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6 Articles Tagged Historical Fiction

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March 23 2021

NEW! Penguin Random House Classroom Libraries

“Books are a students’ passport to entering and actively participating in a global society with the empathy, compassion, and knowledge it takes to become the problem solvers the world needs.” –Laura Robb   Research shows that reading and literacy directly impacts students’ academic success and personal growth. To help promote the importance of daily independent

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NEW! Penguin Random House Classroom Libraries

All-School Reads
March 23 2021
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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

College & University Reads
May 8 2020
College & University Reads
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

College & University Reads
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!

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August 11 2017
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All-School Reads
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

All-School Reads
April 12 2017
All-School Reads
February 7 2017

Reading for Love in a Time of Hate

With hate rhetoric and hate crimes blasting their way across social media, an all-school or community reads can serve as a powerful antidote to these polarizing fearful times. Books slow us down. Books let us find the humanity of those on the other side of any sort of human-made divide. Teachers know this. Librarians know

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Reading for Love in a Time of Hate

All-School Reads
February 7 2017
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