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Turtle in Paradise

By Jennifer L. Holm

23 ratings22 reviews

20ospink 4 stars
I love this amazingly detailed book by Jennifer L. Holms! I have read other books by this author such as Penny From Heaven so, I knew from the moment that I picked it up that it would be fantastic. It is about an 11 year old girl who moves in with her Aunt and cousins. During her stay, she meets ...

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How They Croaked: The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous

By Georgia Bragg, Kevin O'Malley

0 ratings1 review

jalis
this is a awesome book about how people famous have died

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Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales: Big Bad Ironclad!

By Nathan Hale

1 rating1 review

cestr 4 stars
Im not really into war stuff. I still liked it anyway

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The Watsons Go to Birmingham: 1963

By Christopher Paul Curtis

9 ratings17 reviews

Mrs. Hardinger 5 stars
This was one of our read aloud books in 4th grade this year. The kids absolutely loved it! The plot follows a family from Flint, Michigan in the year 1963. The majority of the book contains the ordinary and hilarious antics of "the weird Watsons." When the oldest brother, Byron, breaks the ru...

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DK Readers: The Story of Anne Frank (Level 3: Reading Alone)

By Brenda Ralph Lewis

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mrodriguez88
I loved this book. It teaches kids about war in the 1930s. It will help children understand how war was in the1930s. I recommend this book

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Who Was Leonardo da Vinci?

By Roberta Edwards

3 ratings4 reviews

20rhebard
He was the best artist of all time. He also painted the mona lisa. He was born in Italy. Cool.

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Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination That Changed America Forever

By Bill O'Reilly, Dwight Jon Zimmerman

2 ratings1 review

ellabessa 5 stars
I'm reading this book right now and it is awesome,but im not reading the kid version it shows above. it is basicly the same concept though.

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One Crazy Summer (Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction (Awards))

By Rita Williams-Garcia

9 ratings13 reviews

Christina Welch 3 stars
One Crazy Summer is about three sisters who travel to Oakland, California to visit their mother who left them when they were young. It takes place in the 1960s during the Civil Rights Movement. Their poet mother is not very friendly to the girls and doesn't seem to want them around. The sisters s...

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Rosa

By Nikki Giovanni

0 ratings1 review

Logan's ;
I like how she stands up to a white person

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Lonek's Journey: The True Story of a Boy's Escape to Freedom

By Dorit Bader Whiteman

1 rating3 reviews

Mrs. Pankey
This is the amazing true story of one child's survival during World War II. Lonek and his family are taken as prisioners by the Soviet Union. They are taken to live in the Siberian Pennisula. This story is about his personal struggle to survive, overcoming his fears, and extreme self motivation t...