The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare Reviewed by Amberlyn E. Age 12 Be careful that what you perceive is Not what the world leads you to believe An impression Even one made with digression can cause you to mislead It can plant the gossip seed If you are not careful and others are …
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys From the first page, Sepetys held me captive with her compelling first-person accounts of refugees fleeing from Russian forces. It's the story of four people of different backgrounds forced to depend upon each other to stay alive. Will they get aboard the Wilhelm Gustloff –their hope of deliverance? …
From 1942-1944, teenage Anne Frank, along with her Jewish family and four friends, hid in a secret annex in Amsterdam. During the day, they kept as silent as possible so as not to be heard in the rooms below. They stepped around creaky floorboards, kept from flushing the one toilet, and spoke in whispers if …
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