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Dawn and Dusk

by Mead, Alice

As thirteen-year-old Azad tries desperately to cling to the life he has known, the political situation in Iran during the war with Iraq finally forces his fami...

Finest Kind

by Wait, Lea

WHAT CAN YOU DO WHEN YOU'RE TWELVE YEARS OLD AND YOUR WORLD IS FALLING APART?It's 1838. Jake's father has lost his job and his savings. Hearing of work in Main...

Looking for Red

by Johnson, Angela

A thirteen-year-old girl struggles to cope with the loss of her beloved older brother, who disappeared four months earlier off the coast of Cape Cod.

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.

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.

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 ...

Beyond Paradise

by Hertenstein, Jane

Within months of arriving in the exotic Philippines from Upper Sandusky, Ohio, to live with her missionary parents on the island of Panay, fourteen-year-old Lo...

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 ...