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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.
5) Love made
Author
Publisher
Harvest House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Illustrations and a simple retelling of the story of Creation ends with a mother's affirmation that her child is the most special person ever made.
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.
8) Both of me
Author
Publisher
Blink
Pub. Date
©2014.
Language
English
Description
"When her carry-on bag is accidentally switched with Elias's identical pack, Clara uses the luggage tag to track down her things. At that address she discovers there is not one Elias Phinn, but two"--
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.
12) A church for all
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Celebrates a diverse community on a Sunday morning at an inclusive church that welcomes all people regardless of age, class, race, gender identity, and sexual orientation. Come to the church for all!"--
13) You are special
Author
Publisher
Crossway Books
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
Punchinello's opinion of himself changes after talking to his creator.
14) 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
Zonderkidz
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
When Brother, Sister, and Honey Bear play ball instead of clean out their playhouse, will they ever finish their task? The Berenstain Bears Get the Job Done shows children how putting in a good day's work can be fun and feel rewarding. --from Amazon.
17) I am not Esther
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.
Author
Series
Hagenheim volume 2
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
In 1352 England, seventeen-year-old Annabel, granddaughter of a knight and a would-be nun, eludes a lecherous bailiff but falls in love with Lord Le Wyse, the ferocious and disfigured man to whom her family owes three years of indentured servitude, in this tale loosely based on Beauty and the Beast.
20) 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.
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