Set in 古巴 and the United Stated from 1958-1961, 亚历山德拉·迪亚兹的《welcome皇冠地址》 was inspired by history. Many readers will recall the 古巴n Missile Crisis and the Bay of Pigs, a time when 古巴ns fled from the tyranny of Fidel Castro, 在佛罗里达寻求庇护. While several of those refugees thought their home in the United States would be temporary, believing that the US would not allow a Communist country so close to their border, 这种信念并没有成为现实. Borrowing from memories of her own family’s stories, 迪亚兹创造了两个表兄弟, 维多利亚·皮诺·德尔玛和杰奎琳·罗梅罗阅读更多→

Kin: Rooted in Hope by Carole Boston Weatherford is a powerful textual tribute to “the ancestors who carried us through” accented by scratchboard-like illustrations by Jeffery Boston Weatherford. 在这部诗歌小说中, the Weatherfords conjure the voices of their ancestors and speak to them and through them with their art. Seeking answers to key questions: “At what age is hope born, 什么时候开始出现抵抗, 梦何时凋零?”, the mother/son pair tells a moving story of their family tree. Their goal is to give voice to their African-American ancestors who were “marginalized, 柔和的, 当他们把田地犁成阅读更多→

With her recent historical fiction novel for middle grade readers, J. 安德森的外套 has written a poignant coming-of-age tale. Over the course of six months—April through September—A Season Most Unfair tells the story of Scholastica Greenwell (aka Tick) who lives in St Neots with her papa and stepmother, 妈妈艾莉, who “bubbles over with warmth and hugs and the coziest of welcomes” (51). Tick cherishes the time she spends with her papa making candles. 她感到被需要和被爱. 然而, 在提克不知情的情况下, 爸爸请了个学徒, 突然亨利的收益变成了她的损失. Tick is angry and hurt that her father no longer has阅读更多→

故事发生在70年代的圣莫尼卡, 加州上空的云,由Karyn Parsons创作 tells the story of a mixed-race sixth grader. 斯蒂芬妮·莫里森, 又名史蒂夫, moves to a new neighborhood at a critical time in her life, 所以交朋友增加了一层挑战. Her best friend from her former school has moved on, and talking about boys and fingernail polish are not Stevie’s thing. 对史蒂维来说,图书馆就像是一种教堂. She’s also loves to skate and imagines herself in an Olympic arena as a Roller Derby queen defending the team’s lead. 当她的表妹娜奥米来住阅读更多→

纽伯瑞奖得主, Rodman Philbrick introduces adolescent readers to an account of historical fiction in his new release, 我们拥有天空. 冒险和历史, the novel features eighteen-year-old Josephine Michaud and her twelve-year-old brother, 戴维. Orphaned in 1924 after both of their parents have perished in separate mill accidents, the two adolescents become the wards of Ruthie Reynard and enter a strange new world of flying machines and daredevils. 他们母亲有名的表亲, Ruthie is not only a record-setting aviatrix but the star of her very own flying circus and the first pilot of any gender to fly nonstop between Chicago and New阅读更多→

The history of the Jewish Empire of Khazaria would die out completely if not for stories like Black Bird, 蓝色之路. 在这部历史小说中, Sofiya Pasternack shares the story of Ziva and Pesha, 12岁的双胞胎. Stubborn, persistent, passionate, and observant, Ziva aspires to be a judge. Her brother, Pesha may not have the same fire, but he is brilliant in his own way. Ziva相信,凭借他的创造性思维, Pesha will find a cure not only for the leprosy that afflicts him but for other diseases, 也. Selfless and kind, Pesha also has a gift for learning languages.阅读更多→

A master storyteller and the creator of the character Maria on the television program Sesame Street, Sonia Manzano brings to life the unfolding injustice of Fidel Castro’s reign in 古巴 from 1959-1961. Through the narratives of four pre-teen adolescents in Coming Up 古巴n, Manzano weaves a tapestry that captures a compelling period in human history. 读者们认识一下安娜·安迪诺, 哈瓦那一位有抱负的艺术家, 古巴, in 1959, 谁的父亲是革命者. 在安娜的眼中, her Papi is fighting for an unjust cause—one that is keeping a rebel leader with suffocating rules and ideas in place. Rafael explains to his daughter: “This Revolution was fought阅读更多→

To reflect her view that the War to End All Wars didn’t do its job because of its complicated and convoluted nature, 珍妮弗一. 尼尔森 uses five viewpoints to tell the story Lines of Courage. 通过她的五个主人公, 他们的人生道路交汇, readers are invited to widen their perspective on WWI. 住在奥匈帝国, 一个十二岁的犹太男孩, 菲利克斯·鲍姆6月28日在场, 1914 when he saw a glint of metal and could have screamed a warning. Instead, paralyzed by fear, he remains silent and watches the Archduke of Bosnia and his wife die. The assassination sets in motion events that lead阅读更多→

年轻时的历史重演者, author Michael Leali not only writes about his experiences in The Civil War of Amos Abernathy but invites all readers to challenge the histories we have been told. 这本处女作的目标读者是年轻读者, Leali focuses on thirteen-year-old Amos as he battles against entrenched attitudes and fights for his friends Ben Oglevie—a young man whose parents are homophobic—and Chloe Thompson—a young Black woman who wants to share the truth about her ancestors. Reenacting 19th Century History is like time travel for Amos, who works as a junior volunteer at the Living History Park (LHP) in Apple阅读更多→