Kids Book Index
Ellen Weinstein
Five children, from five different cultures and in five different decades, grow up in the same building on the Lower East Side of New York City.A CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young PeopleJenny Epstein and her family arrive on a steamship from Russia in the 1910s.
Toypurina: Japchivit Leader, Medicine Woman, Tongva RebelCheyenne M. Stone, Glenda ArmandTired of being subjected to Spanish colonization, medicine woman Toypurina led a revolt against the San Gabriel mission in California on October 25, 1785.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Claudette Colvin: I Want Freedom Now!Claudette Colvin, Phillip HooseFifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin is tired. Tired of white people thinking they’re better than her. Tired of going to separate schools and separate bathrooms.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Freedom BraidsMonique DuncanGather the midnight strands, tend the roots that gave you life, weave hopes into pathways— paths that lead you home. Day after day, Nemy sows seeds, pulls weeds, and strips leaves in the sugarcane plantation where she is enslaved.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details