• Choke Creek

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    Choke Creek
    Lauren Small
    Bridle Pass Press, 2008
    Fiction/Historical Fiction
    ISBN: 0615220118
    299 pages

    Synopsis

    Set in the vivid, clear light of the West, Choke Creek tells the story of two families who trace their roots to the Indian Wars. Fifteen-year-old Evie Glauber is descended from the newspaperman who reported on the famous Battle of Choke Creek, while Eason Swale, the boy she loves, is the great-grandson of a cavalryman who fought in it. Eason enlists in the Army and goes to Vietnam, but when he comes back a deserter, everything Evie believes in is thrown into question—including the truth about what really happened on the banks of Choke Creek.

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    The Wednesday Wars

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    The Wednesday Wars
    Gary D. Schmidt
    Clarion Books, 2007
    Historical Fiction
    ISBN: 0618724834
    < 272 pages
    Newbery Honor Book

    Synopsis

    Holling Hoodhood is a normal 7th grader, just trying to get by and emerge from middle school as unscathed as possible. However, his new teacher Mrs. Baker has made this a bit difficult for him.

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