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Inside Out and Back Again
(age 8-11)
by Thanhha Lai
historical ... identity ... war
Publisher comments: No one would believe me but at times I would choose wartime
in Saigon over peacetime in Alabama. For all the ten years of her life, Ha has only known
Saigon: the thrills of its markets, the joy of its traditions, the warmth of her friends close
by, and the beauty of her very own papaya tree. But now the Vietnam War has reached her home.
Ha and her family are forced to flee as Saigon falls, and they board a ship headed toward hope.
In America, Ha discovers the foreign world of Alabama: the coldness of its strangers, the
dullness of its food, the strange shape of its landscape, and the strength of her very own
family. This is the moving story of one girl's year of change, dreams, grief, and healing
as she journeys from one country to another, one life to the next.
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The Never Land Series (age 8-11)
by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
princesses ... war ... adventure ... magic ... humor
Little Scallop should be happy. She's a princess of the Mollusk tribe, rulers of
beautiful Mollusk Island. And she has two fun friends, Aqua and Surf, who just happen to be
mermaids. But Little Scallop is bored. Her warrior brothers are allowed to do exciting things,
and Little Scallop longs to have a real adventure, too. So late one night, she sneaks off into
forbidden waters with Aqua and Surf. That's when the trouble starts.
The question is: can she and her friends get out of it?
title: Escape From the Carnivale: a Never Land Book
title: Cave of the Dark Wind: a Never Land Book
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The Matchlock Gun
(age 8-11)
by Walter D. Edmonds
war ... adventure ... historical
In 1756, during the French and Indian War in upper New York state, ten-year-old
Edward is determined to protect his home and family with the ancient, and much too heavy, Spanish
gun that his father had given him before leaving home to fight the enemy.
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Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
(age 8-11)
by Eleanor Coerr
war ... folklore ... historical ... illness/loss
Publisher comments: When Hiroshima-born Sadako falls gravely ill with leukemia, she
recalls a Japanese legend that holds that if a sick person folds one thousand cranes, the gods
will grant her wish and make her healthy again.
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My Name Is America Series (age 8-11)
war ... identity ... letters/journal ... historical
Each volume in the My Name is America series recounts an exciting slice of life
from America's history, told in the voice of a boy living in that time and place.
title: The Journal of Biddy Owens: the Negro Leagues, Birmingham, Alabama, 1948
by Walter Dean Myers F MYE
title: The Journal of Ben Uchida: Citizen 13559, Mirror Lake Internment Camp, California, 1942
by Barry Denenberg F DEN
title: The Journal of James Edmond Pease: a Civil War Union Soldier, Virginia, 1863
by Jim Murphy F MUR
title: The Journal of Sean Sullivan: a Transcontinental Railroad Worker, Nebraska and Points West, 1867
by William Durbin F DUR
title: The Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce: a Pilgrim Boy, Plymouth 1620
by Ann Rinaldi F RIN
title: The Journal of Joshua Loper: a Black Cowboy, The Chisholm Trail, 1871
by Walter Dean Myers F MYE
title: The Journal of William Thomas Emerson: a Revolutionary War Patriot, Boston, Massachusetts, 1774
by Barry Denenberg F DEN
title: The Journal of Wong Ming-Chung: a Chinese Miner, California, 1852
by Laurence Yep F YEP
title: The Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins: a World War II Soldier, Normandy, France, 1944
by Walter Dean Myers F MYE
title: The Journal of Douglas Allen Deeds: the Donner Party Expedition
by Rodman Philbrick F PHI
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Dear America Series (age 8-11)
war ... identity ... letters/journal ... historical
Each volume in the Dear America series recounts an exciting slice of life
from America's history, told in the voice of a girl living in that time and place.
title: A Line in the Sand: the Alamo Diary of Lucinda Lawrence, Gonzales, Texas, 1835
by Sherry Garland F GAR
title: A Coal Miner's Bride: the Diary of Annetka Kaminski, Lattimer, Pennsylvania, 1896
by Susan Campbell Bartoletti F BAR
title: A Light in the Storm: the Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin, Fenwick Island, Delaware, 1861
by Karen Hesse F HES
title: A Picture of Freedom: the Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl, Belmont Plantation, Virginia, 1859
by Patricia C. McKissack F MCK
title: A Time for Courage: the Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen, Washington, D.C., 1917
by Kathryn Lasky F LAS
title: Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie: the Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell, Booneville, Missoura, 1847
by Kristiana Gregory F GRE
title: Color Me Dark: the Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North, Chicago, Illinois, 1919
by Patricia C. McKissack F MCK
title: Early Sunday Morning: the Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows, Hawaii, 1941
by Barry Denenberg F DEN
title: My Heart is on the Ground: the Diary of Nannie Little Rose, a Sioux Girl, Carlisle Indian School, Pennsylvania, 1880
by Ann Rinaldi F RIN
title: Valley of the Moon: the Diary of Maria Rosalia de Milagros, Sonoma Valley, Alta California, 1846
by Sherry Garland F GAR
title: Christmas After All: the Diary of Minnie Swift
by Kathryn Lasky F LAS
title: Seeds of Hope: the Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild, California Territory, 1849
by Kristiana Gregory F GRE
title: Dreams in the Golden Country: the Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl, New York City, 1903
by Kathryn Lasky F LAS
title: I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: the Diary of Patsy,a Freed Girl, Mars Bluff, South Carolina, 1865
by Joyce Hansen F HAN
title: A Journey to the New World: the Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, Plimoth Colony, 1620
by Kathryn Lasky F LAS
title: Land of the Buffalo Bones: the Diary of Mary Elizabeth Rodgers, an English Girl in Minnesota, New Yeovil, Minnesota, 1873
by Marion Dane Bauer F BAU
title: Look to the Hills: the Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl, New York Colony, 1763
by Patricia C. McKissack F MCK
title: Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: the Diary of Bess Brennan, The Perkins School for the Blind, 1932
by Barry Denenberg F DEN
title: My Face to the Wind: the Diary of Sarah Jane Price, a Prairie Teacher, Broken Bow, Nebraska, 1881
by Jim Murphy F MUR
title: My Secret War: the World War II Diary of Madeline Beck, Long Island, New York, 1941
by Mary Pope Osborne F OSB
title: One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping: the Diary of Julie Weiss, Vienna, Austria to New York, 1938
by Barry Denenberg F DEN
title: So Far from Home: the Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847
by Barry Denenberg F DEN
title: Standing in the Light: the Captive Diary of Catherine Carey Logan, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763
by Mary Pope Osborne F OSB
title: Survival in the Storm: the Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards, Dalhart, Texas, 1935
by Katelan Janke F JAN
title: The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: the Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl, New Mexico, 1864
by Ann Turner F TUR
title: The Great Railroad Race: the Diary of Libby West, Utah Territory, 1868
by Kristiana Gregory F GRE
title: Voyage on the Great Titanic: the Diary of Margaret Ann Brady, R.M.S. Titanic, 1912
by Ellen Emerson White F WHI
title: When Will This Cruel War Be Over?: the Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864
by Barry Denenberg F DEN
title: The Winter of Red Snow: the Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania 1777-1778
by Kristiana Gregory F GRE
title: West to a Land of Plenty: the Diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi, New York to Idaho Territory, 1883
by Jim Murphy F MUR
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Miracles on Maple Hill
(age 8-11)
by Virginia Sorensen
war ... adventure ... family
After her father returns from the war moody and tired, Marly's family decides
to move from the city to Maple Hill Farm in the Pennsylvania countryside where they share
many adventures which help restore their spirits and their bond with each other.
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Lily's Crossing
(age 8-11)
by Patricia Reilly Giff
war ... illness/loss ... friendship ... historical
Every summer Lily and her father go to her family's house in Rockaway, near the
Atlantic Ocean. But the summer of 1944 is different. World War II has called Lily's father overseas,
Lily's best friend Margaret had to move with her family to a wartime factory town, and Lily is
forced to live with her grandmother. But then a boy named Albert, a refugee from Hungary, comes
to live in Rockaway. He has lost most of his family to the war. Soon he and Lily form a special
friendship, and they have secrets to share. But they have both told lies, and Lily's lie may
cost Albert his life.
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