Books: Fiction
Behind the Mountains
Book - Fiction. By Edwidge Danticat. 2004. 166 pages.
A riveting novel detailing the struggles of a young Haitian girl as she adjusts to life in New York.
The Birchbark House
Book - Fiction. By Louise Erdrich. 1999. 244 pages.
Historical fiction set in the mid-19th century in the Lake Superior area.
A Boy from Ireland
Book - Fiction. By Marie Raphael. 2007. 224 pages. Ages 12+.
A poignant tale of a young Irish boy’s time spent growing up in New York City at the beginning of the 20th century.
Bread and Roses, Too
Book - Fiction. By Katherine Paterson. 2006. 275 pages.
Moving young adult novel based on a major strike in Lawrence, Massachusetts in 1912.
Catch a Tiger by the Toe
Book - Fiction. By Ellen Levine. 2005. 176 pages.
A historical novel for middle school on McCarthyism.
Fire in the Hole!
Book - Fiction. By Mary Cronk Farrell. 2004. 176 pages.
Based on the true story of a silver miners’ strike in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, the book shows the desperate conditions of miners’ lives and how the striking miners were detained illegally in a late 19th century version of Guantanamo.
Missing From Haymarket Square
Book - Fiction. By Harriette Gillem Robinet. 2003. 142 pages.
Historical fiction chapter book on the Haymarket labor struggles and massacre.
