Audience: Middle Grades

  • code talkers

    May 24, 2018
    Because of the top secret nature of the code talkers’ work, their role in World War II was unknown until it…
  • walking the choctaw road

    April 8, 2018
    Tim Tingle is a Choctaw author, speaker and storyteller extraordinaire.  The stories in this book take place in several states…
  • ship of dolls

    March 25, 2018
    What a novel way to promote friendship between two countries: with dolls! Dr. Sidney Gulick, an American missionary who lived…
  • dash

    February 24, 2018
    Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, over 110,000 men, women and children of Japanese descent were forced from their homes…
  • navigating early

    February 2, 2018
    Jack Baker’s mother has died and his father is away in the military.  Jack is sent to an all-boys boarding…
  • esperanza rising

    January 14, 2018
    Pam Ryan was inspired to write Esperanza Rising by her grandmother’s childhood experiences. Although it was written in 2000, Esperanza…
  • my name is not easy

    January 1, 2018
    Debby Edwardson wrote that this story was inspired by the experiences of her husband and his two brothers while at…
  • the detectives assistant

    December 11, 2017
    The Detective’s Assistant was inspired by the life of Kate Warne (1833-1868), who is credited as being the first professional…