

Complete with glossary, index, and detailed endnotes, this is a rich look at medieval life that informs as much as it entertains. Eleven-year-old Toby’s vivid diary entries offer an insider’s view of day-to-day castle life, including tips on etiquette (where do you spit at a feast?) and exciting descriptions of hunting, jousting, and harvesting. Castle Diary: The Journal of Tobias Burgess by Richard Platt – What was it really like to live in a castle? Step back to the Middle Ages with CASTLE DIARY: THE JOURNAL OF TOBIAS BURGESS.At sixteen, she became a global symbol of peaceful protest and the youngest nominee ever for the Nobel Peace Prize. Read about Malala’s extraordinary journey from a remote valley in northern Pakistan to the halls of the United Nations in New York. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education. I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai and Christina Lamb – When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out.Odysseus faces storm and shipwreck, a terrifying man-eating Cyclops, the alluring but deadly Sirens, and the fury of the sea-god Poseidon as he makes his ten-year journey home from the Trojan War. The Odyssey by Gillian Cross – An illustrated version of Homer’s epic, age-old story.Once he decides to hit the road to find this mystery man, nothing can stop him-not hunger, not fear, not even Herman E.
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Times are hard, and ten-year-old Bud is a motherless boy on the run, but he’s got an idea about how to find his father.


So he joins the Union Army as a drummer boy. When his older brother is killed at Gettysburg, Charley vows revenge against the Confederates. Charlie Skedaddle by John and Patricia Beattle – Charley is a member of the Bowery Boys in New York City.The Fighting Ground by Avi – Takes place during the American Revolution in NJ – The compelling story of a young boy’s first encounter with war and how it changes him.Young Patriots by Marcella Anderson and Elizabeth Weiss Vollstadt – Major events of the American Revolution are brought to life in this collection of historical fiction that shows young people caught up in the dangers, hardships, and conflicts of America’s fight for independence.

