Yuma Public Library

Summary

When Danita finds out that she has an older half brother, she must reexamine the way she sees her father and her family.

William, a twelve-year-old orphan, writes of his experiences in pre-Revolutionary War Boston where he joins the cause of the patriots who are opposed to the British rule.

Asks the reader to identify various animals from photographs and descriptions of their feet, and provides information about the physical characteristics and behavior of each animal.

A fictional journal kept by twelve-year-old Augustus Pelletier, the youngest member of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery.

Teenager Biddy Owens' 1948 journal about working for the Birmingham Black Barons includes the games and the players, racism the team faces from New Orleans to Chicago, and his family's resistance to his becoming a professional baseball player. Includes a historical note about the evolution of the Negro Leagues.

Thirteen-year-old C.J. records in a journal the conditions of the Dust Bowl that cause the Jackson family to leave their farm in Oklahoma and make the difficult journey to California, where they find a harsh life as migrant workers.

Asks the reader to identify various animals from descriptions of their teeth, and provides information about the physical characteristics and behavior of each animal.