Heart of darkness & selections from The Congo diary by Conrad, Joseph 

Paperback(Modern Library, 1999)

BTSB #: 236048 Available

Dewey: FAges: 12-18   


Genres: Multicultural Historical Fiction

Subjects: Europeans - Africa - Fiction Trading posts - Fiction Degeneration - Fiction Imperialism - Fiction Congo (Democratic Republic) - Description and travel Africa - Fiction

Summary: This novel is a complex meditation on colonialism, evil, and the thin line between civilization and barbarity written several years after the author's grueling sojourn in the Belgian Congo.

Salt : a story of friendship in a time of war by Frost, Helen 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC ;, 2015)

BTSB #: P03009 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   


Genres: Historical Fiction

Subjects: Novels in verse Frontier and pioneer life - Indiana - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Miami Indians - Fiction Native Americans - North America - Indiana - Fiction Trading posts - Fiction Fort Wayne (Ind.) - History|y19th century - Fiction United States - History|yWar of 1812 - Fiction

Summary: Twelve-year-olds Anikwa, of the Miami village of Kekionga, and James, of the trading post outside Fort Wayne, find their friendship threatened by the rising fear and tension brought by the War of 1812.