So You Want to Be President by Judith St. George

Historical Fiction 1194 Comments

So You Want to Be President? by Judith St. George: Book CoverThis book is about the past presidents, from George Bush to Bill Clinton, it tells their biography is a comical way. It offers facts, and comments said about each president while in office. They tell about all of the perks of being in office, having to do chores, and the downside of being president, scandals, etc.

Let Them Play

Historical Fiction 2312 Comments

Let Them Play is a book about a black little league baseball team who were unable to play in the little league world series due to the time they lived in.  This book takes place in segregated, SC in 1955.  It deals with the happenings of the civil rights also.  In this book the boys traveled to play in the world series but were unable to because there were no white teams that would play them.  I feel this book is a memoir of Jackie Robinson because he was teh first black to be in the league.  The illustrations are beautifully drawn in this book and it depicts exaclty how things happen during that time. 

A Woman for President-The Story of Victoria Woodhull by Kathleen Krull

Non-Fiction/Informational 505 Comments

Victoria Woodhull was the first woman to run for president, the first woman to have a seat on the stock exchange, the first woman to own a newspaper, and the first woman to speak before Congress. She was born in poverty, she was the seventh of ten children. Because her family was so poor, she began working at age eight as a child preacher. When she got older, she knew she wanted a better life. She married, divorced, moved to New York City, and became a millionaire by offering Cornelius Vanderbilt financial advice from the spirit world.  Through all of that, she still wanted more. She wanted to address and challenge society’s strict limitations on women. She announced herself as the first female president candidate for the presidency of the United States. She founded her newspaper to publicize her 1872 campaign. Even though she did not win, she made history and times for women would never be the same.

Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman and Caroline Binch

Contemporary Realistic Fiction 835 Comments

Amazing Grace is a book about a little girl named Grace. She is a very energetic girl who loves to act out stories when they are read to her. When she finds out that her class is performing the play “Peter Pan”, she wants to try out for the main character, Peter Pan. Her classmates disapprove of her because she is a girl and the part of Peter Pan is a boy, and also because she is black. Despite her classmates disapproval, Grace is reminded by her grandmother that she can do anything she puts her mind to. With that said, Grace tries out for the part, and wows her classmates and teacher. Because of her awesome performance, she gets the role of Peter Pan.