It’s 1924, and a young Dietrich Bonhoeffer is living in a thriving Germany. From the beginning, he had always been curious, asking questions and dreaming of a career in theology. However, a rising power threatens Germany, who is still licking its wounds from the horrors…
Imagine if your father suddenly disappeared right before your third birthday, and left no explanation. Wouldn’t you feel lonely or abandoned? Well, in The Mystery of Black Hollow Lane by Julia Nobel, Emma‘s dad has vanished for no apparent reason on her third…
Imagine a place with rolling California hills and the freshest fruit in the land. You still with me? Then, think about a giant castle-looking house perched on a cliff. Finally, if your parents died in a tragic boating accident, and now you have…
Most of us go to zoos to see the animals and to have fun. However, for Nick Spiriakis, it’s like a death sentence. The book Rhino in Right Field by Stacy DeKeyser is set in 1948 right after WWII. The baseball field is right by…
USome say don’t try to continue your parents legacy. However, if you’re March Mcquin, son of famous cat burglar Alfie Mcquin, you don’t really have a choice. In the book Loot by Jude Watson, March Mcquin witnesses his father’s death while holding his hand. In…
Think about the things we have every day and the comfort we live in. Now, imagine bombs falling around your house and having to be under the pressure of running away across the Atlantic, leaving your life and family behind. For some in history, this…
Have you ever felt like everything in the world is against you? Maybe, but Charlie Bell has. The book Rebound by Kwame Alexander is set in the late 1980’s as soon-to-be superstar Charlie Bell finds his rhythm on and off the basketball court. Charlie’s dad…
Splat. Splat. The sound of eggs dropping. The sound of hope breaking. The sound of failure. This is what seventh-grader Natalie feels like as her family is ripped apart right in front of her eyes. In the book The Science of Breakable…
“Stay low, don’t bunch up, and run like heck”. This is what 18 year old Ray is told when he is about to land on the beach for the invasion of Okinawa – one of the bloodiest battles in the World War II Pacific War….
What would it be like to be one in a million…and then be treated badly because of it? This is exactly what happens in Lu, the fourth book in the track series by Jason Reynolds. In this book, Lucas (Nickname Lu) is the…