18 books like Elan, son of two peoples

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My Enemy, My Brother James D. Forman · 1969 · 230p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Released from a concentration camp after World War II, a sixteen-year-old boy settles on an Israeli kibbutz but finds his new life threatened by the growing conflict between Arabs and Jews. Shares: Jews, Children's fiction

Summer of fear Lois Duncan · 1976 · ★ 3.8 · 218p · ≈ 7h · Moderate A teen suspects her orphaned cousin may be a witch in this YA horror classic by the bestselling author of I Know What You Did Last Summer.The basis for the 1978 Wes Craven film."Filled with suspense and questions about the nature of evil in the world around us, Summer of Fear will cast a spell over both teens and adults." —School Library JournalFrom the moment Rachel's family takes in her… Shares: New Mexico, Children's fiction

Bearstone Will Hobbs · 1989 · 154p · ≈ 5h · Moderate A DRAMATIC TALE OF GRIZZLIES AND GOLD Fourteen-year-old Cloyd Atcitty has been skipping school for years. He's run away from a group home for Native American boys, and is now being sent to work for Walter Landis, an old rancher on an isolated Colorado farm. In a cave above the ranch, Cloyd finds a turquoise carving of a bear. Knowing that his people, the Utes, have a special relationship with… Shares: Indians of North America, Coming-of-age, Children's fiction

Ghost Hawk Susan Cooper · 2001 · ★ 3.8 · 171p · ≈ 5h · Moderate A friendship between a young Native American and a colonial New England settler endangers them both in this “simply unforgettable” (Booklist, starred review) adventure story from Newbery Medalist Susan Cooper.On the winter day Little Hawk is sent into the woods alone, he can take only a bow and arrows, his handcrafted tomahawk, and the amazing metal knife his father traded for with the new white… Shares: Indians of North America, Coming-of-age, History, Children's fiction

I Am Number Four : the Lost Files Pittacus Lore · 2011 · 126p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Number Nine—when John frees him from his cell in the Power of Xix, he's ferocious, reckless, and ready to fight back. But being held captive changes a person—even a Lorien. See what Nine was like before his capture, and read about his dramatic escape from his point of view.In I Am Number Four: The Lost Files: Nine's Legacy: Nine's legacy, discover the story behind Nine. Before meeting John Smith,… Shares: New Mexico, Children's fiction

When the soldiers were gone Vera W. Propp · 1999 · ★ 4.0 · 100p · ≈ 3h · Moderate After the German occupation of the Netherlands, Benjamin leaves the Christian family with whom he had been living and reunites with his real parents who returned from hiding. Shares: Jews, History, Children's fiction

Centennial 1 James A. Michener · 1974 · ★ 4.5 · 932p · ≈ 31h · Moderate Product Description: A stunning panorama of the West, CENTENNIAL is an enthralling celebration of our country, brimming with the glory and the greatness of the American past that only bestselling author James Michener could bring to stunning life. From the Native Americans, the migrating white men and women, the cowboys, and the foreigners, it is a story of trappers, traders, homesteaders, gold… Shares: Indians of North America, History, Children's fiction

Too many cooks Edie Stoltz Zolkower · 2000 · 24p · ≈ 48m · Moderate Each time Bubbie gets diverted from making charoses for the Passover seder, family members add their own secret ingredient until the charoses is atrocious! Shares: Jews, Children's fiction

In the Heart of the Rockies G. A. Henty · 1894 · 367p · ≈ 12h · Challenging An adventure filled with ingenuity and perserverance begins when 16-year-old Tom Wade leaves England, orphaned and facing a questionable future, in search of his Uncle Harry in America. The story follows Tom as he travels West to find his uncle with a band of comrades in Colorado's Rocky Mountain wilderness questing a gold mine. They are all pursued across the Bad Lands by Indians, overcome by a… Shares: Indians of North America, Coming-of-age, History, Children's fiction

Return to Augie Hobble Lane Smith · 2015 · ★ 3.1 · 288p · ≈ 9h · Moderate New Mexico middle-schooler Augie Hobble grapples with adolescence, paranormal mysteries, an overdue Creative Arts project, and heartbreaking loss while working in his father's theme park, Fairy Tale Place. Shares: New Mexico, Children's fiction

The devil's arithmetic Jane Yolen · 1988 · ★ 4.4 · 170p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Hannah thinks tonight's Passover Seder will be the same as always. Little does she know that this year she will be mysteriously transported into the past where only she knows the horrors that await. Hannah resents the traditions of her Jewish heritage until time travel places her in the middle of a small Jewish village in Nazi-occupied Poland. Hannah resents stories of her Jewish heritage and… Shares: Jews, History, Children's fiction

The War Within Carol Matas · 2001 · ★ 4.1 · 154p · ≈ 5h · Moderate In 1862, after Union forces expel Hannah's family from Holly Springs, Mississippi, because they are Jews, Hannah reexamines her views regarding slavery and the war. Shares: Jews, History, Children's fiction

Six Haunted Hairdos Gregory Maguire · 1997 · ★ 3.5 · 160p · ≈ 5h · Moderate With the help of their favorite teacher, two rival clubs, the all-boy Copycats and the all-girl Tattletales, stop trying to out-do each other long enough to help the ghosts of a baby elephant and a herd of mastodons that appear near their small Vermont town. Shares: Jews, Children's fiction

Hitler's Canary Sandi Toksvig · 2005 · ★ 4.0 · 208p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Bamsé Skolvud a 12 ans quand les nazis envahissent Copenhague. Son meilleur ami, Anton Beilin, est juif. Confronté à l'antisémitisme, il va tout faire pour protéger Anton et sa famille. Shares: Jews, History, Children's fiction

Wind on the River Laurie Lawlor · 2000 · 156p · ≈ 5h · Moderate In 1863, fifteen-year-old Private Allen of South Carolina, captured at the Battle of Gettysburg, decides to switch his allegiance to the Union and is sent to fight "savages" in Dakota Territory, where he confronts his prejudices and learns what heroism really means. Shares: Indians of North America, History, Children's fiction

The reluctant dragon Kenneth Grahame · 1938 · ★ 4.0 · 28p · ≈ 56m · Challenging The boy who finds the dragon in the cave knows it is a kindly, harmless one, but how can he convince the frightened villagers and especially St. George the dragon killer that there is no cause for concern? Shares: Indians of North America, Children's fiction

The dark pond Joseph Bruchac · 2004 · ★ 3.4 · 142p · ≈ 4h · Moderate The author of Skeleton Man returns with another chilling tale.What kind of sinister creature lurks in the dark pond in the forest? Armie can feel it calling to him . . . and he suspects the answer may lie in the legends of his Shawnee ancestors.Joseph Bruchac, the award-winning author of Skeleton Man, puts a contemporary spin on Native American lore to create a terrifying tale of monsters and… Shares: Indians of North America, Children's fiction

Agostino Alberto Moravia · 1944 · ★ 3.5 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Thirteen-year-old Agostino is spending the summer at a Tuscan seaside resort with his beautiful widowed mother. When she takes up with a cocksure new companion, Agostino, feeling ignored and unloved, begins hanging around with a group of local young toughs. Though repelled by their squalor and brutality, and repeatedly humiliated for his weakness and ignorance when it comes to women and sex, the… Shares: Coming-of-age, Children's fiction

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