Books from the Book Orders that would be appropriate
for the 3rd Term Book Portfolio:
Arrow January:
Destined to Live by Ruth Gruener -- Holocaust
10.000 Day of Thunder by Caputo -- Vietnam War
(another source to use could be The Vietnam War by Westwell in the Tab catalogue)
My Name is Not Angelica by O’Dell – Slavery
To Be a Slave by Lester – Slavery
Steal Away Home by Ruby – Underground Railroad/Slavery
Flags of Our Fathers by Bradley and Powers – Iwo Jima 1945 WWII
(another source to use could be The Battle of Iwo Jima by Hama in February Tab)
Tab January:
Red Moon at Sharpsburg by Wells – Civil War
Holocaust Pack: The Devil’s Arithmetic, Marika, Milkweed
The Breadwinner by Ellis – Taliban, Afghanistan
Sing Down the Moon – O’Dell – Native American, Slavery
Soldier Boys – Hughes – WWII
Elijah of Buxton – Curtis – slavery
Harriet Tubman Secret Agent – Allen
Code Talker – Bruchac -- WWII Navajo Marines
Arrow February:
Elijah of Buxton – Curtis – slavery
Red Moon at Sharpsburg by Wells – Civil War
Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott by Freedman
Harriet Tubman Secret Agent – Allen
Ann Rinaldi Pack
Al Capone Does My Shirts by Choldenko
Tab February:
Night by Eli Wiesel Holocaust (a classic, heart-wrenching story of a child sent to a Nazi death camp)
Ask Me No Questions by Budhos (perhaps)
The Royal Diaries: Catherine Russia 1743
Behind the Lines by Holland – Civil War
Numbering All the Bones by Rinaldi – Slavery, Civil War, Clara Barton
Homeless Bird by Whelan – India, women’s rights
My Name is Not Angelica by O’Dell – Slavery
Another Holocaust pack – Except you may not use Anne Frank for your portfolio since it is an 8th grade class book.
