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Joy Cowley
In ancient Turkey, Laos works alongside his father and grandfather at a market. Their exchanges involve trading goods for food and livestock rather than using coins. The story introduces economics through this family’s market work and the development of coinage. Historical notes, key terms, and a timeline accompany Laos’s experiences, linking the household’s trading practices to the wider history of money.
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Leather Shoe CharlieJoy CowleyThis historical narrative follows a son whose love for his mother leads him to make sacrifices for her. Set against Britain’s Industrial Revolution, the story introduces conditions faced by workers and the environment during that period. It also draws attention to parallels between those British conditions and those in the United States at the same time. Notes on history, key terms, and a timeline provide additional historical context.WORLD HISTORY & CULTUREOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Renato and the LionBarbara DiLorenzo, illustrated by Barbara DiLorenzoRenato loves his home in Florence, Italy, including time with friends in the Piazza della Signoria and evening walks with his father among the city’s buildings and fountains. During World War II, he is forced to leave Florence and worries about the safety of his favorite stone lion. The story connects the upheaval of war and relocation with Renato’s attachment to a work of art in the city he must leave behind.Five to NineLexile Text Measure AD570LATOS Book Level 3.6On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Torpedoed! A World War II Story of a Sinking Passenger Ship and Two Children’s Survival at SeaCheryl Mullenbach. Jacket Illustration by Marnie GallowayIn 1939, Florence Kelly, fourteen, and Russell Park, eleven, leave their hometowns for summer holidays in Europe. Their true-life experiences, and those of their families, frame an account of the S.S. Athenia’s sinking. The ship was the first sunk by German submarines in the Atlantic battle of World War II. The narrative includes a prologue, epilogue, timeline, notes, bibliography, and index.WORLD HISTORY & CULTUREOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details