Book List for Social Studies

Book Title	Author	Level	Abstract	Time Period
The Egypt Game	Snyder, Zilpha Keatley	6.4	It is only a game for six children, until an oracle tells the truth and a murderer appears.	Ancient Egypt
Year of Impossible Goodbyes	Choi, Sook Nyul	5.6	The story of 10 year old Sookan and her family who live in Korea during Japanese military occupation. Then the Communist Russians take over. Here is the incredible story of one family’s love for each other and their determination to risk everything to find freedom.	WWII
Ancient Greek Women	Middleton, Haydn	6.8	This book describes the life, clothing, and work of ancient Greek women.	Ancient Greece
Your Travel Guide to Renaissance Europe	Day, Nancy	6.5	This book takes readers on a journey back in time in order to experience life in Europe during the Renaissance, describing clothing, accommodations, foods, local customs, transportation, a few notable personalities, and more.	Renaissance Europe
At Her Majesty’s Request: an African princess in Victorian England	Myers, Walter Dean	6.3	Sarah Forbes Bonetta was an African princess whose parents were murdered. A British naval officer rescued her and brought her to England, where she became the protégée of Queen Victoria.	Victorian England
In the Line of Fire: eight women war spies	Sullivan, George	5.4	The incredible stories of eight women spies whose adventures were exciting, ingenious, and often tragic, for they sometimes paid with their lives	Revolutionary War, Civil War, WWI, and WWII
Farewell to Manzanar	Houston, James D. and Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston	6.7	The true story of one spirited Japanese American family’s attempt to survive the detention camps…and of a native-born American child who discovered what it was like to grow up behind barbed wire in the United States.	WWII
Slavery in Ancient Greece and Rome	Greene, Jacqueline Dembar	7.1	The book traces the history of slavery in these ancient cultures.	Ancient Greece and Rome
Children and Games in the Middle Ages	Elliot, Lynne	7.1	In the Middle Ages, a family's position in society determined where children lived, what type of education they received, and what games they played. This book shows how children spent their days in medieval times.	Medieval times
The Secret of Castle Cant	Bath, K.P	6.6	When twelve-toed orphan Lucy Wickwright is brought to Castle Cant to be serving girl to the Baron's daughter, the Adored & Honorable Pauline, she becomes involved with revolutionaries and uncovers surprising palace intrigues.	Medieval Life mixed with contemporary characters.