At age 14 Nakahama Manjiro was shipwrecked on a deserted island with a few others from his fishing boat off the coast of Japan. This happened in 1841.
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Roller Skates by Ruth Sawyer :: Book Lady Linda’s Review :: Spoiler Free
Meet Lucinda, a New York City child of the 1890’s exploring her neighborhood on skates. This book won the Newbery Medal in 1937.
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Book Review: Moon Over Manifest, by Clare Vanderpool
This novel takes place in Kansas during the Great Depression of the 1930’s.
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Book Review: When You Reach Me, by Rebecca Stead
A city child of the nineteen-seventies studies time travel and copes with disappointment, while forging new friendships.
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Book Review: Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village
This book about medieval village life is a truly unique reading experience. There’s a lot of variety and information in the text.
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