Last summer I just barely managed 15 books for the summer, so this year I'm aiming for 16. Already have 2 down! I started easy with 2 YA titles I bought at the summer reading book fair for my classroom.
1. The Red Umbrella: I picked this up because it is about the Cuban Revolution, a topic about which I know very little. It was a good story, but definitely not a YA that can cross over to adults---very little depth. Few details about the background of the revolution or the major story events. Amazon recommends it for grades 6-9, but I think that's a stretch. My advanced 6th readers would find it very easy.
2. One Crazy Summer: This tells the story of 3 girls who visit Oakland in the summer of 1968, a year about which I've read a lot, so I thought it'd be neat to read about it from a child's perspective. And it was. Amazon lists this 4-7, which seems pretty accurate, but advanced for the younger end. I think a little more background into the Black Panthers and the background of the family ad their mentalities would have helped--this assumes you have knowledge of race relations at the time--but overall a good read.
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