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            4 Articles Tagged Historical Fiction

            First-Year Reading First-Year Reading: Fiction
            May 8 2020

            Colson Whitehead has won his second Pulitzer Prize for THE NICKEL BOYS

            Colson Whitehead has won the Pulitzer Prize for his novel, The Nickel Boys. This is his second Pulitzer Prize (his novel The Underground Railroad won in 2017) and he is only the fourth writer—alongside Booth Tarkington, William Faulkner, and John Updike—to win two Pulitzer Prizes each in the Fiction category. Winner, ALA Alex Award Winner,

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            Colson Whitehead has won his second Pulitzer Prize for THE NICKEL BOYS

            First-Year Reading First-Year Reading: Fiction
            May 8 2020
            First-Year Reading: Fiction
            July 24 2019

            The University of Iowa Selects Kindred for the Second Year in a Row

            Kindred by Octavia Butler has been chosen by the University of Iowa’s General Education Literature program to be their feature title for a second year. The program focuses on helping students become comfortable reading different kinds of texts with historical, social, political and cultural contexts. It is geared towards non English majors to improve their reading and writing skills as well as generate interest in an English major. The overall goal is to create a perpetual habit of reading for students.

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            The University of Iowa Selects Kindred for the Second Year in a Row

            First-Year Reading: Fiction
            July 24 2019
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            August 11 2017

            SALT TO THE SEA is Now in Paperback!

            We’re so excited to see Ruta Sepetys’s latest masterful historical fiction title, Salt to the Sea, is out in paperback! Salt to the Sea is an emotionally wrought, epic WWII-era novel that shines a light on one of the war’s most devastating–yet unknown–tradgedies. Perfect for readers of Between Shades of Gray and All the Light We Cannot Sea, Ruta

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            SALT TO THE SEA is Now in Paperback!

            Community & School Reads Kids Community & School Reads Kids: Fiction Community & School Reads Kids: Historical Fiction General
            August 11 2017
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            Community & School Reads Kids Community & School Reads Kids: Fiction Community & School Reads Kids: Historical Fiction
            April 12 2017

            The “Crazy Reading Ladies” discuss choosing BETWEEN SHADES OF GRAY for All In! 2017

            We never said Yes. We weren’t even talking about next year’s book. Weeks still stood between us and summer vacation and we were busy with activities to wrap up our current adventure. Typically we discuss books for our school-wide reading initiative for the better part of a year. But when people ask us how we

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            The “Crazy Reading Ladies” discuss choosing BETWEEN SHADES OF GRAY for All In! 2017

            Community & School Reads Kids Community & School Reads Kids: Fiction Community & School Reads Kids: Historical Fiction
            April 12 2017
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