Europe

A First Time for Everything by Dan Santat

By Janie Cheaney | Apr 13, 2023
In A First Time for Everything, Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat looks back on a life-changing tour of Europe as a 13-year-old. A First Time for ...
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Words on Fire by Jennifer A. Nielsen

By Janie Cheaney | Oct 30, 2019
Words on Fire explores a little-known chapter of European history to make a case for the necessity of words, literature, and language to a culture. ...
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Projekt 1065 by Alan Gratz

By Janie Cheaney | Dec 9, 2016
A 13-year-old saboteur in the Hitler Youth meets the challenge of his life in this page-turning World War II thriller. Projekt 1065 by Alan Gratz.  ...
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*Retro Reads: North to Freedom by Anne Holm

By Janie Cheaney | Jan 27, 2016
North to Freedom (I Am David) by Anne Holm.  Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1963 (first edition), 256 pages. Reading Level: 10-12 Appropriate for: ages 12-up Bottom ...
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Egg and Spoon by Gregory Maguire

By Janie Cheaney | Jan 8, 2015
Egg and Spoon by Gregory Maguire.  Candlewick, 2014. 496 pages. Reading Level: Young Adult, ages 12-14 Maturity Level: 5 (ages 12-15) and up Bottom Line: ...
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