In Chasing Secrets by Gennifer Choldenko, Lizzie’s father is a doctor and one of her favorite things to do is visit patients with him, even though that’s not something girls really do in 1900. She discovers a hidden dark side of the city of San Francisco where she lives, including rumors that the plague is…
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The War That Saved My Life by Kimberley Brubaker Bradley
The War That Saved My Life by Kimberley Brubaker Bradley is the profoundly moving story of how one girl’s life is forever altered by events surrounding World War II. Ada has never left the tiny apartment she shares with her mother and younger brother Jamie; her mother won’t let her because she is ashamed of…
Shooting at the Stars: The Christmas Truce of 1914 by John Hendrix
During the First World War, enemy soldiers were often camped out in trenches, with only a hundred feet of “No Man’s Land” between them. A virtual miracle occurred one Christmas Eve, when soldiers on both sides came out of their trenches singing “Silent Night” and shaking each other’s hands. The strangers ceased fighting while they…
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
Things have not been going well for ten-year-old Bud. First, Todd, his foster brother, sticks a pencil up his nose while he’s sleeping. Then when he defends himself, Todd beats him up and Bud is the one who is punished by being locked overnight in the shed. There he sees a huge vampire bat, which…
