Education For Mission
THE BREADWINNER
Deborah Ellis 170 pages
Groundwood Books, 2000 (#03516) $5.95
Imagine living in a country in which women and girls are not allowed to leave the house without a man and must wear clothes that cover every part of their bodies, including their faces whenever they go out. This was life in Afghanistan when the Taliban, an extreme religious group, ran most of the country. This book is a resource for a current issue.
A STONE IN MY HAND
Cathryn Clinton Hardcover/191 pages
Candlewick Press, 2002 (#03572) $16.00
Written with empathy and honesty, A Stone in My Hand takes readers into the world of children who live in oppressed circumstances but have hope.
Nurturing For Community
BREAKING THROUGH
Francisco Jimenez 200 pages
Houghton Mifflin Company, 2001 (#03517) $6.95
Breaking Through is one boy’s struggle to survive in California’s migrant worker camps and in school. This memoir is also about a Mexican family’s love for each other and their desire to stay together.
ONE TRUE FRIEND
Joyce Hansen Hardcover/154 pages
Houghton Mifflin Company, 2001 (#03555) $14.00
Best buddies Doris and Amir return in Joyce Hansen’s One True Friend. The story unwinds through letters revealing the connection between the two lonely friends who live in cities that are worlds apart.
A STEP FROM HEAVEN
An Na Hardcover/156 pages
Front Street, 2001 (#03571) $15.95
In this novel, a young girl describes her family’s bittersweet experience in the United States after they emigrate from Korea. Incidents in the life of Young Ju paint a compelling portrait of struggles rewarded, costs carefully measured and success haunted by a sense of loss.
Social Action
THERE COMES A TIME: THE STRUGGLE FOR CIVIL
RIGHTS
Milton Meltzer 194 pages
Random House, 2001 (#03577) $9.00
This book examines the Civil Rights Movement and events that came before it. An unflinching look at the history of racism in the United States, it is important reading for young or old.
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