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Lexile/Reading Level
Recommended for 6-9 Grade

Genre/Category
Biographies | History | Nonfiction | Religion

Topic
Biography | Christian | Religion | Saints
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Saints and Heroes Since the Middle Ages (Yesterday’s Classics)

Author: Hodges, GeorgePart of a Series: Yesterday's Classics

1912. This volume contains sketches on the following Saints and heroes: Martin Luther; Sir Thomas More; St. Ignatius Loyola; Thomas Cranmer; John Calvin; John Knox; Gaspard de Coligny; William the Silent; William Brewster; William Laud; Oliver Cromwell; John Bunyan; George Fox; John Wesley. Illustrated with many paintings and drawings of the Saints and heroes.

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Lexile/Reading Level
Recommended for 6-9 Grade

Genre/Category
Biographies | Nonfiction | Religion

Topic
Christian | Religion | Saints
Format
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Saints and Heroes to the End of the Middle Ages (Yesterday’s Classics)

Author: Hodges, GeorgePart of a Series: Yesterday's Classics

An excellent introduction to the history of the church through portraits of twenty of the most important saints and heroes of the faith from the third century A.D. to the time of the Reformation. Includes Cyprian, Athanasius, Ambrose, Chrysostom, Jerome, Augustine, Benedict, Gregory the Great, Columba, Charlemagne, Hildebrand, Anselm, Bernard, Becket, Langton, Dominic, Francis, Wycliffe, Hus, and Savonarola. Suitable for ages 11 and up.

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Lexile/Reading Level
Recommended for 6-10 Grade

Genre/Category
Biographies | Nonfiction | Science

Historical Time Period
Middle Ages
Date
1500s
Topic
Astronomy | Galileo | Religion | Scientists
Geographic Region
Europe | Italy
Main Character
Man/Men
Format
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Galileo and the Magic Numbers

Author: Rosen, Sidney

A biography of the 16th-century mathematician, physicist, and astronomer who dared to question the scientific theories set up by Aristotle and the Church.

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Lexile/Reading Level
Recommended for 6-12 Grade

Genre/Category
Fantasy | Fiction

Topic
Allegory | Christian | Journey | Religion
Main Character
Boy(s) | Woman/Women
Format
Book | Ebook

Pilgrim’s Progress, Part 2: Christiana

Author: Bunyan, JohnPart of a Series: Pilgrim's Progress

In Pilgrim s Progress, Christian set off on a voyage from the City of Destruction to reach the eternal sanctuary of Celestial City. But he had to endure a harsh journey to the Promised Land alone. Pilgrim’s Progress, Volume 2 returns us to this mythical realm as Christian s wife and sons seek out that same heavenly haven. But like Christian, the family must face the odds, obstacles and opposition to enter the kingdom of glory.

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Lexile/Reading Level
Recommended for 7-12 Grade

Genre/Category
Adventure | Fiction | Historical

Historical Time Period
Middle Ages
Date
1600s
Topic
30 Years War | Military and Wars | Persecution | Religion
Geographic Region
Europe | France
Main Character
Boy(s)
Format
Book | Ebook

Won by the Sword: A Story of the Thirty Years’ War

Author: Henty, G. A.

This book picks up where “The Lion of the North” left off, in the story of the Thirty Years War. As Hector Campbell answers an officer’s questions about the make-believe war that he and his fellow-comrades are doing Hector never imagines it could be the great Turenne. But before long Hector is counted a part of Turenne’s household, where he is involved in several dangerous escapades. First Hector, along with his boy-servant Paolo, creep through the town of Turin and send a message into the citadel, where a group of Protestants are holding out against the Catholics and their friends, something that quite a few had found impossible to do. Later, Hector, along with five friends, rescues the Baroness of Blenfiox and her daughter Norah from an attack by several hundred peasants. Hector also stumbles into a robber’s den, where he and his retainer must fight for their lives. But the gallant officer does not stop there, instead he not only thwarts a plan to kill Marzarin, but also kills Monsieur de Beauvais, a very good swordsman who challenged Hector to a duel. This book is full of courage, a book that you will benefit greatly from. And for anyone who likes history, this book is a must!

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Lexile/Reading Level
690L

Genre/Category
Fantasy | Fiction | Picture Book

Topic
Folk Lore | Good and Evil | Jews or Jewish | Religion
Geographic Region
Czechoslovakia | Europe
Award-Winning Book
Caldecott | Caldecott Medal
Format
Book | Ebook

Golem

Author: Wisniewski, David

Retold from traditional sources and accompanied by David Wisniewski’s unique cut-paper illustrations, Golem is a dramatic tale of supernatural forces invoked to save an oppressed people. It also offers a thought-provoking look at the consequences of unleashing power beyond human control. The afterword discusses the legend of the golem and its roots in the history of the Jews. A Caldecott Medal Book.

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Lexile/Reading Level
Recommended for 9-12 Grade & Adult

Genre/Category
Biographies | Nonfiction | Religion

Historical Time Period
Modern
Date
2008
Topic
Islams | Marriage and Divorce | Religion | Rescues
Geographic Region
Middle East | Yemen
Main Character
Girl(s)
Format
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I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced

Author: Ali, Nujood

“I’m a simple village girl who has always obeyed the orders of my father and brothers. Since forever, I have learned to say yes to everything. Today I have decided to say no.”

Nujood Ali’s childhood came to an abrupt end in 2008 when her father arranged for her to be married to a man three times her age. With harrowing directness, Nujood tells of abuse at her husband’s hands and of her daring escape. With the help of local advocates and the press, Nujood obtained her freedom—an extraordinary achievement in Yemen, where almost half of all girls are married under the legal age. Nujood’s courageous defiance of both Yemeni customs and her own family has inspired other young girls in the Middle East to challenge their marriages. Hers is an unforgettable story of tragedy, triumph, and courage.

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Lexile/Reading Level
Recommended for 9-12 Grade & Adult

Genre/Category
Biographies | Nonfiction

Historical Time Period
Modern
Date
1970s
Topic
Biography | Fire | Honor | Islams | Religion
Geographic Region
Middle East | West Bank
Main Character
Woman/Women
Format
Book | Ebook

Burned Alive: A Survivor of an “Honor Killing” Speaks Out

Author: Marie-Thérèse

When Souad was seventeen she fell in love. In her West Bank village, as in so many others, sex before marriage is considered a grave dishonor to one’s family and is punishable by death. This was her crime. Her brother-in-law was given the task of meting out her punishment. One morning while Souad was washing the family’s clothes, he poured gasoline over her and set her on fire. Miraculously, she survived, rescued by women of her village, who put out the flames and took her to a local hospital. Horribly burned over seventy percent of her body and still denounced by her family, Souad was able to receive the care she needed only after the intervention of a European aid worker. Now in permanent exile from her homeland, she has decided to tell her story and reveal the barbarity of a practice that continues to this day. Burned Alive …is the first true account ever published by a victim of an “honor crime.” Souad’s inspiring testimony is a shocking, moving, and harrowing story of cruelty and incomparable courage…and an inspiring call to action to end a heinous tradition.

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Lexile/Reading Level
920L

Genre/Category
Adventure | Fiction | Historical

Historical Time Period
Israel/Palestine War | Modern
Date
1940s
Topic
God's leading | Jews or Jewish | Middle East | Military and Wars | Religion
Geographic Region
Holy Land | Israel | Middle East
Award-Winning Book
National Jewish Book Award
Format
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Exodus

Author: Uris, Leon

Exodus is an international publishing phenomenon–the towering novel of the twentieth century’s most dramatic geopolitical event. Leon Uris magnificently portrays the birth of a new nation in the midst of enemies–the beginning of an earthshaking struggle for power. Here is the tale that swept the world with its fury: the story of an American nurse, an Israeli freedom fighter caught up in a glorious, heartbreaking, triumphant era. Here is Exodus –one of the great best-selling novels of all time.

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Lexile/Reading Level
Recommended for 9-12 Grade & Adult

Genre/Category
Fiction | Historical

Historical Time Period
Modern
Date
1800s
Topic
Italians | Mystery | Religion
Geographic Region
Europe | Italy
Main Character
Man/Men
Award-Winning Book
Independent Foreign Fiction Prize Nominee for Shortlist | Kniha roku
Format
Audiobook | Book | Ebook

Prague Cemetery

Author: Eco, Umberto

19th-century Europe—from Turin to Prague to Paris—abounds with the ghastly and the mysterious. Conspiracies rule history. Jesuits plot against Freemasons. Italian republicans strangle priests with their own intestines. French criminals plan bombings by day and celebrate Black Masses at night. Every nation has its own secret service, perpetrating forgeries, plots, and massacres. From the unification of Italy to the Paris Commune to the Dreyfus Affair to The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, Europe is in tumult and everyone needs a scapegoat. But what if, behind all of these conspiracies both real and imagined, lay one lone man? What if that evil genius created its most infamous document? 

Eco takes his readers here on an unforgettable journey through the underbelly of world-shattering events. This is Eco at his most exciting, a book immediately hailed as his masterpiece.  

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2nd140-500L
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