Books, books 10+ Tags: dystopia, family, morality, philosophy, sci fi
NEWBERY MEDAL WINNER – 1994
by Lois Lowry
Random House: 1993
179 pp.
Age: 10+
Interests: science fiction, dystopia, morality, questioning authority, freedom
Next: the rest of ‘The Giver Quartet’: Messenger, Gathering Blue, Son
More science fiction: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine l’Engle, The Iron Man by Ted Hughes, The Martian Chronicles or Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Also by this author: Number the Stars, Autumn Street, The Silent Boy
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