CINNAMON, The Cat On The James Webb Telescope CANNELLE, Le Chat Sur Le T�LESCOPE James Webb
by Genny Heywood
Rosa Parks (Childhood of Famous Americans ) (History's All-Stars)
by Kathleen Kudlinski
Describes the courageous childhood of the woman who is most known for her refusal to sit at the back of the bus that set off one of the most famous battles for civil rights, and surveys her later work and accomplishments.
The Glorious Adventures of the Sunshine Queen
by Geraldine McCaughrean
When a diphtheria outbreak forces twelve-year-old Cissy to leave her Oklahoma hometown in the 1890s, she and her two classmates embark on a wild adventure down the Missouri River with a team of traveling actors who are living on a dilapidated paddle steamer.
A family divided, a country going to war, and a girl desperate to feel at home converge in this stunning novel in verse. Selected for Kids Indies Introduce List AND Kids Indie Next List It's early September 2001, and twelve-year-old Abbey is the new kid at school. Again. I worry about people speaking to me / and worry just the same / when they don't. Tennessee is her family's latest stop in a series of moves due to her dad's work in the Army, but this one might be different. Her school is...
Read Margaret's account of the Titanic disaster.
The powerful, unforgettable and multi-award-winning New York Times bestseller. Told in vivid and emotional poetry, this is the story of a childhood spent between New York and South Carolina, and of never truly feeling at home in either place. Of growing up as an African-American girl in the 1960s and 1970s, in the wake of the Civil Rights movement. Of discovering the first sparks of an incredible gift for writing, which would last a lifetime. And of one girl's search for her voice, her identity...
Eleven-year-old Emma's life in Tokyo changes for the worse when she and her American mother, who is pregnant, must move in with her Japanese grandmother the summer before 9/11 changes the world.
Barris and The Prince of Rappa (The Barris Books, #1)
by Brandt Ricca
The Plot Against the King 2,000 Mules (The Plot Against the King)
by Kash Patel
A twelve-year-old boy and his dog become trapped in New Orleans during the horrors of Hurricane Katrina.
A heroic tale of boats, large and small, teaming up and lending a hand in a time of need, based on the true story of a community that came together to rescue survivors of Hurricane Katrina. When the wind is high and the barometer is low, it can mean only one thing: Hurricane! In the aftermath of a terrible storm, a coastal community is left in shambles, with thousands of people stranded on cars or rooftops. The Coast Guard is stretched to its limit, and all along the coast, schooners and sloops...
Set during the confusion following the terrorist attacks of September 11, the story begins when a history teacher asks his students to write a report based on an interview with someone who has a different viewpoint from their own. As they fan out into the community and encounter people of diverse backgrounds, opinions, and prejudices, the teens quickly realize that the story cannot be reduced to simple dichotomies of good versus evil or us versus them.