To get you started on the Bookstorm™ Books …
America in the 1950s
Edmund Lindop with Sarah Decapua
21
st Century Books, 2010
Topic-centered chapters, e.g.: the transition from WWII, the Korean War, the 50’s economy and society, the Red Scare
Photo-illustrated
Report material galore, including substantial back matter
Bat 6
Virginia Euwer Wolff
Scholastic, 1998
In rural Oregon not long after WWII, the annual softball game between 6
th grade girls from two towns is a cauldron of secrets, simmering racism, class divide, hope and friendship.
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