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Title:
Trowbridge Road
Author:
Marcella Pixley
Time:
Early 1980s
Location:
USA
Historical Event:
The first years of the AIDS epidemic when little is known about the virus and it causes panic and fear in the country.
Title:
The Story that Cannot Be Told
Author:
J. Kasper Kramer
Time:
1980s
Location:
Romania
Historical Event:
The impact of the Communist regime of Nicolae Ceaușescu of Romania on the lives of its citizens.
Title:
Caminar
Author:
Skila Brown
Time:
1981
Location:
Guatemala
Historical Event:
Surviving a massacre during the brutal Guatemalan Civil War.
Novel in Verse
Title:
The True History of Lyndie B. Hawkins
Author:
Gail Shepherd
Time:
1985
Location:
Tennessee
Historical Event:
Struggles faced by families of veterans - in this case a veteran of the Vietnam War.
Title:
We Dream of Space
Author:
Erin Entrada Kelly
Time:
1986
Location:
USA
Historical Event:
The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
Title:
Like Nothing Amazing Ever Happened
Author:
Emily Blejwas
Time:
1989-1990
Location:
small-town Wicapi, Minnesota
Historical Event:
Set during the Gulf War era, this book deals with the effects of PTSD on the family of a Vietnam veteran.