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Truce: The Day the Soldiers Stopped Fighting by Jim Murphy
This is a well researched acount of the Christmas Truce of 1914 during the first winter of World War I. The author did a great job explaining how the war began and how the armies came to be involved in trench warfare on the Western front. Photographs and paintings illustrate the true story.
My Thoughts: I loved the pictures and photos! This was very well written and easy to understand how this unforgettable event unfolded.
Purge by Sarah Darer Littman
When her parents check sixteen-year-old Janie into Golden Slopes to help her recover from her bulimia, she discovers that she must talk about things she has admitted to no one-not even herself.
My Thoughts - I enjoyed this powerful, moving story! The characters were great! If you liked Wintergirls or Jane in Bloom, try this book next!
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The Missing Book 2: Sent by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Jonah, Katherine, Chip and Alex suddenly find themselves in 1483 at the Tower of London, where they discover that Chip and Alex are Prince Edward V and Richard of Shrewbury, imprisioned by their uncle, King Richard III, but trying to repair history without knowing what is supposed to happen proves challenging. Author's note includes historical facts about the princes and king.
My Thoughts - This was a thrilling sequel to the first book in the series, Found! I can't wait to read the next book to see if we find out who Jonah is!
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Donut Days by Lara Zielin
During a campout promoting the opening of a donut shop in a small Minnesota town, sixteen-year-old Emma, an aspiring journalist, begins to connect an ongoing pollution investigation with the turmoil in the evangelical Christian church where her parents are pastors.
My Thoughts: I really related to this story and Emma's fight for what is right, which can be difficult to determine in life!
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Willow by Julia Hoban
Sixteen-year-old Willow, who was driving the car that killed both of her parents, copes with the pain and guilt by cutting herself, until she meets a smart and sensitive boy who is determined to help her stop.
My Thoughts - This was a powerful, unforgettable story!
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Emmanuel Ringleblum: Historian of the Warsaw Ghetto by Mark Beyer
This is a facinating biography of a man dedicated to recording a history of what happened in the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II. Emmanuel had been a historian before the events of World War II began to unfold. As he began to see what happened when Hitler gained power and what life was like in the Warsaw Ghetto, he recorded the events in his journal, determined to preserve a record of what happened so that future generations would know. He and a group of people he trained illegally kept journals, recording their observations and interviews with people. Before the Warsaw Ghetto was destroyed, they buried their journals, papers, photos and records within the ghetto, hoping they would be found and stand as a record of what happened to the Jews under Hitler's rule.
Alexander Graham Bell: Giving Voice to the World by Mary Kay Carson
A brief biography of inventor Alexander Graham Bell that profiles his life and works which included the invention of the telephone.
My Thoughts: This was a great biography! I learned so much about his contribution to the world as well as his true passion in life: helping to deaf to be able to communicate. This was a very interesting book!
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