Tag: high school social studies classroom library
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What to Read After Where The Crawdads Sing
Go as a River by Shelley Read This is a story of survival and love, with a strong sense of place in the Colorado Mountains (1940’s – 1970’s). You can tell the author has lived there for years and cherishes it. It is a story of adoption, necessary but cruel, and the long-reaching effects on… Read more
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Fearless Martha by Sheila Ingle
Fearless Martha by Sheila Ingle was a great read! Definitely read this book in print, because the illustrations are wonderful. They were drawn by John Ingle, Sheila’s husband. Fearless Martha begins with a brief forward, and ends with a glossary explaining colonial-era words the reader may not be familiar with. Set during the American Revolution,… Read more
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7 Historical Fiction Books with a Color in the Title
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Before the Crown by Flora Harding
Full disclaimer: I read an ARC copy of Before the Crown on my Kindle app, so I don’t have a picture of the physical book. I could not put this book down! Some of the slight historical inaccuracies bothered me, but it was fast moving and an insightful look at what both Elizabeth AND Philip… Read more