Jane Addams: Champion of Democracy - Judith Bloom FradinPresents a biography of Jane Addams, suffragist, civil rights activist, and founder of Hull House in the slums of Chicago that draws from hundreds of historical documents and contains archival photographs of her life and activities.
Beowulf - Michael Morpurgo
A retelling in prose of the Anglo-Saxon epic about the heroic efforts of Beowulf, son of Edgetheow, to save the people of Heorot hall from the terrible monster, Grendel.
The Kin - Peter Dickinson
Suth and five other children may be all that's left of their Kin - the Moonhawks. Told in four parts, the story follows Suth, the oldest, as he leads this small group even though he is not yet a man; Noli, who can sense danger and sometimes even see the future; Ko, the young, impulsive boy determined to be a hero; and Mana, whose strong heart is always in search of peace - for the Kin and herself.
The Loud Silence of Francine Green - Karen Cushman
In 1949, thirteen-year-old Francine goes to Catholic school in Los Angeles where she becomes best friends with a girl who questions authority and is frequently punished by the nuns, causing Francine to question her own values.
My Name Is Sally Little Song - Brenda WoodsWhen their owner plans to sell one of them in 1802, twelve-year-old Sally and her family run away from their Georgia plantation to look for both freedom from slavery and a home in Florida with the Seminole Indians.
Street Love - Walter Dean Myers
This story told in free verse is set against a background of street gangs and poverty in Harlem in which seventeen-year-old African American Damien takes a bold step to ensure that he and his new love will not be separated.
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