This is a booktalk I did for a library school class assignment. I’ve included the transcript: “Who are we? Where do we live? What can we do? What makes us human?” These questions, and more, are raised in the book Greetings from Planet Earth by award winning author, Barbara Kerley. In 1977, the Voyager 2 [...]
Bibliography: Godbersen, Anna. 2007. The Luxe. New York: HarperCollins. ISBN: 9780061345661. Plot Summary: The Holland sisters are old money in 1890s New York. But since their father died, their financial circumstances have run into problems. Beautiful and prim Elizabeth agrees to marry Henry Schoonmaker to save her family, although she loves someone else. Her fake [...]
Bibliography: Cushman, Karen. 1995. The Midwife’s Apprentice. Prince Frederick, MD: Recorded Books; Made available electronically by NetLibrary, p1996. Plot Summary: The story opens with a young girl who is orphaned, homeless, and has no name. She is eventually called Brat, then Beetle, and finally through her trials and tribulations deems herself worthy of a real [...]
Bibliography: Cushman, Karen. 1995. The Midwife’s Apprentice. Prince Frederick, MD: Recorded Books; Made available electronically by NetLibrary, p1996. Plot Summary: The story opens with a young girl who is orphaned, homeless, and has no name. She is eventually called Brat, then Beetle, and finally through her trials and tribulations deems herself worthy of a real [...]
Bibliography: Freedman, Russell. 1987. Lincoln: A photobiography. New York, N.Y.: Clarion Books. ISBN: 0899193803. Plot Summary: This award winning biography covers the life of one of the most important figures in American history with high-resolution mid-19th century photography and reprints of handwritten documents composed by Lincoln. The life of the sixteenth president is covered from [...]
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