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5-Historical Fiction Bibliography: Bradley, K. B. (2015). The War That Saved My Life. Narrated by Jayne Entwistle. New York: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. ISBN-13 : 978-0147510488 Plot Summary: Ada and her brother Jaime live in a one bedroom apartment with their mother. Ada is physically and emotionally abused by her mother because of her clubContinue reading “The War That Saved My Life”

5-Historical Fiction Bibliography: Giff, Patricia Reilly. 1997. Lily’s Crossing. New York: Delacorte Press. ISBN-13 : 978-0440414537 Plot Summary: Since her mother’s death Lily has been spending her summers in Rockaway with her father and grandmother who she lives with. Lily enjoys the peace and freedom that comes from the home that sits on slits above theContinue reading “Lily’s Crossing”

5-Historical Fiction Bibliography: Williams-Garcia, Rita. One Crazy Summer. New York: Amistad, 2010.  ISBN-13 : 978-0060760908 Plot Summary: 1968 was one crazy summer for the Gaither sisters. Delphine, Vonetta and Fern are sent from New York to Oakland to spend their summer with Cecile, their mother who abandoned them when they were young. The girls dream about TinkerContinue reading “One Crazy Summer”

4- Nonfiction Bibliography: Freedman, Russell. 2004. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights. New York: Clarion Books. ISBN-13 : 978-0547480343 Plot Summary: Marian Anderson’s five-octave gift became an unexpected voice for the civil right’s movement. Although she didn’t set out to change the world, she just wanted to sing. Russel FreedmanContinue reading “The Voice That Challenged a Nation”

4- Nonfiction Bibliography: Tonatiuh, D. (2014). Separate is Never Equal: The Story of Sylvia Mendez and Her Family. New York: Abrams Books for Young Readers. ISBN-13 : 978-1419710544 Plot Summary: “Cuando la causa es justa, los demas te siguen.” When you fight for justice, others will follow. Separate is Never Equal, is the true story of theContinue reading “Separate is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation”

4- Nonfiction Bibliography: Jenkins, S. (2009). Actual Size. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN-13 : 978-0547512914 Plot Summary: Can you close your eyes and imagine the enormous size of a giant squid’s eye? Or just how long is the tongue of an anteater really is? Do you think you could hold a pygmy mouse lemur in the palmContinue reading “Actual Size”

3- Poetry Bibliography: Weatherford, C. B. (2015). Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement.  (E. Holmes, Illus.).  Press. ISBN-10 : 1536203254 Plot Summary: Voice of Freedom is a beautiful book written in verse that chronicles the life of civil rights activist, Fannie Lou Hamer. Starting in Sunflower County, Mississippi in 1917Continue reading “Voice Of Freedom Fannie Lou Hamer”

2- Traditional Tales Bibliography: Pinkney, J., & Aesop. (2009). The Lion & the Mouse: A Fable by Aesop. New York: Little Brown. ISBN-13 : 978-0316013567 Plot Summary: Award winning artist Jerry Pinkney creates a wordless adaptation of an Aesop fable. True to the fable, the book starts off as a lion shows kindness in an unlikely way.Continue reading “The Lion & The Mouse”

2- Traditional Tales Bibliography: Kellogg, S. (1997). The Three Little Pigs. New York: Morrow Junior Books. ISBN-13 : 978-0064437790 Plot Summary: Steven Kellogg’s version of the classic tale of the three little pigs, starts out with momma pig planning for the future. The three pigs and their mom start a waffle business and business is good. SoContinue reading “The Three Little Pigs”

2- Traditional Tales Bibliography: Morales, Yuyi. Just a Minute : a Trickster Tale and Counting Book. San Francisco, California :Chronicle Books, 2003. ISBN-13 : 978-0811864831 Plot Summary: This traditional tale starts at dawn with a knock on the door. Grandma Beetle finds Senor Calavera coming to take her with him. This begins a series of excusesContinue reading “Just a Minute”