American Lives

July 26, 2010

July is—perhaps—the most American of all months. Flags wave, fireworks explode, and John Phillips Sousa marches through our hearts all summer long. Here at the Lone Jack Branch, we’re doing our part to celebrate July with a book display called American Lives. The books in this display are historical fiction written for Juveniles and Young Adults, and together they present a patchwork of experience as diverse as America herself. If you are interested in a glimpse of other American Lives, we humbly recommend any of the following titles.

• The Adventurous Deeds of Deadwood Jones  by Helen Hemphill
• Ashes of Roses by Mary Jane Auch
• The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich
• Brothers, Blue & Gray by Ellen Gray Massey
• The Color of Fire by Ann Rinaldi
• Come Sing, Jimmy Jo by Katherine Paterson
• Dancing with Elvis by Lynda Stephenson
• The Devil’s Paintbox by Victoria McKernan
• Give Me Liberty by Laura Elliott
• Jazmin’s Notebook by Nikki Grimes
• My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
• My Louisiana Sky by Kimberly Willis Holt
• A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly
• On the Wings of Heroes by Richard Peck
• Riot by Walter Dean Myers
• Salem Witch by Patricia Hermes
• Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene
• Survival in the Storm by Katelan Janke
• Thin Wood Walls by David Patneaude
• Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen
• When My Name was Keoko by Linda Sue Park
• Where the Great Hawk Flies by Liza Ketchum
• Year of the Hangman by Gary L. Blackwood