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Crossing Stones
High School, Historical Fiction, Middle School, Poetic NovelOn this day in history, the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, World War I ended in 1918. America’s involvement came late in the conflict, and, in fact, most of the books written about World War I for young readers have originated in England. But Crossing Stones by Helen Frost, written entirely […]
Family, History, Women, Women's Suffrage, World War IFeatured on November 11
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