Tag: teaching history through books
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It’s Stuff Your Kindle Day!
September 20, 2023 Click here to see the Kindle ebook deals. Here are some that look interesting! The Pomodoro Technique by Francesco Cirillo and What the Wind Knows by Amy Harmon. What the Wind Knows is one of my top books of 2023–I STILL think about it. See my post about it here. This book… Read more
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Radar Girls by Sara Ackerman
I listened to Radar Girls on audio this time. This was actually a re-read for me–I always read all of the new Sara Ackerman books as soon as they come out. I needed to read a book set on an island for the M. Judson 2023 Reading Challenge, and I’ve been praying for the people… Read more
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7 Historical Fiction Books with a Color in the Title
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Wives of War by Soraya M. Lane
Wives of War follows the lives of three British nurses throughout World War II and after, which makes this novel unique. Here’s the setup- “Three women. A friendship to last a lifetime… London, 1944. Two young nurses meet at a train station with a common purpose: to join the war effort. Scarlet longs for the… Read more
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What the Wind Knows by Amy Harmon
I first heard of What the Wind Knows from an Instagram account called @Meagansbookclub, that I really trust for recommendations. At first, I didn’t want to read this because I tend to avoid magical realism, but I’m so glad I took a chance on it! I read it a few weeks ago now and I… Read more
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The Golden Doves by Martha Hall Kelly
In The Golden Doves, a refreshingly post-WWII historical fiction novel, Martha Hall Kelly shines her light on how efficient the Nazi “ratline” out of Europe through Italy and on to South America was. One of the main characters is a Nazi hunter (although for different reasons than you might expect). The other is a mother… Read more
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The Indigo Girl by Natasha Boyd
The Indigo Girl is an inspiring story of how a 16-year old girl brought wealth to the colony of South Carolina. Of course I knew that indigo was an important crop in colonial South Carolina, due to South Carolina history class, but I had no idea that a woman masterminded growing it! Eliza Lucas (later… Read more
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The Cuban Heiress by Chanel Cleeton
The Cuban Heiress combined one of my favorite genres- historical fiction and mystery! Cleeton loosely tells the story of the disaster cruise of the opulent Morro Castle returning to New York from Cuba, in the midst of the Great Depression. Cleeton weaves a fascinating story that is un-put-downable. It is different from her other books, but… Read more
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Coronation Year by Jennifer Robson
It was delightful to see Kaz and Ruby Sutton from Picture Weekly again in Coronation Year. I first heard their (fictional) stories in Good Night From London by Jennifer Robson, set during the Blitz, which is one of my all-time favorites. Coronation Year was also fabulous. The Blue Lion serves as a unique vantage point… Read more
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The Little Wartime Library by Kate Thompson
In The Little Wartime Library, The Covid-19 pandemic spurs an eighty-eight year old to tell her granddaughters about how she practically grew up underground in the tube in London during WWII Luftwaffe bombing raids. “The underground” had a whole village living below the surface of Bethnal Green, including a hairdresser, a nursery, nurses, and a… Read more