A Year Down Yonder
by Richard Peck
Age: 11+
Interests: Great Depression, small town life, grandparents, high school, poverty, bullying, romance
Dicey’s Song
10 Oct 2017 Leave a comment
in Books, books 12+, Uncategorized Tags: family, friendship, mental illness, orphans, poverty, responsibility, siblings, strong girls
Dicey’s Song
by Cynthia Voigt
Age: 12+
Interests: family, siblings, strong girls, friendship, poverty, orphans, mental illness
The Silver Sword
12 Sep 2017 Leave a comment
in Books, books 9+ Tags: bravery, family, history, Poland, poverty, siblings, strong girls, war, WWII
The Silver Sword
(published in the US as Escape from Warsaw)
by Ian Seraillier
Age: 9+
Interests: history, World War II, Poland, war, family, poverty, refugees, strong female characters
The Higher Power of Lucky
28 Aug 2017 Leave a comment
in Books, books 9+, Uncategorized Tags: grieving, poverty, small town life, strong girls
The Higher Power of Lucky
by Susan Patron
Age: 9+
Interests: grief, small town life, poverty
Last Stop on Market Street
12 Apr 2017 1 Comment
in Books, books 3+ Tags: buses, city life, diversity, grandparents, gratitude, helping others, poverty, tolerance
Last Stop on Market Street
words by Matt de la Peña
illustrations by Christian Robinson
Ages: 3+
Interests: grandparents, city life, buses, tolerance, helping others, poverty, gratitude
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
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
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
A Single Shard
03 Dec 2013 2 Comments
in Books, books 9+ Tags: artists, history, Korea, orphans, pottery, poverty
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