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Joan Wenzel

Suggested books to read for Social Studies

Here is a list of a few books. There are many more books and located in our school library. Please see Ms. Davis, our school librarian for additional book titles.

 

  •     Call for Freedom, Stuckey and Salvucci, Holt Rinehart and Winston, 2003
  • A Journey through Maine, Stockwell, Mary, Gibbs Smith Publisher, 2006 Finding Katahdin, Hassinger, Amy, University of Maine Press, 2001 
  • Lily's Crossing, Giff, Patricia Reilly
  •         The Summer of My German Soldier, Greene, Bette 
  • The Art of Keeping Cool, Lisle, Janet Taylor 
  • Number the Stars, Lowry, Lois 
  • Bat 6, Wolff, Virginia Euwer
  •         Shadow of the Wall by Christa Laird 
  • The Devil's Arithmetic, Yolen, Jane 
  • A Separate Peace, Knowles, J. 
  • All the Kings Men, Warren, R.P.
  •         The Greatest Generation, Brokaw, T. 
  • We Are Witnesses: Five Diaries of Teenagers Who Died in the Holocaust,

                  Boas, Jacob 

  •         The Diary of a Young Girl, Frank, Anne
  • Kinderlager: An Oral History of Young Holocaust Survivors, Nieuwsma, Milton 
  • The Upstairs Room, Reiss, Johanna 
  • Night, Wiesel, Elie 
  • CARRIE'S WAR, Bawden, Nina 
  • JOURNEY TO AMERICA, Levitin, Sonia 
  • So Far from the Sea, Eve Bunting 
  • Stones in Water, Donna Jo Napoli 
  • Terrible Things, Eve Bunting (Picture book) 
  • A Boy at War, Mazer, Harry 
  • North to Freedom, Holm, Anne 
  • Heroes Don’t Run, Mazer, Harry 
  • Soldier X, Wulffson, Don
  • Welcome to Vietnam, Emerson, Zack.
  •         Fallen Angels, Myers, Walter Dean. 
  • The Best of Friends, Rostkowski, Margaret. 
  • THE OUTSIDERS, Hinton, S.E.
  • Lost in the War, Antle, Nancy
  • The Watsons go to Birmingham-1963, Curtis, Christopher Paul. 
  • Kennedy Assassinated!, Wilborn Hampton 
  • Oh, Freedom!: Kids Talk About the Civil Rights Movement With the People

               Who Made It Happen, Casey King, et al

  •         Kiss the Dust, Laird, Elizabeth
  •         My Enemy, My Brother, Foreman, James D. 
  •    The Garden, Matas, Carol

Materials and Expectations

pencils            set of earphones         flash drive

Each quarter you must read at least one book that is:

        -a biography of a historical figure

         -a story written about a certain era in history

          -or  historical fiction 

As a reminder, each student is expected to read at least 30 minutes every night for homework.

Earphones needed !

 All students need earphones.  It is your responsibility to bring the earphones to class.