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Blackwood, Gary. The Shakespeare Stealer.
Poor Widge is compelled by his master to use his ability to transcribe in shorthand in order to steal Mr. Shakespeare's play, Hamlet.
Greene, Bette. Summer of My German Soldier.
A story about an unlikely friendship between a Jewish girl and a German prisoner of war in Arkansas during WWII.
Hamill, Pete. Snow in August.
Michael Evlin lives with his widowed mother in a working-class neighborhood in 1940s Brooklyn, NY. The last thing he expects to find is a friend in Rabbi Judah Hirsch, a refugee from Prague, who trades wonderful stories in Jewish folklore for lessons in English and American culture especially the sport of baseball.
Heese, Karen. Out of the Dust.
In a story told through simple, elegant poetry, 15-year-old Billie Jo fights to hold on to her dreams in the face of family tragedy and the crushing hardships of the dust-bowl years in Oklahoma.
Holt, Kimberly Willis. My Louisiana Sky.
Set in rural 1950s Louisiana, 12-year-old Tiger has some tough times growing up with her grandmother dying and trying to accept her loving but mentally handicapped parents.
Kluger, Steve. Last Days of Summer.
"Dear Mr. Banks, I am a 12-year-old boy and I am dying of an incurable disease" begins the first of many letters sent by determined, perfectly healthy Joey to the rookie third baseman for the New York Giants.
Maxwell, Robin. Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn.
Elizabeth, the queen of England, receives her mother's secret diary and becomes acquainted with a mother she has never known.
Paulsen, Gary. Soldier's Heart.
After facing the real fighting in the Civil War, Charlie realizes war is hell on earth both mentally and physically.
Spiegelman, Art. Maus: A Survivor's Tale and Mous II: And Here My Troubles Began.
Amazing, truly unique books. This powerful memoir about Vladek Spiegelman, a Jewish survivor of Hitler's Europe, by his son, is told through a comicstrip. The Jews are portrayed as mice and the Nazis as cats. Brilliant.