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Blue Birds by Caroline Starr Rose6/29/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Parvana’s father-a history teacher until his school was bombed and his health destroyed-works from a blanket on the ground in the marketplace, reading letters for people who cannot read or write. It’s 1942, after the attack on Pearl Harbor, and Manami and her family are Japanese American, which means that the government says they must leave their home by the sea and join other Japanese Americans at a prison camp in the desert.Įleven-year-old Parvana lives with her family in one room of a bombed-out apartment building in Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital city during the Taliban’s rule. Ten-year-old Manami has a peaceful life with her family on Bainbridge Island. This is a story that addresses Japanese internment camps in America. Here are 10 historical fiction novels about tween girls ages 9 to 12: 1. ![]() I’ve found this is an engaging factor for lots of kids, particularly tweens. My daughter is nearly 10 years old and an avid reader, but she has one rule: The book she reads must be about a girl her age. ![]()
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