Thursday, June 9, 2011

Anetka Kaminska, Dear America Series.

Very good, but sad biography of a 13-14 year old girl. She moved from Poland to Lattimer, Pennsylvania. There she got married to a coal miner,Stanley. Now in America,she lives through moments of tragedy and happiness.You have got to try this book!!!


Cicada Summer

Lily is a farmer's daughter. She is great at keeping secrets and has read all the Nancy Drew books. For Lily it is the summer of despair because... there is a strange girl who finds out her greatest secret: Lily is invisible by her talent for silence. Will Lily break her silence to help the strange girl get rid of her burden?