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| Title | Bronze Bow |
| Author | Elizabeth George Speare |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • adventure • character • historical fiction • mature reader • Newbery Medal • older reader • religion • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • If You Liked Across FIve Aprils |
Imagine reading a book in which the names from the Bible emerge as a characters set in a plot of historical fiction, and you will have a sense of this...
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| Title | Bud, Not Buddy |
| Author | Christopher Paul Curtis |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • adventure • African American • choices • fathers/sons • historical fiction • If You Liked Tangerine • journeys • middle readers • multicultural • Newbery Medal • realistic fiction • reluctant reader • Belonger/Connector • 5th Grade Read Alouds |
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Ten-year-old Bud Caldwell is on the road and setting forth on his own plan for a change. He has summoned his courage and is going to find the man who...
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| Title | By the Great Horn Spoon |
| Author | Sid Fleischman |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • action/adventure • American history • gold rush • great read aloud • historical fiction • journeys • middle reader • older reader • Wild West • Belonger/Connector • If You Liked Nick of Time |
Aha! This is a good one. Take yourself back to the days of the California Gold Rush. It's 1849 and down in the belly of the good ship Lady Wilma...
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| Title | Cate of the Lost Colony |
| Author | Lisa Klein |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | Middle Reader-Careful Content • boys • girls • boys/girls • American history • character • conflict • consequences • English history • England • expectations • finding yourself • girl power • growing up • historical fiction • history • If You Liked Across FIve Aprils • intrigue • journeys • mystery • Native American • nature • older readers • orphans • overcoming obstacles • perseverance • queens • relationships • self-reliance • ships • standing up for yourself • travel • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • Answerman |
Seeing Indians in Queen Elizabeth’s court, young Lady Catherine Archer is enthralled by Sir Walter Raleigh’s reports of his New World colony and by Sir Walter himself. But when...
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| Title | Catherine, Called Birdy |
| Author | Karen Cushman |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers |
| Keywords | boys/girls • confidence • diary • girl power • girls • historical fiction • medieval England • medieval times • middle readers • Newbery Honor • older reader • overcoming obstacles • self-reliance |
One of the best ways I ever found of learning history was to read historical fiction and understand the times through the eyes of a sympathetic character. Here is just...
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| Title | Chains |
| Author | Laurie Halse Anderson |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • African American • American history • American Revolution • coming of age • discrimination • historical fiction • prejudice • self-reliance • slavery • struggle • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • Answerman • If You Liked Across FIve Aprils |
We’ve all had the units in school where they talk about the economic, social and political impact of slavery in the history of the U.S. This story is a look...
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| Title | Charlie's House |
| Author | Clyde Robert Bulla |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Independent Readers • Middle Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • American history • fiction • historical fiction • Independent reader • middle reader • slavery • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
Charlie lives in England in the 1700s and is forced to leave home at a young age. Upon arriving in America, he finds himself an indentured servant and endures difficult...
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| Title | Coming On Home Soon |
| Author | Jacqueline Woodson |
| Illustrator | E.B. Lewis |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Picture Books |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • African American • American history • cats • historical fiction • history • hope • mothers/daughters • Read aloud to 6's, 7's, 8's • Separation • women • World War II |
This beautiful picture book is the story of a grandmother, a mother and a young daughter who live in the rural south during World War II. As the fathers went...
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| Title | Copper Sun |
| Author | Sharon M. Draper |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • Africa • African American • bravery • change • choices • courage • friendship • grief • helping others • identity • If You Liked Sharon Draper • If You Liked Walter Dean Myers • journeys • mature reader • mature readers • prejudice • racism • risk • running away • self-esteem • slavery • struggle • Survival • violence • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • Answerman |
This is the powerful tale of the journey of an African girl, Amari, from her home and everything she knows and holds dear to a new world and a new...
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| Title | Countdown |
| Author | Deborah Wiles |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | Middle Reader-Careful Content • boys • girls • boys/girls • acceptance • accepting others • American history • family • fears • feelings • finding your voice • finding yourself • friendship • 5th Grade Read Alouds • historical fiction • middle readers • older readers • relationships • siblings • standing up for yourself • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
“There are always scary things happening in the world.
There are always wonderful things happening in the world.
It’s up to you how you are going to approach...
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