Here is a list of possible books for your first quarter project.
Reading List – 20th Century – 1st Quarter
NOTE: You may choose books other than those on this list, but I must approve all books. All books should be about something in the time period 1900 – 1940, with the exception of World War II.
Author
Book
Aaron, Chester
Lackawanna: A Novel
Angell, Judie
One-Way to Ansonia
Barnouw, Victor
Dream of the Blue Heron
Beatty, Patricia
Eight Mules from Monterey
Bunting, Eve
SOS Titanic
Caldwell, Taylor
Captains and Kings
Collier, James
The Jazz Kid
Conrad, Joseph
Under Western Eyes
Coolidge, Olivia
Come by Here
Crew, Linda
Fire on the Wind
Dank, Milton
Khaki Wings
Dash, Joan
We Shall Not Be Moved; The Women’s Factory Strike of 1909
Disher, Garry
The Bamboo Flute
Doctorow, E.L.
World’s Fair
Doctorow, E.L.
Ragtime
Dos Passos, John
Three Soldiers
Fast, Howard
The Immigrants
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
The Great Gatsby
Frank, Rudolf
No Hero for the Kaiser
Garland, Sherry
The Last Rainmaker
Gee, Maurice
The Fire-Raiser
Geras, Adele
The Girls in the Velvet Frame
Gregory, Kristiana
Earthquake at Dawn
Gruen, Sara
Water for Elephants
Hamm, Diane Johnston
Bunkhouse Journal
Hemingway, Ernest
A Farewell to Arms
Hesse, Karen
Letters From Rifka
Hesse, Karen
A Time of Angels
Highwater, Jamake
I Wear the Morning Star
Holland, Isabelle
The Journey Home
Hunt, Irene
No Promises in the Wind
Hurwitx, Johanna
The Rabbi’s Girls
Hurwitz, Johanna
Faraway Summer
Ibbotson, Eva
Journey to the River Sea
Ingold, Jeanette
Pictures, 1918
Jocelyn, Marthe
How it Happened in Peach Hill
Koller, Jackie French
Nothing to Fear
Lasky, Kathry
Dreams in the Golden Country: The Diary of Zipporah Feldman, A Jewish Immigrant Girl
Lee, Harper
To Kill a Mockingbird
Lehrman, Robert
The Store That Mama Built
Leonard, Laura
Saving Damaris
Levine, Gail Carson
Dave at Night
Lord, Walter
A Night to Remember
Lyon, George Ella
Borrowed Children
Meyer, Carolyn
Anastasia, the Last Grand Duchess
Meyer, Carolyn
Gideon’s People
Meyer, Carolyn
Jubilee Journey
Meyer, Carolyn
White Lilacs
Myers, Anna
Fire in the Hills
Nelson, Theresa
Devil Storm
Nordhoff, Charles and Hall, James N.
Falcons of France
Paulsen, Gary
The Winter Room
Peck, Richard
The Dreadful Future of Blossom Culp
Peck, Robert Newton
The Horse Hunters
Peck, Robert Newton
Nine Man Tree
Perez, N.A.
Breaker
Peyton, K.M.
The Edge of the Cloud
Porter, Tracey
Treasures in the Dust
Remarque, Erich Maria
All Quiet on the Wester Front
Ritter, John H.
Choosing Up Sides
Savage, Deborah
To Race A Dream
Sinclair, Upton
The Jungle
Skurzynski, Gloria
Good-bye, Billy Radish
Steinbeck, John
In Dubious Battle
Steinbeck, John
The Grapes of Wrath
Taylor, Mildred D.
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Thesman, Jean
The Ornament Tree
Trumbo, Dalton
Johnny Got His Gun
Uchido, Yoshiko
Picture Bride
Van Raven, Pieter
A Time of Troubles
Whelan, Gloria
Angel on the Square
Wittaker, Dorothy Raymond
Angels of the Swamp
Yep, Laurence
The Star Fisher
Once you have completed the book project, please log on to the discussion page and provide a brief summary of your book.
Reading List – 20th Century – 1st Quarter
NOTE: You may choose books other than those on this list, but I must approve all books. All books should be about something in the time period 1900 – 1940, with the exception of World War II.