The Ghosts of War (The true story of a 19-year-old GI) by Ryan Smithson This is an AMAZING book. I would highly recommend this to any classroom library, and encourage its use as a class read aloud for grade 5+, or as an independent book study for those in grade 7+. The only reason I […]
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The Berlin Boxing club is an amazing book about a young Jewish boy during Hitler’s rise to power. The main character is Jewish, although he admits he doesn’t look Jewish and was raised by parents who don’t follow religion. He has a younger sister who ‘looks’ Jewish and they are very close. His father, a
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Eric Walters is a well known and good author for middle school books, and this book is no different. Bifocal follows two students: one, a white football star; the other a Muslim geek. This book offers a unique dual perspective of the same events. The book begins when a student at the school is arrested
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