Books like The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland
12 books with a reading profile close to The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland by Jim DeFede. Clear-cut; an easy read.
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A Single Shard
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
In twelfth-century Korea, an orphan named Tree-ear lives under a bridge in Ch’ulp’o, scavenging for food alongside his disabled protector, Crane-man.
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The Midwife's Apprentice
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
In medieval England, a nameless, homeless girl known only as Brat survives by sleeping in dung heaps for warmth.
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Beneath a Scarlet Sky
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
Set in Italy during the final years of World War II, the story follows Pino Lella, a teenager who becomes an underground operative helping Jews escape across the Alps.
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Bud, Not Buddy
by Christopher Paul Curtis, Reginald André Jackson
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
Ten-year-old Bud Caldwell is a foster child living in Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression.
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The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
The story centers on the Watsons, a Black family living in Flint, Michigan.
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Number the Stars
by Lois Lowry
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
Ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen lives in Copenhagen during the German occupation of Denmark in 1943.
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The Book of Lost Names
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
In 1942, Eva Traube flees Paris for a mountain town near the Swiss border after the authorities arrest her father.
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The Personal Librarian
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
In the early twentieth century, Belle da Costa Greene serves as the personal librarian to financier J.P.
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The Warsaw Orphan
by Kelly Rimmer
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
In 1942 Poland, Elzbieta Rabinek discovers the brutal reality of the Warsaw Ghetto when she befriends her neighbor, Sara Goralnik.
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Sarah's Key
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
In July 1942, ten-year-old Sarah Starzynski hides her younger brother in a bedroom cupboard to protect him from the French police during the Vel' d'Hiv Roundup.
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Orphan Train
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
In 1929, an Irish immigrant named Niamh is sent from New York City to the Midwest on an orphan train, a program meant to relocate displaced children to rural homes.
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Catherine, Called Birdy
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
Set in 1290, this novel follows the daily life of Catherine, a high-born teenager living in Lincolnshire, England.
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