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Halfway to the Sky

by Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker

After her brother dies and her parents get a divorce, twelve-year-old Katahdin sets out to hike the whole Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine on her own.

The Earth Kitchen

by Bryant, Sharon

In 1963, twelve-year-old Gwen tries to find the path to recovery in a mental ward.

Maria's Story

1773

by Nixon, Joan Lowery

In Williamsburg, Virginia, two years before the start of the American Revolution, nine-year-old Maria worries that her mother will lose her contract to publish...

Double Luck

Memoirs of a Chinese Orphan

by Lu, Chi & White, Becky

Tells the story of the author's struggles after being orphaned at the age of three and how he held on to his dream of coming to the United States as he passed ...

On Time

From Seasons to Split Seconds

by Skurzynski, Gloria

Discusses the astronomical causes of seasons, years, months and days, and how people through history have devised increasingly accurate calendars and clocks to...

Sky Memories

by Brisson, Pat & Minor, Wendell

When ten-year-old Emily learns that her mother has cancer, the two of them begin a ritual that will help Emily remember her mother after she is dead.

Secret Letters from 0 to 10

by Morgenstern, Susie Hoch & Rosner, Gill

Ten-year-old Ernest lives a boring existence in Paris with his grandmother until a lively girl named Victory enters his class at school.

In re Gault (1967)

juvenile justice

by Gold, Susan Dudley

Discusses the case involving fifteen-year-old Gerald Gault and its impact on children's rights and due process of law for juveniles.

Engel v. Vitale (1962)

religion in the schools

by Dudley, Mark E.

Points out that although a 1962 Supreme Court case decided that official prayers in public schools are unconstitutional, the issue of separation of church and ...

The Search for the Killer Asteroid

by Vogt, Gregory L.

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