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An Independent Bookstore |
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Flintridge Bookstore & Coffeehouse |
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Good Book Report Books |
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964 Foothill Blvd. La Canada, CA 91011 |
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Suggested Reading for Historical Fiction Book Reports
American Stories
American Girl Series (Tween Fiction) Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson (Jr. Fiction) Post-Revolutionary Hoofbeats: Silence and Lily 1773 by Kathleen Duey (Tween) Revolution The Shakeress by Karen Heuston (Young Adult) (Mormonism) A Drowned Maiden’s Hair by Laura Amy Schlitz (Tween) Victorian Era The Watsons Go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis (Jr. Fiction) Civil Rights Bud Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis (Jr. Fiction) Depression Esperanza Rising by Pamela Munoz Ryan (Tween Fiction) California Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse (Jr. Fiction) Dust Bowl A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck (Jr. Fiction) * (Depression) A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck (Jr. Fiction)* (Depression) Fair Weather by Richard Peck * (Chicago Exposition) The Teacher’s Funeral by Richard Peck* (Jr. Fiction) Here Lies the Librarian by Richard Peck* (Jr. Fiction) On the Wings of Heroes by Richard Peck (Jr. Fiction) Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko (Jr. Fiction)* California The Green Glass Sea by Ellen Klages (Tween Fiction) Los Alamos A Boy at War by Harry Mazer (Jr. Fiction) World War II A Boy No More by Harry Mazer (Jr. Fiction) World War II Gentle’s Hollar by Kerry Madden (Tween) American south Louisiana’s Song by Kerry Madden (Tween) American south Anne of Green Gables by L. Montgomery (Tween Fiction) (1900’s) Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson (Tween) World War II Black Duck by Janet Lisle (Jr. Fiction) Prohibition
European Stories
Catherine Called Birdy by Karen Cushman (Medieval England) (Tween) The Midwife’s Apprentice by Karen Cushman (Medieval England) (Tween) Crispin by Avi (Medieval England) Jr. Fiction The Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle (Jr. Fiction) Medieval England The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett (Victorian England) (Tween) A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett (Victorian England) (Tween) The Counterfeit Princess by Jane Resh Thomas (Elizabethan England) (Tween) A Yellow Star by Jennifer Roy(World War II) (Tween) Number the Stars by Lois Lowry (World War II) (Jr. Fiction) The Fire Eaters by David Almond (Jr. Fiction) (Cuban Missile Crisis)
Exotic Stories
The Shadow Spinner by Susan Fletcher (Tween) Persia Alphabet of Dreams by Susan Fletcher (Jr. Fiction) Magi King of the Wind by Marguerite O’Henry (Chapter Books) Morocco A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park (Jr. Fiction) Korea The Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis McGraw (Jr. Fiction) Egypt Listening for Lions by Gloria Whelan (Tween) British East Africa The Samurai’s Tale by Erik C. Haugaard (Jr. Fiction) Japan |
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Suggested Reading for Contemporary Fiction Book Reports: Fourth –Sixth Grade By Catherine Linka, Book Buyer, Flintridge Bookstore and Coffeehouse Located in the Junior Fiction section. On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer Gifted by Beth Evangelista Hoot, and Flush by Carl Hiassen The Alex Rider Adventures by Anthony Horowitz The Mysterious Edge of the World by E.L. Konigsburg Travel Team, Summer Ball, Heat by Mike Lupica Camel Rider by Prue Mason Edward’s Eyes by Patricia MacLauchlin Secret Letters from 0-10 by Susie Mortgenstern The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron (warning parents should read page 1.) Maniac Magee , Crash by Jerry Spinelli Holes by Louis Sacher The Schwa Was Here by Neal Schusterman Located in the Tween Section. Rules of the Road, Blackwater, Hope was Here and Best Foot Forward by Joan Bauer If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period by Gennifer Choldenko A Girl Named Disaster by Nancy Farmer* Harriet the Spy: Double Agent by Maya Gold Ida B by Hannigan Protecting Marie by Ken Henkes Paint the Wind by Pamela Munoz Ryan Standing Against the Wind by Tracee Jones Rules by Cynthia Lord When Heaven Fell by Carolyn Marsden Ten Ways to Make my Sister Disappear by Norma Fox Mazer Gender Blender by Blake Nelson Project Mulberry by Linda Sue Park The Amazing Life of Birds* by Gary Paulsen The Wednesday Wars* by Gary Schmidt Stargirl and Love, Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli Each Little Bird that Sings, Aurora County All-Stars* by Deb Wiles Candyfloss by Jacqueline Wilson Millicent Min, Stanford Wong Flunks Out*, So Totally Emily Ebers by Lisa Yee
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