An Age of Extremes 1880-1917
10 best books like An Age of Extremes 1880-1917 (Joy Hakim): A Year Down Yonder, Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment, Dragon's Gate, A Long Way from Chicago, Zita the Spacegirl, The View from Saturday, The Yanks Are Coming: The United States In The First World War, Bound for Oregon, Rules of the Road, Moonshiner's Son
| Author | Richard Peck |
| ISBN | 0142300705 |
Mary Alice remembers childhood summers packed with drama. At fifteen, she faces a whole long year with Grandma Dowdel, well known for shaking up her neighbors-and everyone else. All Mary Alice can know for certain is this: when trying to predict how life with Grandma might turn out . . . better not.
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Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment
| Author | Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston |
| ISBN | 0553272586 |
Jeanne Wakatsuki was seven years old in 1942 when her family was uprooted from their home and sent to live at Manzanar internment camp—with 10,000 other Japanese Americans. Along with searchlight towers and armed guards, Manzanar ludicrously featured cheerleaders, Boy Scouts, sock hops, baton...
| Author | Laurence Yep |
| ISBN | 0064404897 |
In 1867, Otter travels from Three Willows Village in China to California -- the Land of the Golden Mountain. There he will join his father and uncle.
In spite of the presence of family, Otter is a stranger among the other Chinese in this new land. And where he expected to see a land of goldfields,...
| Author | Richard Peck |
| ISBN | 0142401102 |
"I don't think Grandma's a very good influence on us," Mary Alice said.
Every August, Joey Dowdel and his kid sister Mary Alice spend a week at their Granny's house.
She was so big and the town was so small. She was old too, or so we thought -- old as the hills. And tough! She was tough as an...
| Author | Ben Hatke |
| ISBN | 1596434465 |
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Zita's life took a cosmic left turn in the blink of an eye.
When her best friend is abducted by an alien doomsday cult, Zita leaps to the rescue and finds herself a stranger on a strange planet. Humanoid chickens and neurotic robots are shocking enough as new...
| Author | E.L. Konigsburg |
| ISBN | 0689862210 |
How has Mrs. Olinski chosen her sixth-grade Academic Bowl team? She had a number of answers. But were any of them true? How had she really chosen Noah and Nadia and Ethan and Julian? And why did they make such a good team? It was a surprise to a lot of people when Mrs. Olinski's team won the sixth-grade Academic...
| Author | Albert Marrin |
| ISBN | 0689312091 |
I love Albert Marrin. He has a great style that presents all the facts in a conversational, easy tone, without talking down. I've learned a lot of history through him already.
'The Yanks Are Coming' isn't any different. It's an engaging look at both the personal life of the Doughboy and the decisions...
| Author | Jean Van Leeuwen |
| ISBN | 0140383190 |
With only a guide book to show them the way, the Todd family sets out from their Arkansas home on a two thousand mile trek to claim unchartered Oregon Territory. Crossing rough terrain and encountering hostile people, the Todds show their true pioneering spirit. But as winter draws near, will the...
| Author | Joan Bauer |
| ISBN | 0552550361 |
Meet Jenna Boller, star employee at Gladstone Shoe Store in Chicago. Standing a gawky 5'11" at 16 years old, Jenna is the kind of girl most likely to stand out in the crowd for all the wrong reasons. But that doesn't stop Madeline Gladstone, the president of Gladstone's Shoes 176 outlets in 37 states, from...
| Author | Carolyn Reeder |
| ISBN | 0689855508 |
Twelve-year-old Tom Higgins is learning the craft of making whiskey. Even though Prohibition forbids the production and sale of alcoholic beverages, Tom is determined to be a good apprentice. He is, after all, a moonshiner's son. His father has raised moonshining to an art, and Tom wants nothing more...
| Author | Janet Benge |
| ISBN | 1576581640 |
During WWI, Cameron Townsend was told, "You'll do more good selling Bibles in Central America than you would shooting Germans in France." Cameron began by translating the Bible into the language of his Guatemalan friends. Then he started Wycliffe Bible Translators with the dream of making the Good...
| Author | Richard J. Maybury |
| ISBN | 0942617436 |
All my kids will be reading this, as I think its challenge to the "mainstream" interpretations of World War II is invaluable. However, I hope my kids all have their internal B.S. detector going, because Maybury isn't immune. Maybury makes important points but can't resist innuendo (like telling us...
The Penderwicks at Point Mouette
| Author | Jeanne Birdsall |
| ISBN | 0375858512 |
With over one million copies sold, this series of modern classics about the charming Penderwick family from National Book Award winner and New York Times bestseller Jeanne Birdsall is perfect for fans of Noel Streatfeild and Edward Eager.
When summer comes around, it's off to the beach...
