Recs if you like Esperanza Rising...

I know there are already several lists with a California theme, but I am hoping this acts as a syllabus of sorts for books that deal with the core myth, history, violence, dream, and contradiction of California. Suggestions are welcome!

Books that take a look at life in 1930s era America - time of the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression.

list includes both fiction and nonfiction

From the light-hearted, to the silly, to the thought-provoking. Genres ranging from contemporary, to historical fiction, to fantasy.

The books your teacher made you read between the ages of 11-14. They changed the way you saw the world, they made you realize books were more than just goofy or sentimental stories you gobbled up before bedtime, and they stuck with you, all these years later.

Suggestions welcome, especially from non-American readers!!

Note: this list was made by a Millennial, so I'd love to hear from some different generations! What did your teachers assign you?

Recommended Latino and Hispanic books. Leave other Recs in comments.

books i got lost in during quiet reading time as a kid (and maybe you did too)

the library books you probably read to score that Book-It personal pan pizza

History, ecology, & beauty of California

Pair with "Level 6 – American History, Part 2" book.

Whether they are from our childhood, adulthood, or maybe both… these books are special and forever apart of our reading journey. Let’s take a second and read a book we never did as a child, or re-read the books that made us the reader we are today. Yay for healing our inner child!

Options for Novel Studies for 6th Grade

All of the books in this list were either read when I was a kid, or gave that comforting nostalgic feeling when reading it as an adult.

Aren’t you glad that we’re never too old for a whimsical read?

Oregon Battle of the Books