Title: Tell the Wolves I’m home Author: Carol Rifka Brunt Genre: Realistic Fiction Plot: June Elbus is a fourteen-year-old girl who’s just lost her beloved uncle, Finn Weiss. Uncle Finn was her one friend as more of a loner and outsider in school and home. Finn Weiss was also a famous painter and died tooContinue reading “Tell the Wolves I’m Home – Carol Rifka Brunt”
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Flight of the Sparrow – Amy Belding Brown
Title: Flight of the Sparrow Author: Amy Belding Brown Genre: History Fiction Plot: Mary Rowlandson is a Puritan pastor’s wife in a frontier city in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1676. She and few of her children are captured in an Indian raid that leaves hers, and her neighbor’s, houses burned. Mary becomes a slaveContinue reading “Flight of the Sparrow – Amy Belding Brown”
Stardust – Neil Gaiman
Title: Stardust Author: Neil Gaiman Genre: Fantasy Plot: In England, there is a city called Wall. Named that because the city lies next to a wall. The wall divides England from Faire (a land of magical creatures). The story follows Dunstan and Tristran Thorn, father and son. At a market happens every 9 years, DunstanContinue reading “Stardust – Neil Gaiman”
The Underground River – Martha Conway
Title: The Underground River Author: Martha Conway Genre: Historical Fiction Plot: May Bedloe is a seamstress for her cousin Comfort in 1838. They’re traveling down the Ohio River on a steamboat when it sinks. They’re separated but survive. They’re met, and taken in by Flora Howard, a notable abolitionist. Comfort is commandeered into Mrs. Howard’sContinue reading “The Underground River – Martha Conway”
Year of Wonders – Geraldine Brooks
Title: Year of Wonders Author: Geraldine Brooks Genre: Historical Fiction Plot: It’s 1665 and the black plague is running rampant. Ann Frith’s remote English village seems to be spared from the disease until a stranger visits. Her husband died some time before and she is struggling to care for her children while more and moreContinue reading “Year of Wonders – Geraldine Brooks”
Pride and Prometheus- John Kessel
Title: Pride and Primetheus Author: John Kessel Genre: Historical Fiction, Romance, Science Fiction Plot: Mary and Kitty Bennett are approaching spinsterhood. Their other three sisters (Lizzy, Jane, and Lydia) have been married off (Mr. Darcy, Mr. Bingly, and Mr. Whickam respectively). Mary has applied herself to natural philosophy (what we call science and biology) whileContinue reading “Pride and Prometheus- John Kessel”
The Book of Speculation – Erika Swyler
Title: The Book of Speculation Author: Erika Swyler Genre: Historical Fiction, Realistic Fiction Plot: Simon Watson was a research librarian in a small town who just lost his job. Now he has no way to save his house that’s slowly crumbling into the ocean he lives above, and that was his childhood home. A bookContinue reading “The Book of Speculation – Erika Swyler”
The Silver Witch – Paula Brackston
Title: The Silver Witch Author: Paula Brackston Genre: Fantasy, Realistic Fiction Plot: Tilda Fordwells is recovering from her husband’s sudden death. She moves into the simple house they’d bought together in the Welsh countryside to help. Unusual things start to happen: animals start following her, the electricity shorts out and stays out no matter whatContinue reading “The Silver Witch – Paula Brackston”
The Book Thief – Markus Zusak
Title: The Book Thief Author: Markus Zusak Genre: Historical Fiction Plot: Lisel Meminger’s on a train ride to her foster parent’s house during WW2. Sadly they stop to bury her brother. There she finds a book and steals it. Though she can’t read it, yet. Her foster father, Hans Huberman, is a kind and gentleContinue reading “The Book Thief – Markus Zusak”
The Screwtape Letters – C.S. Lewis
Title: The Screwtape Letters Author: C.S. Lewis Genre: Religious Plot: Screwtape is a demon sending letters to his nephew, Wormword. Wormword is a novice demon who is trying to convince a new Christian man to stray away from Christianity. Screwtape is constantly sending him letters to help him convince Wormword’s human to stray. The lettersContinue reading “The Screwtape Letters – C.S. Lewis”
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