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Titles Worth Trying: Historical [Middle School]
Indigenous Authors: Books for Middle Grade
Titles Worth Trying: Historical [Middle School]
Description
When fourteen-year-old Norvia moves from Beaver Island to Boyne City in 1914, she has to contend with a new school, a first crush, and a blended family, but she also must keep secret her parents' divorce and her Ojibwe heritage. Includes author's note.
Author
Series
Hagenheim volume 4
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
©2013.
Language
English
Description
In this story loosely based on the Cinderella fairy tale, Gisela is determined to get an invitation to the ball being thrown for the duke's son, Valten, but meeting him may not lead to her happily-ever-after.
5) Gee Whiz
Author
Series
Horses of Oak Valley Ranch volume 5
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Soon after her yearling, Jack, begins working with professional trainers at a nearby ranch, Abby Lovitt takes responsibility for a very large, very smart, and very curious retired racehorse named Gee Whiz.
7) Pure
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Tabitha and her four best friends all wear purity rings to symbolize their pledge to remain virgins until they marry, but when one admits that she has broken the pledge each girl must reexamine her faith, friendships, and what it means to be pure.
Author
Series
Dead Sea squirrels volume 6
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
When it comes to drones and video games, fifth-grader Michael and a 2000-year-old talking squirrel named Merle have very little self-control.
10) Devoted: a novel
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Rachel Walker is devoted to God and her large family, but as her curiosity about the world her parents turned from grows and she finds that neither Calvary Christian Church nor her homeschool education has the answer she craves, she considers leaving her sheltered life, as an older sister did.
Author
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Ivy Green, whose mother may have run off with a charismatic preacher to Panhandle, Florida, and classmate Paul Dobbs, who wants to see a Space Shuttle before the program's scrapped, team up for a summer adventure that's full of surprises.
Author
Series
Dead Sea squirrels volume 8
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Merle and Pearl, still in the clutches of their squirrelnapper, ride on a talking donkey, Dusty, from Nazareth to Ein Karem while Dr. Gomez and Michael follow their trail.
15) Pie in the Sky
Author
Series
Horses of Oak Valley Ranch volume 4
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
"Abby Lovitt is put in charge of training the expensive and haughty horse Pie in the Sky when his owner refuses. While trying to get a hold on him, she must deal with the new challenges, both good and bad, that come with being a freshman in high school in 1970's Northern California"--
Author
Publisher
WaterBrook
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Snoodle sets out to throw the perfect Valentine's Day party for her monster friends, but when nothing goes according to plan, she models the biblical definition of love from 1 Corinthians 13 and proves that love is worth celebrating.
Author
Publisher
Zonderkidz
Pub. Date
2013, ©1973.
Language
English
Description
While preparing for Easter in his small prairie town, Thomas hears the story of the resurrection of Jesus and discovers the meaning of new life through the symbolism of the Easter egg. Includes an information page about the traditions and symbols of Lent and Easter.
20) This is the day!
Author
Publisher
Little Shepherd Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
In rhyming text, inspires children everywhere to seize the day and celebrate the goodness of what God has provided.
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