Tag: historical fiction
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The Plot in 5 Sentences or Less: Red O’Sullivan is a senior at Hatley High School in a mining town in Arizona in the fall of 1950. He is also the quarterback for the Hatley Muckers, who haven’t made a push for the title since 1941, when Red’s brother Bobby was QB. Bobby’s death in…
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The Plot (in 5 sentences or less): Father Groppi was a leader in the civil rights movement in the 1960’s in Wisconsin. While he attended seminary as a young man, James Groppi worked in youth centers in underprivileged areas in segregated Milwaukee where he learned about the travails of the African American population. After becoming…
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The Plot (in 5 sentences or less): Tipped off by European physicists in 1939 that it was possible to create an extraordinarily dangerous bomb, FDR signs the order which sets off the race to create this powerful weapon before the Nazis do. Brilliant physics professor Robert Oppenheimer puts together a team of world class talent…
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The Story (in 5 sentences or less): Dave is a slave purchased by Harvey Drake in Augusta, Georgia in 1815. Harvey takes him to Pottersville, South Carolina and not only teaches him pottery, but also how to read. Over the span of years, Dave suffers greatly as his loved ones (including two wives) are sold…
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The Story (in 5 sentences or less): Jessie Pearl is a 14 year old girl living in rural North Carolina in the early 1920’s. Her mother died a few years before and Jessie, bright and academically minded, promised to her mother that she would go to “teacher’s school” and make something of her life. Her…
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Genre: Historical Fiction Series? No Audience: ages 9+ Rating (out of 5): 3 The Story (in 5 sentences or less): Growing up in his Uncle Diego’s house in 15th century Spain, Baltasar often heard stories of the famous Moorish warrior-sorcerer Amir Al-Katib. Thinking them to be nothing but stories, Baltasar is deeply confused when he…
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I often enjoy books that immerse me in other times and cultures, especially when I know very little about them. Having little knowledge of modern politics in Haiti, Frances Temple’s A Taste of Salt was an engaging and eye opening book for me. The story centers around two young characters: Djo and Jeremie. Djo is…
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Ten year old Sasha Zaichik’s greatest dream in life is to become a Young Soviet Pioneer. His father works for the State Security and joining the Pioneers would make Sasha’s father proud and be an important step in following him in becoming a good Communist under Stalin. The mother having passed away years before, Sasha…
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This is a verse novel narrated by a young girl set in the 1950’s and 60’s in Hong Kong. Written almost as a verse diary over several years, the reader gains a glimpse into the girl’s life. Her family subsists mainly from her father’s tailoring business, but work ebbs and flows. When the father is…
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