Category Archives: Historical Fiction/Historical Element

Movie Tie-In: The Help

Posted on January 16, 2013 by Victoria Waddle

Movie Tie-Ins: The Help by Kathryn Stockett As I mentioned earlier, I read Worth Dying For because I wanted to try a Jack Reacher novel. If you read my post, you know I didn’t like it very much. As I … Continue reading →

Posted in Controversial Issue/Debate, Family Problems, Fiction, Historical Fiction/Historical Element, Human Rights Issues, Movie Tie-In, Multicultural, Over 375 pages | Tagged books to film, civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, Jackson_Mississippi, literature, maids, oscars | Leave a comment

“How They Croaked”

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Victoria Waddle

How They Croaked: The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous by Georgia Bragg; illustrated by Kevin O’Malley This wacky book is alternatelty gross and funny. It is always fascinating. Bragg looks at the terrible suffering involved in the deaths … Continue reading →

Posted in Family Problems, Hi-Low/Quick Read, Historical Fiction/Historical Element, Non-fiction, Young Adult Literature | Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Charles Darwin, Charles Dickens, death, death and dying, Edgar Allan Poe, Galileo, George Washington, Henry VIII, James A. Garfield, King Tut, Marie Curie, Napoleon | Leave a comment

Adult Books for Teens: “Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power”

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Victoria Waddle

Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power by Rachel Maddow I have several teacher friends and family members who like to make fun of me for being a looney liberal. To avoid the teasing, I’ thought I’d read Drift but … Continue reading →

Posted in Controversial Issue/Debate, Historical Fiction/Historical Element, Human Rights Issues, Non-fiction | Tagged Adult books for teens, Afghanistan War, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Bosnia, Dick Cheney, George W. Bush, Iraq War, military power, military service, military spending, privateers, Ronald Reagan, Vietnam War, war | Leave a comment

“Rin Tin Tin”

Posted on September 24, 2012 by Victoria Waddle

Many people love dogs, and in the last several years, they’ve realized that they could share that love through books. It’s hard to count the number of books about dogs that have made the bestsellers’ list since Marley and Me … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventure Stories, Biography/Memoir, Historical Fiction/Historical Element, Non-fiction | Tagged Adult books for teens, dogs, Rin Tin Tin, silent films, television | 1 Comment

“An Egg on Three Sticks”

Posted on May 26, 2012 by Victoria Waddle

An Egg on Three Sticks by Jackie Fischer “I’m pretty sure Mom is having a nervous breakdown. “Which I tried to look it up and it’s not in the dictionary but I think I know what it is. It’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Family Problems, Fiction, Historical Fiction/Historical Element, Mature Readers, Young Adult Literature | Tagged 1970s, mental depression, suicide, suicide in literature | Leave a comment

Adult books for teens: “War”

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Victoria Waddle

Adult Books for Teens: War by Sebastian Junger In the year between June 2007 and June 2008, the Korengal Valley was the most dangerous place for a soldier to be at war. The daily temperatures of one hundred degrees, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventure Stories, Controversial Issue/Debate, Historical Fiction/Historical Element, Mature Readers, Movie Tie-In, Non-fiction, Over 375 pages | Tagged Afghanistan, Second Platoon Battle Company, soldiers, war, war stories | Leave a comment

“A Northern Light”

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Victoria Waddle

A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly The Gillette murder case: In 1906, Grace Brown was a worker in the Gillette Skirt Factory (New York State) and was murdered because Chester Gillette, nephew of the owner, didn’t want to marry her … Continue reading →

Posted in Family Problems, Fiction, Historical Fiction/Historical Element, Human Rights Issues, Young Adult Literature | Tagged Adirondack Mountains, An American Tragedy, Chester Gillette, feminism, Gillette murder, murder, New York, women's rights | Leave a comment

“Ready Player One”

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Victoria Waddle

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline It’s 2044 and the world is such a rotten place for most people that they spend as much time as possible on the OASIS, a virtual universe where you can not only play video … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventure Stories, Fable/Fairy Tale/Fantasy, Family Problems, Fiction, Historical Fiction/Historical Element, Human Rights Issues, Over 375 pages, Sci-Fi/Futuristic | Tagged 1980s, computer games, computer gaming | 3 Comments

New titles from Orca Soundings

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Victoria Waddle

The Orca Soundings series books are really just books that are not connected to one another, but are all published by a company whose mission is to provide interesting books to teens who are improving their reading skills. I’ve enjoyed … Continue reading →

Posted in Family Problems, Fiction, Hi-Low/Quick Read, Historical Fiction/Historical Element, Read 180, Young Adult Literature | Tagged English Learners, military service, Orca Soundings Series, Read 180, sexual harrassment, suicide in literature, witchcraft | Leave a comment

Let’s Shop! Book Fair February 27-March 2

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Victoria Waddle

The library will be having its Scholastic Book Fair again this year during the week of February 27 to March 2 from 8 AM to 3 PM. We’ll be open Wednesday evening February 29 until 7 PM so that parents … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventure Stories, Fable/Fairy Tale/Fantasy, Family Problems, Fiction, Graphic Novel, Hi-Low/Quick Read, Historical Fiction/Historical Element, Horror/Mystery/Suspense, Movie Tie-In, Multicultural, Non-fiction, Read 180, Romance, Sci-Fi/Futuristic, Sports, Supernatural, Young Adult Literature | Leave a comment