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The Angels Club series focuses on social issues like bullying, but also highlights diversity and horse therapy and rescue. The third book in our series, Angels Club 3: The Fight for Free Spirits is coming out in December, and it follows, Emily, a girl with cerebral palsy who wants to improve her show jumping skills and do something to help with the wild mustang problem in Nevada.
You can pick up book 1 for FREE and see how Jacinda Gonzalez helps a rescue horse and sets out to change the world with her own good deeds club.
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I love to see diversity in fiction, so for my post, I'm sharing a few more diverse books that I found and enjoyed.
Raised in a hotbed of arguments and fights, eleven-year-old Christine
Simms is the victim of her mother's temper and cruelty. A domestic
dispute ends in tragedy, sending the family into a tailspin. A
shocking discovery sends Christine on a quest to find the stranger who
left her behind in Jamaica. Determined to unravel the mystery of her
birth, Christine uses every tool at her disposal and treads with courage
where no child should.
Lily Renee, Escape Artist: From Holocaust Survivor to Comic Book Pioneer by Trina Robbins
Amazon ~ Free in Kindle UnlimitedRaised In 1938, Lily Renée Wilheim is a 14-year-old Jewish girl living in Vienna. Her days are filled with art and ballet. Then the Nazis march into Austria, and Lily's life is shattered overnight. Suddenly, her own country is no longer safe for her or her family. To survive, Lily leaves her parents behind and travels alone to England. Escaping the Nazis is only the start of Lily's journey. She must escape many more times—from servitude, hardship, and danger. Will she find a way to have her own sort of revenge on the Nazis? Follow the story of a brave girl who becomes an artist of heroes and a true pioneer in comic books.
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
AmazonFar
off the coast of California looms a harsh rock known as the island of
San Nicholas. Dolphins flash in the blue waters around it, sea otter
play in the vast kep beds, and sea elephants loll on the stony beaches. Here, in the early 1800s, according to history, an Indian girl spent eighteen years alone, and this beautifully written novel is her story.
And now,
Welcome to the 79th Kid Lit Blog Hop!
This exciting, monthly hop, is where we develop an engaged group of people who love everything that has to do with children's literature. Everyone is welcome to join us: bloggers, authors, publicist, and publishers!
Have you seen the new Kid Lit Blog Hopper Facebook fan page? This page has all the news and information related to the hop plus ongoing posts, giveaways, news articles, etc. related to Kid's Lit. Check it out and of course, please like the page.
So for our hop, please make sure that your posts are related to Children’s literature only and add it to the linky. (Please make sure to add your direct post only) If you are an author, feel free just to link to your blog.
Once you are done, then hop around to visit others. Please follow the co-host and visit at least the one-two people above your link. Please leave a comment when you do visit, we all like those.
Also, it would be appreciated if you grab the Kid Lit Blog Hop Badge and display it on your blog and/or your post. Note: Make sure you have the newest badge as the old one goes to the wrong page.
We would also be grateful if you tweet and/or posted on Facebook about the blog hop. Let’s grow this wonderful community.
Our next hop will be October 19, 2016. Thanks for sharing your great children's books with all of us! The hostess will be around to see you.Happy Hopping!
Reading Authors, Host
Julie Grasso
BeachBoundBooks
Cheryl Carpinello
Pragmatic Mom
The Logonauts
Spark and Pook
The Bookshelf Gargoyle
