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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.
8) True blue
Author
Series
Horses of Oak Valley Ranch volume 3
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
In 1960s California, eighth-grader Abby Lovitt has trouble with True Blue, the newest horse on her family's ranch, a beautiful dappled gray who is so often spooked, Abby wonders if he is haunted by the ghost of his deceased former owner.
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
After her mother unexpectedly leaves her with her uncle's family, members of a fanatical Christian cult, Kirby tries to learn what has become of her mother and struggles to cope with the repressiveness of her new surroundings and to maintain her own identity.
12) 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.
14) 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.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Tommy, the son of a Presbyterian minister in Augusta, Georgia, during the Civil War, must search his conscience to decide whether he should help a Yankee soldier escape and return home. Inspired by the early life of Woodrow Wilson.
Author
Series
Dead Sea squirrels volume 3
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers, Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Michael learns that--like the Thessalonians in the Bible--he will prosper if he works hard when Pearl the 2,000-year-old squirrel helps him study for his math test.
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