“Sometimes it’s best to let the dead stay dead”. Travis and Correy, prankster siblings, will learn that lesson the hard way this Summer.
Monthly Archives: March 2010
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Movie Trailer
Shhh...they're reading.
The second graders were unusually quiet. When I walked over to say good-bye to them they were all sitting in a line by the door reading The Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Gotta love it!
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Learn more about the Holocaust
If you have read Someone Named Eva by Joan Wolf and you would like to learn more about this time in history or read more stories like this, then you may want to check out these other titles in your library.
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Hitler Youth:Growing up in Hitler’s Shadow by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Yellow Star by Jennifer Roy
The Flag with Fifty-six Stars:A Gift from the Surviviors of Mauthausen by Susan Goldman Rubin
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
A Picture Book of Anne Frank by David A. Adler
Always Remember Me:How One Family Survivied World War II by Marisabina Russo
Anna Is Still Here by Ida Vos
One Thousand Tracings:Healing the Wounds of World War II by Lita Judge
Hidden Child by Isaac Millman
Why?: The War Years by Tomie DePaola
Baseball Saved Us by Ken Mochizuki
Boxes for Katje by Candice Fleming
The Yellow Star:the legend of King Christian X of Denmark by Carmen Agra Deedy
The Darkness Under the Water by Beth Kanell
Set in Vermont in the 1930s, 16 year old Molly Ballou is not only haunted by her dead sister but by the looming threat of a governmental effort to rid the state of “unfit” people. More than a lesson in American history, though, this is a story of resilience and self-discovery. Molly finds a river of strength in her friendship with Henry Laporte, an Abenaki boy, who has remained true to himself and his people. The book concludes with an author’s note about the Vermont Eugenics Project. A haunting selection for historical fiction fans.
But you will have to wait until you are in middle school or high school to read this book. If you would like to visit Beth Kanell’s website go to http://bethkanell.com/
To read about the Vermont Eugenics Project read this archived article from the Boston Globe:
http://www.bigorrin.org/archive4.htm
To learn about the Abenaki Indians you can visit:
http://www.native-languages.org/abenaki.htm