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Remembering the 20th Century

WWI | Women's Suffrage Movement | Between the World Wars
Immigration & Immigrants | Segregation & Discrimination | Radio | World War II
On the Home Front (At Home During WWII) | After the War (The Late 1940s)
The Eisenhower Era (The 1950s) | The 1960s (Kennedy and Beyond)
The Civil Rights Movement | The Vietnam War | The Counterculture
Women's Movement     

WWI

Ingold, Jeanette Pictures, 1918.
Lawrence, Iain Lord of the Nutcracker Man.
Rostkowski, Margaret After the Dancing Days:  A Novel.


Women’s Suffrage Movement

Duey, Kathleen Francesca Vigilucci, Washington, D.C., 1913.
Lasky, Katherine A Time for Courage:  The Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen.
Ross, Rhea Beth The Bet's On, Lizzie Bingman!
Thesman, Jean The Ornament Tree.

Between the World Wars

Avi Shadrach's Crossing.
Cormier, Robert Frenchtown Summer.
Cummings, Priscilla Saving Grace.
Curtis, Christopher Paul Bud, Not Buddy.
Dadey, Debbie Whistler’s Hollow.
DeFelice, Cynthia C. Nowhere to Call Home.
Franklin, Kristine L. Grape Thief.
Griffin, Adele Hannah, Divided.
Hesse, Karen Out of the Dust.
Hesse, Karen Witness.
Hunt, Irene No Promises in the Wind.
Lyon, George Ella Borrowed Children.
Peck, Richard A Long Way from Chicago:  A Novel in Stories.
Peck, Robert Newton Extra Innings.
Ryan, Pam Esperenza Rising.
Skurzynski, Gloria Rockbuster.
Snyder, Zilpha Cat Running.
Willis, Patricia The Barn Burner.

Immigration & Immigrants

Danticat, Edwidge Behind the Mountains.
Jimâenez, Francisco The Circuit : Stories From the Life of a Migrant Child.
Levitin, Sonia Annie's Promise.
Lord, Bette In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson.
Na, An A Step From Heaven.
Namioka, Lensey An Ocean Apart, A World Away.
Son, Jon Finding My Hat.
Veciana-Suarez, Ana Flight to Freedom.
Yep, Laurence The Star Fisher.

Segregation & Discrimination

Bargar, Gary Life. Is. Not. Fair.
Belton, Sandra Mysteries on Monroe Street.
Blume, Judy Iggie's House.
Collier, Kristi Jericho Walls.
Cooney, Caroline B. Burning Up.
Crowe, Russell Mississippi Trial.
English, Karen Francie.
Grove, Vicki The Starplace.
Herschler, Mildred B. The Darkest Corner.
Hesse, Karen Witness.
Lee, Harper To Kill a Mockingbird.
Meyer, Carolyn White Lilacs.
Myers, Anna Tulsa Burning.
Taylor, Mildred D. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.

Radio

Avi Who was that Masked Man, Anyway?
Hamilton, Virginia Willie Bea and the Time the Martians Landed.


WWII

Davies, Jacqueline Where the Ground Meets the Sky.
Griese, Arnold A. The Wind is Not a River.
Hertenstein, Jane Beyond Paradise.
Hughes, Dean Soldier Boys.
Mazer, Harry A Boy at War:  A Novel of Pearl Harbor.
Mazer, Harry The Last Mission.
Salisbury, Graham Under the Blood-Red Sun.
Zindel, Paul The Gadget.


On The Home Front (At Home During WWII)

Avi Don’t You Know There’s a War On?
Copeland, Cynthia L. Elin’s Island.
Gaeddert, LouAnn Friends and Enemies.
Giff, Patricia Reilly All the Way Home.
Giff, Patricia Reilly Lily's Crossing.
Hahn, Mary Downing Stepping on the Cracks.
Harlow, Joan Hiatt Shadows on the Sea.
Kerr, M.E. Slap Your Sides.
Lisle, Janet Taylor The Art of Keeping Cool.
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds Blizzard’s Wake.
Reeder, Carolyn Foster's War.
Thesman, Jean Molly Donnelly.
Uchida, Yoshiko Journey to Topaz:  A Story of the Japanese-American Evacuation.


After the War (The Late 1940s)

Blume, Judy Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself.
Ellis, Ella Thorp The Year of My Indian Prince.
Hill, Kirkpatrick The Year of Miss Agnes.
Kehret, Peg Small Steps:  The Year I Got Polio.
Myers, Walter Dean Bad Boy:  A Memoir.
Willis, Patricia Out of the Storm.
Wolff, Virginia Euwer Bat 6.
Young, Ronder Thomas Moving Mama to Town.


The Eisenhower Era (The 1950s)

Dugan, Barbara Good-bye, Hello.
Holt, Kimberly Willis My Louisiana Sky.
Kadohata, Cynthia Kira-Kira.
Spinelli, Jerry Knots in My Yo-Yo String:  The Autobiography of a Kid.
White, Ruth Tadpole.


The 1960s (Kennedy and Beyond)

Crum, Shutta Spitting Image.
Elliott, Laura Flying South.
Gordon, Amy When JFK was My Father.
Harrison, Barbara A Twilight Struggle:  The Life of John Fitzgerald Kennedy.
Holt, Kimberly Willis Dancing in Cadillac Light.
Lasky, Kathryn Pageant.


The Civil Rights Movement

Armistead, John The Return of Gabriel.
Bridges, Ruby Through My Eyes:  The Autobiography of Ruby Bridges.
Curtis, Christopher Paul The Watsons go to Birmingham—1963.
Davis, Ossie Just Like Martin.
Nelson, Vaunda M. Beyond Mayfield.
Robinet, Harriette Walking to the Bus-Rider Blues.


The Vietnam War

Franklin, Kristine L. Dove Song.
Hobbs, Valerie Sonny’s War.
Holt, Kimberly Willis When Zachary Beaver Came to Town.
Lewis, Catherine Postcards to Father Abraham.
Paterson, Katherine Park's Quest.
Qualey, Marsha Come in From the Cold.
Ritter, John H. Over the Wall.
Rostkowski, Margaret The Best of Friends.
Santana, Patricia Motorcycle Ride on the Sea of Tranquility.
White, Ellen The Journal of Patrick Seamus Flaherty, United States
Marine Corps.
White, Ellen Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
Young, Karen Romano Outside In.


The Counterculture

Brooks, Bruce Midnight Hour Encores.
LaFaye, A. Strawberry Hill.
Qualey, Marsha Everybody's Daughter.


Women’s Movement

Spinelli, Jerry There's a Girl in My Hammerlock.
Taves, Isabella Not Bad for a Girl.


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SJS

WWI | Women's Suffrage Movement | Between the World Wars
Immigration & Immigrants | Segregation & Discrimination | Radio | World War II
On the Home Front (At Home During WWII) | After the War (The Late 1940s)
The Eisenhower Era (The 1950s) | The 1960s (Kennedy and Beyond)
The Civil Rights Movement | The Vietnam War | The Counterculture
Women's Movement     

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