Gentle's Holler by Kerry Maden
In the early 1960s, twelve-year-old songwriter Livy Two Weems dreams of seeing the world beyond the Maggie Valley, North Carolina, holler where she lives in poverty with her parents and eight brothers and sisters, but understands that she must put family first.
90 Miles to Havana by Enrique Flores-Galbis
Julian's parents, hoping to protect him from the dangers of the turmoil in Cuba, send him to the United States in 1961 as part of Operation Pedro Pan, not realizing that life in a Miami refugee camp holds its own perils.
Countdown by Deborah Wiles
As eleven-year-old Franny Chapman deals with drama at home and with her best friend in 1962, she tries to understand the larger problems in the world after President Kennedy announces that Russia is sending nuclear missiles to Cuba.
The Rock and the River by Kekla Magoon
In 1968 Chicago, fourteen-year-old Sam Childs is caught in a conflict between his father's nonviolent approach to seeking civil rights for African-Americans and his older brother, who has joined the Black Panther Party.
Spitting Image by Shutta Crum
In the small town of Baylor, Kentucky, twelve-year-old Jessie K. Bovey and her friends confront some of life's questions during their summer vacation in the late 1960s.
More Novels of the 1960s --
Abby Takes a Stand by Patricia McKissack
The Crazy Man by Pamela Porter
Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins
Dancing in Cadillac Light by Kimberly Willis Holt
Flying South by Laura Elliott
Neil Armstrong Is My Uncle & Other Lies Muscle Man McGinty Told Me by Nan Marino
The Private Thoughts of Amelia E. Rye by Bonnie Shimko
Sources of Light by Margaret McMullan
Spelldown by Karen Luddy
The Watsons Go to Birmingham, 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
When Pirates Came to Brooklyn by Phyllis Shalant
Check out these books on display at the Arnold Branch through October 9, 2015.
No comments:
Post a Comment