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November #BookSpin is a middle grade historical fiction I've been wanting to read. #Doublespin is my #AuthorAMonth selection!

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Week 9: Historical Fiction. story discusses an immigrants journey to the United States. Highlights the struggles and adventures when making this great mission. Published: 2019.

“The next day, Mary walked through the rubble of their destroyed house. They had never had anything but now they had nothing. Mary realized how different those two conditions were.”

The Dust Bowl in the 1930s drove families to California, away from the destruction. The photo on this book cover was taken by Dorothea Lange, who aimed to document the lives of those unfortunate families.

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Very interesting subject, but it meanders a little in the middle.

MYSTERY - HISTORICAL FICTION - MURDER MIXED WITH LAUGHTER

Chicago, Chicago my kind of town.....but at the moment it definitely wasn‘t Amos Jansen‘s kind of town since he is being accused of murder.

A history lesson with many names you will want to look up to find out what part they played in America‘s history of unions and civil liberties.

Murder mixed with laughter make this book an historical page turner.

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In the “Dirty Thirties”, families were torn apart by poverty and dire circumstances. The found family, hardships, and resiliency of the characters was wonderful.

Setting is rural Arkansas, 1933 in the thick of the Great Depression. Interesting premise but was challenging to keep the characters and their storylines straight and failed to capture the imagination. Not for me and bailed at 60% ☹️

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Made it 10% in. Couldn‘t follow it at all so I‘m bailing.

This is the memoir of Adele Crockett Robertson, also known as "Kitty", found by her daughter after she passed away in 1979 and published in 1995. It documents the years she worked tirelessly to save the family apple orchard during the Great Depression. While decades have separated us from this history, the story itself is timeless.

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Today‘s Prompt: LUGGAGE ON THE COVER

Babies, folks helping each other, and a difficult, but wonderful era.

One of those books you won't want to put down because the characters are so wholesome and because the story is so homey and heartwarming. Patience and Becky are characters you would want for a friend.

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