HS Summer Reading 09 - Historical Fiction

HS Summer Reading 09 - Historical Fiction


Jacket	Title/Author	Annotation	Grade Level*
	A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly	In 1906, sixteen-year-old Mattie, determined to attend college and be a writer against the wishes of her father and fiance, takes a job at a summer inn where she discovers the truth about the death of a guest. Based on a true story.	9-12
	Ten Cents a Dance by Christine Fletcher	In 1940s Chicago, fifteen-year-old Ruby hopes to escape poverty by becoming a taxi dancer in a nightclub, but the work has unforeseen dangers and hiding the truth from her family and friends becomes increasingly difficult.	9-12
	The Red Necklace by Sally Gardner	In the late eighteenth-century, Sido, the twelve-year-old daughter of a self-indulgent marquis, and Yann, a fourteen-year-old Gypsy orphan raised to perform in a magic show, face a common enemy at the start of the French Revolution.	9-12
	Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli	A street child, known to himself only as Stopthief, finds community when he is taken in by a band of orphans in Warsaw ghetto which helps him weather the horrors of the Nazi regime.	9-12
*Grade level suggestions are based on professional review sources. Some books contain mature themes. Please discuss reading selections as a family.

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