The Postcard

The Postcard is Tony Abbott's newest book.  After reading Firegirl, I was excited about reading his newest book.  These books have quite different plots but both are filled with strong writing.  

The Postcard is a mystery that will keep you turning pages.  It involves a family on the brink of falling apart, filled with secrets, with clues in a mysterious magazine story.

Fourth - Sixth graders who loves mysteries, will find this book a winner!

  

Birmingham, 1963

History and poetry rolled together in one touching book is Birmingham, 1963 by Carole Boston Weatherford.  This is a fictional story of an actual event in history told with poetry and the use of authentic photographs.  The powerful words describe the church bombing of Sixteenth Street Baptist Church on September 15, 1963. Four young girls lost their lives.  The author gives a beautiful tribute to each girl at the end of the book.

What a great book to share with older elementary, junior, or senior high kids about the struggle for equality during the time of the civil rights moment.  It love how the author told the story from the view point of an innocent child putting you there in the middle of this shocking event in history.  I would highly recommend it.