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Title:
The House of Serendipity
Author:
Lucy Ivison
Time:
1926
Location:
London, England
Historical Event:
Breaking class ranks and defying gender roles.
Title:
Esperanza Rising
Author:
Pam Munoz Ryan
Time:
Early 1930s
Location:
Mexico and California
Historical Event:
The harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers in the US during the beginning of the great depression.
Title:
Goodbye, Mr. Spalding
Author:
Jennifer Robin Barr
Time:
Great Depression - 1930s
Location:
Philadelphia
Historical Event:
1930’s baseball and the hardships of the Great Depression.
Title:
Sweet Home Alaska
Author:
Carole Estby Dagg
Time:
1934 - Great Depression
Location:
Alaska
Historical Event:
President Roosevelt sets up a New Deal project to send homesteaders to settle in the Alaskan wilderness.
Title:
All He Knew
Author:
Helen Frost
Time:
1933–1945
Location:
USA - Riverview Home for the Feebleminded
Historical Event:
The mistreatment of deaf individuals who are labeled as ‘unteachable’ and are imprisoned in institutions for the ‘feebleminded’ where they often face abuse and neglect.
Novel in Verse
Title:
Fing’s War
Author:
Benny Linderlauf
Time:
1940
Location:
Border town between the Netherlands and Germany
Historical Event:
Navigating the early days of WWII when Nazi influences begin to infiltrate the town.
Title:
A Boy is Not a Bird
Author:
Edeet Ravel
Time:
1940/1941
Location:
Ukraine
Historical Event:
Russian troops take over the country of Ukraine forcing hardships, starvation, and even exile to Siberia upon its residents.
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