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When Nate's leg is crushed under a wagon he can no longer help his father on their farm. He feels even worse when his father brings Worth, an orphan boy, home to help with the chores while Nate has to go to school. Nate's frustrations with book learning and Worth's clumsiness at farm chores make them resent each other more and more as time passes. There is, however, a battle brewing between ranchers and farmers for land, and Nate and Worth are forced to put their differences aside. Can a cripple and a city boy do anything against the fence cutters? You'll have to read to find out!
Reviewed by: sc
Date read: 4/28/2009
ISBN-10: 0689857306
ISBN-13: 9781416913214
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Did you know the Wright Brothers had a sister? This is the story of her life, and the contributions she made to her brothers' triumph.
Reviewed by: sc
Date read: 4/14/2009
ISBN-10: 0761325646
ISBN-13: 9780761325642
In 1964, right before the start of sixth grade, Alice Ann's family moves from Chicago to Jackson, Mississippi.� Alice has never had trouble 'fitting in' when joining a new school and is happy when she finds out she won't be the only newcomer.� However, another student is Valerie Taylor, the first black student in an all white school as a result of a mandatory integration law.� Alice wants so badly to fit in, and she just can't understand the attitude of her fellow students against the new girl. Soon she learns that in order to be accepted she'll have to take part in schemes to harass and hurt Valerie. How far will she go to gain popularity ' or will she follow her conscience? This is a great historic read!
Reviewed by: sc
Date read: 4/28/2009
ISBN-10: 0374386617
ISBN-13: 9780374386610
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A Yankee in the Deep SouthCommenter: St. Charles Reader, grade 0
Two girls become friends; one is white, the other is African-American.
Year Down Yonder
Richard Peck (2000), 130 pages
Illustrated by Steve Cieslawski
Audience: 4th Grade - 8th Grade
Mary Alice, and her brother, Joey, have spent summers with their Grandma Dowdel in her small town in southern Illinois. This year, Mary Alice, a city slicker from Chicago, faces an entire year alone with Grandma - who strikes fear in the hearts of all the townfolk. The only thing that Mary knows for certain is this: when trying to predict how life with Grandma might turn out - better not! This is the sequel to A Long Way from Chicago. It won the Newbery Medal in 2001.
Awards won: John Newbery Medal
Reviewed by: sc
Date read: 4/12/2009
ISBN-10: 0803725183
ISBN-13: 9780803725188
Fred (short for Frederika) knows the new teacher won't last long in her small Alaskan town. Not many people can handle teaching in this cold, isolated place where all the kids smell strongly of fish, and the town's one teacher often resigns before the end of the school year. When Miss Agnes arrives wearing pants, which is unheard-of for a woman in this town in 1948, she causes a stir. She does other strange things, like playing opera during class time, covering the school house walls with pictures, and insisting that Fred's sister, Bokko, who cannot hear, should come to school, too. Suddenly, Fred and her classmates are exploring possibilities they never knew existed.
Reviewed by: emc
Date read: 2/11/2010
ISBN-10: 0689829337
ISBN-13: 9780689829338
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