A boy becomes the apprentice to Paul Revere, silversmith, and gets involved in the events in New England that lead to the beginning of the American Revolution.
J Fic
Fox, Paula
Slave Dancer
(gr. 5-8)
Kidnapped by the crew of an Africa-bound ship, a thirteen-year-old boy discovers, to his horror, that he is on a slaver and his job is to play music for the exercise periods of the human cargo.
J Fic
Frank, Anne
Anne Frank: The Diary of A Young Girl
(gr. )
The most famous, true account of an adolescent, Jewish girl's experience in hiding with her family and others, in Holland, during the Holocaust.
J Fic
Gates, Doris
Blue Willow
(gr. 5-7)
A young migrant worker girl wants so much to have a permanent home where she can finally display her blue willow plate, her only memory of her mother.
J Fic
George, Jean
Julie of the Wolves
(gr. 4-7)
Lost in the Alaskan wilderness, running away from her home, Julie is saved and protected by a pack of wild wolves.
J Fic
Henry, Marguerite
Misty of Chincoteague
(gr. 4-6)
Misty, a wild horse living on the island of Chincoteague, is wanted at auction by two children determined to have a pony.
J Fic
Hunter, Mollie
The Sound of Chariots
(gr. 5+)
A young Scottish girl after World War I must come to terms with her father's death and her growing awareness of the passage of time.
J Fic
Hurwitz, Johanna
Busybody Nora/Rip-Roaring Russell
(gr. 2-4)
Easy-reading chapter books about everyday kind of children and their funny adventures, by a favorite author.
J Fic
Jarrell, Randall
Animal Family
(gr. 3-5)
The poet, Randall Jarrell, creates a story of love, as an odd collection of animals become the family of a lonely and caring man.
J Fic
Juster, Norton
The Phantom Tollbooth
(gr. 4-7)
A boy is not pleased with the gift of a toy tollbooth, until he finds it be the entrance to a fantasy world.
