Kids Book Index
Brenda Woods
In the summer of 1946, twelve-year-old Gabriel Haberlin forms a friendship with an African American World War II veteran in South Carolina. Gabriel is white, and the friendship changes how he understands the town around him. Through their relationship, he confronts racism in the Jim Crow South and the unwelcoming conditions faced by the veteran after returning from war.
This book appears on 2 reading lists across 1 edition from 2 organizations.
Her Own Two Feet: A Rwandan Girl’s Brave Fight to WalkMeredith Davis, Rebeka UwitonzeRebeka Uwitonze, a nine-year-old girl from Rwanda, was born with clubfeet that left her crawling rather than walking on the soles of her feet. Her story follows the risky trip she makes to the United States for surgery, seeking the chance to walk differently for the first time. The account centers on her experience of a condition that shaped her movement and on the difficult journey undertaken for treatment.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Never Caught, The Story of Ona Judge: George and Martha Washington’s Courageous Slave Who Dared to Run AwayErica Armstrong Dunbar, Kathleen Van CleveIn 1796, Ona Judge was a 22-year-old enslaved servant of George and Martha Washington. She escaped from the president’s Philadelphia home and sought freedom in New Hampshire. This young readers edition recounts her flight from enslavement by the Washington family, then among the most powerful families in the United States. It places Judge’s escape within the history of slavery in early America.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Women Who Caught the Babies: A Story of African American MidwivesEloise GreenfieldThis poetry collection traces the part African American midwives have played in welcoming babies and caring for families. An opening section gives broader context on midwifery, while poems move from Africa and slavery through emancipation, the early 1900s, and the early 2000s. They show shifting conditions: women gaining freedom, a midwife summoned by horse and buggy, and later arriving by car. Across these changing eras, the poems return to the pain and love bound up with birth. The final poem honors Miss Rovenia Mayo, the midwife present at the author’s birth.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details