Trouble Don’t Last by Shelley Pearsall
Eleven-year-old Samuel was born enslaved, and working the Kentucky farm is the only life he’s ever known. Then with no warning Harrison, a fellow slave, pulls Samuel from his bed, and, together they run. Samuel is not sure what freedom means aside from running, hiding, and starving. But as they move from one refuge to the next on the Underground Railroad, Samuel uncovers the secret of his own past—and future. And old Harrison begins to see past a whole lifetime of hurt to the promise of a new life. Includes a historical note and map.
Yearling, 2002, 230 pp., paperback $6.99
NEW! World without Fish by Mark Kurlansky and Frank Stockton
Kurlansky, author of Nonviolence: History of a Dangerous Idea, writes interestingly and movingly about the terrible things happen- ing to fish, the oceans, and our environment. Interwoven in the book is a 12-page, full-color graphic novel.
Workman, 2011, 183 pp., cloth $16.95
American Born Chinese a graphic novel by Gene Luch Yang
Three interwoven, and often humorous, plotlines involving Chinese folk hero Monkey King, Jin Wang, a lonely Asian American middle school student who would do anything to fit in with his white classmates, and Danny, an All-American teen who feels shamed by his Chinese cousin Chin-Kee. Yang engineers a clever convergence of these parallel tales into a powerful climax with masterful commentary about race, identity, and self-acceptance. A finalist for the National Book Award for Young People.
Square Fish, 2007, 233 pp., paperback $8.99
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
Eleven-year-old Elijah lives in Buxton, Canada, a settlement of runaway slaves near the American border. He is in fact the first child in town to be born free. Everything changes when a former slave steals money from Elijah’s friend, who has been saving to buy his family out of captivity in the South. Now it’s up to Elijah to track down the thief—and his dangerous journey just might make a hero out of him.
Scholastic, 2009, 368 pp., paperback $7.99
Standing in the Light The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan by Mary Pope-Osborne
Caty Logan, a 13-year-old Quaker girl in rural Pennsylvania, is captured by Lenape Indians in 1763. Although she is initially terrified, over time, she learns to care deeply for her captors. An excellent portrait of Quaker life in the late 18th century and of life among the Lenape, this is a well-researched historical novel with excellent notes and reproductions of drawings at the end of the book. From the “Dear America” series.
Scholastic, 1998, 184 pp., cloth $12.95 70 800-966-4556
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