Kids Book Index
Michaela MacColl
Set in the late 1800s, here is the story of Ning, a Chinese American girl who struggles to find her place in the world when she is forced to leave her home in Shanghai to go live in America with a father she barely knows.
In the Shadow of the Fallen Towers: The Seconds, Minutes, Hours, Days, Weeks, Months, and Years after the 9/11 AttacksDon BrownA graphic novel chronicling the immediate aftermath and rippling effects of September 11, 2001. The consequences of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York City, both political and personal, were vast, and continue to reverberate today.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Law and Justice Separate No More: The Long Road to Brown v. Board of EducationLawrence GoldstoneCritically acclaimed author Lawrence Goldstone offers an affecting portrait of the road to the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case, which significantly shaped the United States and effectively ended segregation.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
We Must Not Forget: Holocaust Stories of Survival and ResistanceDeborah HopkinsonSibert Honor author Deborah Hopkinson unearths the heroic stories of Jewish survivors from different countries so that we may never forget the past.Scholastic Focus is the premier home of thoroughly researched, beautifully written, and thoughtfully designed works of narrative nonfiction aimed at middle-grade and young adult readers.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details