This book is about a teenager named Radley who comes back from a missions trip to Haiti only to find out that the President of the United States has been assassinated and the country has been taken over by the American People's Party. She finds her house abandoned and her parents, who are politi...
Fourteen year old Joseph Michtom’s life changed incredibly when his parents, Russian immigrants created the first teddy bear. The Michtom’s gather family and friends around the kitchen table to talk. No longer was Joseph at leisure to play stickball with the guys. No longer were Joseph and his bo...
I never enjoyed my history subject when I was young, I always have the worst teacher and the worst field trips in my entire life. Contradict to that, I enjoyed reading historical fiction and children's books. Although I don't have any idea about dust bowl or the great depression or whatever happe...
As another reviewer, Karen, points out, it's almost impossible to figure out who this book would appeal to. Actually, I kind of liked it, so maybe I'm the ideal reader.But it's considered children's lit, and yet it strikes me as the kind of children's lit that teachers really like and children ha...
Andrew DurosWorld LiteratureMs.YoungLetters From RifkaBy Karen HessetCan you envision yourself being in a country alone while the rest of your family travels across countries without you? In the book Letters from Rifka by Karen Hesse, a young Jewish girl named Rifka, has to go through an experien...
“Sable” is the story of a girl and a dog. I like stories that involve animals and this is no exception.The story takes place somewhere in the country. It is at Tate’s (the main character) home (possibly a ranch or a farm) (Tate is the main character in the story) where a scrawny dog appears. T...