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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.

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 ...

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 ...

Dan Thuy's New Life in America

by O'Connor, Karen

Describes the experience of thirteen-year-old Dan Thuy Huynh and her family, recently come from Vietnam to live in San Diego, California, as they adapt to thei...

With you and without you

by Martin, Ann M.

A twelve-year-old faces the fact that her father is dying, and then his death, but dealing with the emptiness afterwards is hardest of all.