Stacking the Shelves (41)

I'm doing very well with my commitment to avoid buying books. The only new books at Reading in Texas were the two free Audiobooks from the SYNC summer reading program. This week's books are set on the mighty Mississippi River.

Freebies:

Perfect for mid-grade kids, Crows and Cards relates the story of Zeb Crabtree. At 12 years old, it was time for him to become an apprentice and train for the job he would have as an adult. After considering various jobs, his parents ship him off to St. Louis to be trained as a tanner. But, en route aboard a steamship, Zeb takes up with a shifty gambler who convinces him to become his apprentice instead. Zeb is led to believe that his mentor is giving his earnings to support orphans and that the men who lose at the card games are cheaters who need to be taught a lesson. But he slowly comes to understand that the gambler is swindling the other players

And the companion title is the ever popular Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Mark Twain penned this Great American novel some 20 years after the War Between the States, satirizing the Southern antebellum society and particularly racism and slavery. Since Twain wrote in dialect, reading the text can be difficult, so having an audio rendition can be helpful to the student who has been assigned this work.

 

How about you? Any new books? You're invited to tell us all about it by joining the fun at Stacking the Shelves. According to the reviewers at Tynga's Reviews who host the meme:

Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!