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EXAMPLES OF HISTORICAL LITERATURE APPROPRIATE FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS
- Armstrong , N. ( 1994 ). Navajo long walk . Austin , TX : Roberts Rinehart . Native American relocation from homelands .
- Armstrong , W. ( 1969 ). Sounder . New York : HarperCollins . African American persecution .
- Bloor , E. ( 1997 ). Tangerine . New York : Harcourt Brace . Handicapped white boy abused by brother .
- Buss , F. ( 1991 ). Journey of the sparrows . New York : Dutton . Illegal immigration of Latinos .
- Fox , P. ( 1973 ). The slave dancer . New York : Bradbury . African slave trade .
- Fox , P. ( 1991 ). Monkey Island . London , England : Orchard . Homelessness .
- George , J. ( 1972 ). Julie of the wolves . New York : HarperCollins . Killing wolves .
- Greene , B. ( 1973 ). Summer of my German soldier . New York : Dial . Persecution of German POW and child abuse of a Jewish girl .
- Lowry , L. ( 1989 ). Number the stars . Boston , Mass. : Houghton Mifflin . Jewish Holocaust .
- Paterson , K. ( 1991 ). Lyddie . Ottawa , Canada : Lodestar . White child labor abuse .
- Sachar , L. ( 1998 ). Holes . New York : Farrar, Straus, & Giroux . Child abuse of white boys in reform school .
- Spinelli , J. ( 1997 ). Wringer . New York : HarperCollins . Pigeon-shooting slaughter .
- Taylor , M. ( 1976 ). Roll of thunder, hear my cry . New York : Viking Penguin . African American prejudice and persecution .
- Voigt , C. ( 1983 ). A solitary blue . New York : Atheneum . Neglect/abuse of white boy .
- Yep , L. ( 1995 ). Thief of hearts . New York : HarperCollins . Asian American prejudice .