Entering Grade 7

HISTORY (nonfiction)

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The Talk: Conversations About Race, Love and Truth
by Wade Hudson (editor) and Cheryl Willis Hudson (editor)
Thirty diverse, award-winning authors and illustrators invite you into their homes to witness the conversations they have with their children about race in America today in this powerful call-to-action that invites all families to be anti-racists and advocates for change.
All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team
by Christina Soontornvat
On June 23, 2018, twelve young players of the Wild Boars soccer team and their coach enter a cave in northern Thailand seeking an afternoon’s adventure. But when they turn to leave, rising floodwaters block their path out. The boys are trapped! Before long, news of the missing team spreads, launching a seventeen-day rescue operation involving thousands of rescuers from around the globe. 
Unequal
by Michael Eric Dyson and Marc Favreau
Dedicated to revealing the history of systemic racial inequality and segregation in the United States, Dyson and Favreau connect important historical events to the current day. Included stories go beyond those of the most well-known activists to broaden the reader’s understanding of Black Americans’ fight for equality, while imploring the reader to use lessons from history to build a better future.
In the Shadow of the Fallen Towers: The Seconds, Minutes, Hours, Days, Weeks, Months and Years After the 9/11 Attacks
by Don Brown
For a new generation living in a post-9/11 era, Brown writes and illustrates the events of the terrorist attack immediately after not only at Ground Zero but the country and military operations abroad. With a style that befits the mood, the combination of words and art shines.
Torpedoed! The True Story of the WWII Sinking of “The Children’s Ship”
by Deborah Heiligman
In September 1940, passenger liner SS City of Benares set sail for Canada with one hundred children on board. The boat and It’s passengers  never made it to Canada, but out of the tragedy, many heroes emerged.
Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party's Promise to the People 
by Kekla Magoon
An in depth look at the Black Panther Party and it's history as a social movement, putting the Panthers in the proper context of Black American history, from the first arrival of enslaved people to the Black Lives Matter movement of today.  (nonfiction)
The Whydah: a pirate ship feared, wrecked, and found by Martin W. Sandler
Describes what happened when a slave ship packed with plunder was captured by pirates in 1717 then sunk by a brutal storm. Tells the story of the 1984 expedition to locate the wreck and what was uncovered.
The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club
by Philip Hoose
​The true story of Knud Pedersen and his squad, who defied the Nazi occupation in Denmark through acts of sabotage and eventually inspired a nationwide revolt against the Nazis. 
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