Patricia Reilly Giff
21) Bears beware
Author
Series
Zigzag kids volume 5
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Mitchell is afraid when the children from the Zigzag Center go camping overnight, but he tries to be brave and discovers that nature is not so scary after all.
22) Nory Ryan's song
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
When a terrible blight attacks Ireland's potato crop in 1845, twelve-year-old Nory Ryan's courage and ingenuity help her family and neighbors survive.
23) Jubilee
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
©2016.
Language
English
Description
"Judith stopped talking long ago when Mom left her in the care of beloved Aunt Cora. Going back into a regular fifth-grade classroom won't be easy, but she has her Dog and new friend who will help her through"--
24) Genevieve's war
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"In August 1939 Genevieve makes an impulsive decision not to get on train to take her to boat back New York and must spend the duration of World War II with her grandmother in a small village in Alsace, France, where she becomes involved with the French resistance"--
25) Water Street
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
In the shadow of the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, eighth-graders and new neighbors Bird Mallon and Thomas Neary make some decisions about what they want to do with their lives.
26) Island war
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"In 1942 13-year-olds Izzy and Matt become trapped on an Japanese-occupied Aleutian island when the rest of the American population is evacuated and must survive on their own for the duration of World War II"--
11-year-old Izzy and 14-year-old Matt are left alone on an Alaskan island when the Japanese army takes the rest of the Americans prisoner. Now that Izzy's ornithologist mother, Matt's father, and the other villages have been evacuated to camps...
27) A slip of a girl
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Set during the Irish Land Wars (1879-1882) this novel in verse follows Anna Mallon through a series of tragedies as her mother dies, older sibling immigrate to America, and she and her father and sister with special needs are about to be evicted from their farm"--
28) Gingersnap
Author
Publisher
Random House Audio
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
It's 1944, and WWII is raging. Jayna's big brother Rob is her only family. When Rob is called to duty on a destroyer, Jayna is left in their small town in upstate New York with their cranky landlady. But right before he leaves, Rob tells Jayna a secret: they may have a grandmother in Brooklyn. Rob found a little blue recipe book with her name and an address for a bakery. When Jayna learns that Rob is missing in action, she's devastated.
Author
Series
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
When Charlie hears that special buzz in his head, he knows it means one thing: an idea for a new invention. But Charlie's ideas tend to backfire—such as the flying feet that don't really fly. If only Charlie could make his inventions work, people might think he's as special as his older brother, Larry. Then the Zigzag afternoon center organizes a Come as a Character Day, and Charlie gets his chance to shine.
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