Other Times
Climbing the Stairs by Padma Venkatraman
Vidya is growing up in British occupied India during 1941. When a tragedy hits her family that Vidya blames herself for, they must move in with her extended family, who is very traditional. The men live upstairs, and the women live downstairs and serve the men. Vidya is afraid that soon she'll be married off and never finish school or fulfill her dream of going to college.
Vidya is growing up in British occupied India during 1941. When a tragedy hits her family that Vidya blames herself for, they must move in with her extended family, who is very traditional. The men live upstairs, and the women live downstairs and serve the men. Vidya is afraid that soon she'll be married off and never finish school or fulfill her dream of going to college.
Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson
After inheriting her uncle's homesteading claim in Montana 16 year-old orphan Hattie Brooks travels from Iowa in 1917 to make a home for herself and encounters some unexpected problems related to the war being fought in Europe. -From Goodreads.com
After inheriting her uncle's homesteading claim in Montana 16 year-old orphan Hattie Brooks travels from Iowa in 1917 to make a home for herself and encounters some unexpected problems related to the war being fought in Europe. -From Goodreads.com
Jefferson's Sons : A Founding Father's Secret Children by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Beverly, Harriet, Madison, and Eston are Thomas Jefferson's children by one of his slaves, Sally Hemings, and while they do get special treatment - better work, better shoes, even violin lessons - they are still slaves, and are never to mention who their father is. The lighter-skinned children have been promised a chance to escape into white society, but what does this mean for the children who look more like their mother? -From Goodreads.com
Beverly, Harriet, Madison, and Eston are Thomas Jefferson's children by one of his slaves, Sally Hemings, and while they do get special treatment - better work, better shoes, even violin lessons - they are still slaves, and are never to mention who their father is. The lighter-skinned children have been promised a chance to escape into white society, but what does this mean for the children who look more like their mother? -From Goodreads.com
Wicked Girls : A Novel of the Salem Witch Trials by Stephanie Hemphill
In this fictionalized telling of the Salem witch trials, three girls, Mercy Lewis, Margaret Walcott, and Ann Putnam, Jr. who accused many of their neighbors of witchcraft, tell their story.
In this fictionalized telling of the Salem witch trials, three girls, Mercy Lewis, Margaret Walcott, and Ann Putnam, Jr. who accused many of their neighbors of witchcraft, tell their story.