#WorldKidLit Wednesday: Genocide, revised & expanded edition

Posted on by lynmillerlachmann
Cover of Genocide

First published in 2006, this revised and expanded edition of Genocide updates information and case studies through the beginning of 2024. This allows the author to address both the brutal October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas on Israeli communities and a music festival, and the Israeli Defense Force’s bombardment of and withholding of humanitarian supplies from Palestinian … Continue reading #WorldKidLit Wednesday: Genocide, revised & expanded edition

#WorldKidLit Wednesday: Ironhead, or, Once a Young Lady

Posted on by Nanette McGuinness

1808. The Napoleonic wars. In Ghent, a draft for the Emperor’s army is looming and the respectable Hoste family is in financial trouble.  From the very first sentence, Ironhead, or, Once a Young Lady is the engaging story of the two oldest Hoste siblings, 18-year-old Constance ("Stance") and her entitled 14-year-old brother Pieter (Piers), whom … Continue reading #WorldKidLit Wednesday: Ironhead, or, Once a Young Lady