Kids Book Index
Annie Boochever, with Roy Peratrovich, Jr
“No Natives or Dogs Allowed,” blared the storefront sign at Elizabeth Peratrovich, then a young Alaska Native Tlingit. The sting of those words would stay with her all her life.
Survivors of the Holocaust: True Stories of Six Extraordinary ChildrenKath ShackletonA compelling collection of six little-known, true stories of child Holocaust survivors, told in graphic novel formatNine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Her Own Two Feet: A Rwandan Girl’s Brave Fight to WalkMeredith Davis, Rebeka UwitonzeThrough her eyes, the moving story of a young Rwandan girl born with clubfeet and the risk she takes for the chance to walk on the bottoms of her feet for the first time.Rebeka Uwitonze was born in Rwanda with curled and twisted feet, which meant she had to crawl or be…Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Fighting for the Forest: How FDR’s Civilian Conservation Corps Helped Save AmericaP. O’Connell PearsonIn an inspiring middle grade nonfiction work, P. O’Connell Pearson tells the story of the Civilian Conservation Corps—one of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal projects that helped save a generation of Americans.When Franklin D. Roosevelt took office in March 1933, the United States was on the brink of economic collapse and environmental…Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details