Three Rivers Rising by Jame Richards

"Father says he comes for the fishing,
but in truth he comes to keep an eye
on other businessmen."

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Summary: Sixteen-year-old Celestia is a wealthy member of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club, where she meets and falls in love with Peter, a hired hand who lives in the valley below, and by the time of the torrential rains that lead to the disastrous Johnstown flood of 1889, she has been disowned by her family and is staying with him in Johnstown. Includes an author's note and historical timeline.

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf; 280 pages

Crossing Stones by Helen Frost

"You'd better straighten out your mind, Young Lady."

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Summary: In their own voices, four young people, Muriel, Frank, Emma, and Ollie, tell f their experiences during the first World War, as the boys enlist and are sent overseas, Emma finishes school, and Muriel fights for peace and women's suffrage.

Publisher: Frances Foster Books, 184 pages

Tropical Secrets: Holocaust Refugees in Cuba by Margarita Engle

"Last year in Berlin,
on the Night of Crystal,
my grandfather was killed
while I held his hand."

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Abstract: Escaping from Nazi Germany to Cuba in 1939, a young Jewish refugee dreams of finding his parents again, befriends a local girl with painful secrets of her own, and discovers that the Nazi darkness is never far away.

Publisher: Henry Holt; 198 pages