Worth by A. LaFaye
November 18, 2017Farming in the late 1800s was backbreaking work full of uncertainties. Worth describes the difficulties of farming, the fragility of…
Zane and the Hurricane by Rodman Philbrick
November 12, 2017This is an especially timely book; Texas and Florida are still reeling from Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. Zane and the…
Crow by Barbara Wright
October 27, 2017I did say I was presenting only one book per state, but once I listened to Crow I knew I…
Stella by Starlight by Sharon Draper
October 15, 2017*Stella Mills’ character is loosely based on the author’s grandmother who grew up in a small, segregated African-American town similar…
Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm
October 7, 2017There are so many good audiobooks that take place in historical Florida! Many of the books I’ve listened to so…
The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich
September 30, 2017The Birchbark House is the first in a 5 book series written by master storyteller Louise Erdrich and inspired by…
Unbound: A Novel in Verse by Ann E. Burg
September 24, 2017Many books about slavery mention the Underground Railroad as an aid to helping slaves reach the northern states which had…
Countdown by Deborah Wiles
September 18, 2017The audiobook Countdown by Deborah Wiles is amazing! It includes actual radio and television news clips, snippets of popular songs,…
