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| Title | A Boy at War: A Novel of Pearl Harbor |
| Author | Harry Mazer |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • courage • danger • fathers/sons • risk • trilogy • war • World War II • Belonger/Connector |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
It’s 1941 and the Japanese planes are streaking over Pearl Harbor. Adam knows his farther is down there on the Arizona and he slips down under the barbed wire to...
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| Title | A Boy No More |
| Author | Harry Mazer |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • choices • fathers/sons • friendship • older readers • risk • war • World War II • Belonger/Connector |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
After witnessing the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Adam moves to California with his mother and younger sister. He has difficulty adjusting to their new life--not only is he dealing...
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| Title | A Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt |
| Author | C. Coco De Young |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Independent Readers • Middle Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • Great Depression • helping others • historical fiction • hope • Independent reader • making a difference • middle readers • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
Eleven year old Margo Bandini is so worried that her family and the families all around her may lose their homes and their jobs. It's the Great Depression in Johnstown,...
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| Title | A Million Shades of Gray |
| Author | Cynthia Kadohata |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • adventure • Asian culture • danger • elephants • journeys • mature readers • older readers • responsibility • risk • traditions • Vietnam War • war • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • Answerman |
You are about to enter the world of South Vietnam just as the American War is ending. Y'Tin's father has helped the Americans on several missions and now there is...
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| Title | A Ride Into Morning The Story of Tempe Wick |
| Author | Ann Rinaldi |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | adventure • American history • American Revolution • boys/girls • courage • girl power • girls • historical fiction • mature reader • older reader • values • war |
Strong-minded Tempe Wick is struggling to care for her addled mother, her "lunatic" brother, and her farm, amidst the turmoil of the American Revolution. The war is reaching into Tempe's...
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| Title | A Thousand Never Evers |
| Author | Shana Burg |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | prejudice • multicultural • fiction |
It's 1963 in Kuckachoo, Mississippi, and Addie Mae Pickett is about to start junior high school. She's also about to enter into the heart of the Civil Rights movement...
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| Title | Across Five Aprils |
| Author | Irene Hunt |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • boys/girls • American history • bravery • character • choices • Civil War • coming of age • family • fathers/sons • historical fiction • mature reader • older reader • war • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • If You Liked My Brother Sam Is Dead |
| Reluctant Reader | Good for Reluctant Readers |
The five Aprils are the five years of the American Civil War. Fifteen-year-old Jethro Creighton lives those five Aprils, and it's through his experiences that we follow the paths of...
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| Title | Alchemy and Meggy Swann |
| Author | Karen Cushman |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • apprenticeship • being yourself • disabilities • dysfunctional families • English history • England • fathers/daughters • finding yourself • friendship • historical fiction • love • middle readers • murder • older readers • overcoming obstacles • science • self-confidence • self-esteem • self-reliance • Seeker/Leader |
To be released April 2010: “If she could find sixpence for the carter she could return to the village and the alehouse” where her mother, bad temper and all, was...
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| Title | Apprenticeship of Lucas Whitaker |
| Author | Cynthia deFelice |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • adventure • American history • apprenticeship • death • diseases • experiments • macabre • medicine • middle readers • older readers • orphans • Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • Answerman |
| Reluctant Reader | Good for Reluctant Readers |
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It's 1849 and Lucas Whitaker is an orphan. His whole family has died of consumption as have many, many people in his community. He becomes apprenticed to the apothecary,...
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| Title | Arabus Family Saga: Jump Ship to Freedom |
| Author | James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier (Arabus Family Saga) |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • African American • American history • American Revolution • Arabus Family Saga • courage • historical fiction • journeys • mature reader • older reader • racial differences • series • slavery • war • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • If You Liked My Brother Sam Is Dead • If You Liked Across FIve Aprils |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
Fourteen-year-old Daniel and his mother are slaves owned by an evil man named Captain Ives. Daniel learns that his father had earned enough revolutionary notes to buy their freedom when...
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