Trade+Books

Trade books are readings that support the information we will be learning in each unit. This page has been dedicated to trade books that I believe complement the information we will be learning this year.
 * __Trade Books__**

1. Wiesel, E. (2006). // Night //. New York, NY: Hill and Wang. 2. Paulsen, G. (2000). // Soldier's heart //. Chicago, IL: Laurel Leaf.
 * Arguably the finest first person depiction to date of the horrors endured by the Jews of Eastern Europe during WWII / The Holocaust.
 * A well-written first person account of a young man serving in the Union Army during the American Civil War—exemplary rite of passage.

3. Orwell, G. (1981). // 1984 // . New York, NY: New American Library.
 * A classic every child should be forced to read. It pertains to a futuristic society in which an autocratic government uses technology to guise its constituents to be loyal to its rulers.

4. Williams, S. (1999). // Dessa rose //. New York, NY: William Morrow Paperbacks.
 * A novel turned play pertaining to the antebellum period in North Carolina. The wife of a missing plantation owner becomes the incumbent head of the estate. She becomes loyal to her servants and allows runaway slaves to stay on her plantation.

5. Egan, T. (2006). // The worst hard time //. Chicago, IL: Mariner Books.

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 * A novel that examines the ecological and economic hardships of the Great Plains during the Dust Bowl era in Middle America. [[image:http://www.highsmith.com/images/full/Dr-Seuss-Reading-Fun-HSL_i_H33229.jpg width="475" height="475"]]