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Middle Grade Book Spotlight---The 1920's!!!

Our middle grade book spotlight this week is all about the 1920s!!!  Our titles this week are all based in or about that decade known as the Roaring ‘20s in which we were between two world wars and everyone thought life was good, but it was a time of crime, intrigue, and going against the grain.  We have a great mixture of fiction (complete with drama and friendship) and nonfiction (which will make you look at everything different from now on) and they will not disappoint!    These books and more can be found by searching the catalog using the search tag #youthhistoricalfiction and #amazingyouthnonfiction as well as on Libby and Hoopla.  

Check back next week for a new middle grade book spotlight and if you have any book suggestions, please let us know!!

Al Capone and the Roaring Twenties by David C. King--The life of one of America's most infamous and powerful gangsters set in 1920s Chicago during the Prohibition.

Witness by Karen Hesse--A series of poems express the views of various people in a small Vermont town, including a young black girl and a young Jewish girl, during the early 1920s when the Ku Klux Klan is trying to infiltrate the town.

Dave at Night by Gail Carson Levine--When orphaned Dave is sent to the Hebrew Home for Boys where he is treated cruelly, he sneaks out at night and is welcomed into the music- and culture-filled world of the Harlem Renaissance.

Beyond the Bright Sea by Lauren Wolk--Twelve-year-old Crow has no memory of her mother. Her life with Osh, the man who found Crow as an infant washed ashore in a small boat near his island home, is all she's ever known. But when Crow spots a fire across the sea on the nearby Penikese Island, it ignites a flame inside of her that propels Crow on a journey to discover her roots.

Born to Fly by Steve Sheinkin--Tells the story of the women who made the 1929 Air Derby--the first women's air race across the United States--possible, including Amelia Earhart, Marvel Crosson, Louise Thaden, and Elinor Smith, each of whom made significant contributions to early flight.

The Poison Eaters by Gail Jarrow--Profiles the life of chemist Harvey Washington Wiley who, in the 1900s, went on a quest to stop unscrupulous companies from putting harmful chemicals in food, which eventually led to the creation of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration whose mission it is to ensures that the food and medicine we consume is safe.