Nonfiction

Social Studies

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Lisle

The Crying Rocks

The fate of the Narragansett Indians in Rhode Island is the basis of this compelling read.

D'Adamo

Iqbal

Aronson

The Witch Trials: Secretes of the Salem Witch Trials

Murphy

An American Plague

Hesse

Aleutian Sparrow

Buckley

American Patriots: The Story of Blacks in the Military From

The Revolution to Desert Storm

Mead

Year of No Rain

Sudanese village suffers unbearably during Civil War after a year of no rain.

Christelow

VOTE!

Hampton

September 11, 2001: Atack on New York City

Personal stories

Cameron

Colibri

Story of a kidnapped girl ( Guatemala ) who longs for her family

Gutman

Race for the Sky: Wright Brothers

Murphy

Inside the Alamo

Murphy

The Great Fire

Murphy

Boys War

Fleming

Boxes for Katje

One person can do a simple act of kindness that catches on. Setting is post WWII Holland.

Spinelli

Milkweed

A Holocaust survivor's story whose experiences in the Warsaw ghetto are poignantly told.

Parkins

The Library Of Alexandria

Preston

Remember the Lusitania !

Traces what incident helped to spark WW I.