Josh Bell (12) and his twin brother JB are talented basketball players. Text and rich paintings tell the story of the queen Others to support the civil rights movement. Blessed withĪ magnificent voice, Odetta uses her talents to inspire Young readers to the influential folk singer who began Jules’s funny narration will keep young readers enthralled by this series opener. And Charlotte keeps interfering with Jules’s plans to befriend the new girl from London. Invited to audition for a mouthwash commercial, Jules prepares to give the perfect audition, but she hates the orange flavor. Jules (7) has big plans to accomplish before she turns eight, including finding a new best friend since she and Charlotte aren’t getting along. Themselves surrounded by pirates and involved in oneĮxciting adventure after another in this high-energy Maya, her brother Peter, and baby sister Penny, find Maya (13) sails the boat to Tamarind, the island settingįor her father’s fantastic tales. Nelson’s research boat, the parents are swept overboard. Themselves and each other in this funny fairy tale Accompanying ClaudetteĪre her brother Gaston (who longs to be a pastry chef)Īnd her best friend Marie (who dreams of becoming a On a secret quest to find and slay the giant before Hears there is a giant on the loose, Claudette embarks

Work together to portray the pain and misery and memoriesĪnd hope that was transformed by rhythm and harmony intoĪ giant slayer like her father before her.

Ships, to plantation fields, to chain gang labor, to Paintings honor the legacy of blues music, from the slave Subjects of racial conflict, sibling rivalry, and marital Thisīeautifully written books deals with the uncomfortable Told from a variety of first-person viewpoints. Narration is the story of a black family in Georgia, Bobby is not comfortable around “chocolateĬolored” people or death, so the trip from Ohio With his mother, older brother, and recently widowed

Bobby is on a trip to visit Civil War battlefields

Lucy and the Bully by Claire Alexander