Kids Book Index
Elaine Weiss
A fascinating account of the struggle to get Tennessee, the 36th state needed, to ratify the 19th Amendment. This book also makes an important connection between women’s suffrage and African American suffrage.
Desert Diary: Japanese American Kids behind Barbed WireMichael O. TunnellA moving primary source sheds light on the experience of Japanese American children imprisoned in a World War II internment camp.A classroom diary created by Japanese American children paints a vivid picture of daily life in a so-called "internment camp." Mae Yanagi was eight years old when she started school at Topaz…Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Saving SavannahTonya BoldenFrom acclaimed author Tonya Bolden comes the story of a teen girl becoming a woman on her own terms against the backdrop of widespread social change in the early 1900s.Savannah Riddle is lucky.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
AMERICAN AS PANEER PIESupriya KelkarA girl must choose between silence and speaking out against prejudice in her town.HISTORY/LIFE & CULTURE IN THE AMERICASLexile 840LATOS 5.4On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details