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Title:
The Unsung Hero of Birdsong, USA
Author:
Brenda Woods
Time:
Post WWII
Location:
Small town in the US south.
Historical Event:
Explores racism in a small town against an African American WWII veteran.
Title:
A Place to Belong
Author:
Cynthia Kadohata
Time:
Post WWII
Location:
Japan
Historical Event:
A Japanese American family devastated by their treatment in the US internment camps give up their US citizenship to move back to Japan, which has been devastated by the war.
Title:
Loving vs. Virginia
Author:
Patricia Hruby Powell
Time:
1950s
Location:
Virginia, USA
Historical Event:
Two people in love challenge Virginia’s interracial marriage ban that makes their relationship illegal.
Novel in Verse
Title:
Indian No More
Author:
Charlene Willing McManis
Time:
1957
Location:
Los Angeles
Historical Event:
Native American relocation into American society.
Title:
Not Your All-American Girl
Author:
Madelyn Rosenberg
Time:
1958
Location:
USA
Historical Event:
Fitting into 1950’s America when you are half Jewish and half Chinese.
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