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HURRICANE KATRINA, 2005
Grade Range
Title
Author
K-2nd
Marvelous Cornelius: Hurricane Katrina and the Spirit of New Orleans
Phil Bildner
1st-4th
Trombone Shorty
Troy Andrews
5th-8th
Zane and the Hurricane
Rodman Philbrick
7th & Up
Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans
Don Brown
THE ATTACKS OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2001
Grade Range
Title
Author
2nd-5th
14 Cows for America
Carmen Agra Deedy
4th-6th
Towers Falling
Jewell Parker Rhodes
THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG, 1863
Grade Range
Title
Author
4th & Up
Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, their lives and dreams brought to
life
Ashley Bryan
7th & Up
Florence Nightingale: The Courageous Life of the Legendary Nurse
Catherine Reef
THE SHARK ATTACKS OF 1916
5th-8th
The Great White Shark Scientist
Sy Montgomery
THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC, 1912
3rd-5th
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All Stations! Distress!: April 15, 1912, the Day The Titanic Sank
Don Brown
THE BOMBING OF PEARL HARBOR, 1941
Grade Range
Title
Author
K-3rd
The Secret Project
Jonah Winter
2nd-5th
Dorothea's Eyes: Dorothea Lange Photographs the Truth
Barb Rosenstock
3rd-6th
Dash
Kirby Larson
4th-6th
Paper Wishes
Lois Sepahban
4th-8th
Full Cicada Moon
Marilyn Hilton
5th-8th
Wolf Hollow
Lauren Wolk
6th-8th
Dive! WWII Stories of Sailors and Submarines in the Pacific
Deborah Hopkinson
7th & Up
Uprooted: The Japanese American Experience During World War II
Albert Marrin
THE NAZI INVASION, 1944
K-3rd
The Secret Project
Jonah Winter
5th-8th
Wolf Hollow
Lauren Wolk
5th & Up
The Plot to Kill Hitler: Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Spy, Unlikely Hero
Patricia McCormick
6 -8
We Will Not Be Silent: The White Rose Student Resistance Movement
That Defied Adolf Hitler
Russell Freedman
6th-9th
Shadow on the Mountain
Margi Preus
7th & Up
Uprooted: The Japanese American Experience During World War II
Albert Marrin
8th & Up
The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill
Club
Phillip Hoose
th th
THE GREAT CHICAGO FIRE, 1871
K-3rd
Fiona’s Lace
Patricia Polacco
THE HINDENBURG DISASTER, 1937
3rd & Up
Basher Science: The Complete Periodic Table: Elements with Style
Adrian Dingle
5th-7th
The Hindenburg in Flames: How a Photograph Marked the End of the
Airship
Michael Burgan
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THE JAPANESE TSUNAMI, 2011
4th-6th
The Turn of the Tide
Rosanne Parry
THE JOPLIN TORNADO, 2011
1st-5th
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Green City: How One Community Survived a Tornado and Rebuilt for
a Sustainable Future
Alan Drummond