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Journey to Jericho

By Scott O'Dell

Boy journeys from coal mines in WV to lumber town in CA. Strange story, not really historical fiction. Do not recommend

The Upstairs Room

By Johanna Reiss

A 10 yo Jewish girl and her sister hide from Nazis in a Dutch farmhouse during WWII

Heroes, Incredible True Stories of Courageous Animals

By David Long

Short illustrated vignettes featuring true animal war heroes.

Leonardo’s Horse

By Jean Fritz

2-part book about Leonardo da Vinci’s unrealized giant horse sculpture, and American art enthusiast Charles Dent’s efforts to recreate it centuries later.

Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy

By Gary D. Schmidt

13 yo son of town’s new minister befriends an African American girl who lives outside town on an island inhabited by former slaves.

The Wheel on the School

By Meindert DeJong

6 Dutch children in a small village endeavor to entice storks back to their nests.

Bread Givers

By Anzia Yezeierska

Young Russian Jewish immigrant woman strives to overcome poverty, struggles between old world and new world values

Jacob Have I Loved

By Katherine Paterson

13 yo girl overcomes neglect and jealousy of her pampered twin sister

Daddy Long-Legs

By Jean Webster

Orphan’s mysterious benefactor sends her to college

Understood Betsy

By Dorothy Canfield Fisher

City based orphan goes to live with her country relatives, depicts farm life at beginning of 20th century

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