Entering Grade 6
Historical Fiction
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Finding Langston by Lesa Cline-Ransome
In 1946, young Langston moves from the American South to a big Northern city. Although he misses his family and friends, he does not miss the Whites-only libraries of Alabama. In the Chicago Public Library, which welcomes everyone, he learns about a famous Black man who shares his name--Langston Hughes. |
The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani
In the upheaval of the 1947 Partition, when Hindu India and Muslim Pakistan split violently, twelve-year old half-Muslim, half-Hindu Nisha doesn't know where she belongs anymore. She only knows that she and her family must take a dangerous journey across the border to find a new home, leaving behind all that they know. |