New Book Highlight: Light and Air by Mindy Nichols Wendell
Genre: Historical Fiction
Suggested Age: 8-14 years old
Light and Air takes place in the 1930s and shows the widespread impact of tuberculosis. Halle’s mother falls ill and is taken to a nearby sanitorium, which treats tuberculosis patients with sunlight and fresh air. Halle struggles with a strained relationship with her father and fallout from her classmates, before she mysteriously becomes sick and must also move to the sanitorium. This is a beautiful book that shows family struggles and building new friendships in unexpected places. It also includes some reference notes at the end, which explains more about early tuberculosis treatment and compares the story to reality. This is a great book for readers who love to read about history, with a light mystery mixed in!
Read this if you like: books based on history, Refugee by Alan Gratz, Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ignalls Wilder, I Survived series
Light and Air is available in print, and as an ebook on the Boundless app!
by Alyssa Young, Youth Services Assistant
