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Strays Like Us

by Peck, Richard

When her drug-addict mother can no longer care for her, twelve-year-old Molly comes to stay with her great-aunt and slowly begins to realize that others in the...

A stone's throw from Paradise

by High, Linda Oatman

Twelve-year-old Lizzie searches for memories of her mother while spending a summer with her great-grandmother among the Amish in Pearly Gates, Pennsylvania.

A Stone's Throw from Paradise

by High, Linda Oatman

Twelve-year-old Lizzie searches for memories of her mother while spending a summer with her great-grandmother among the Amish in Pearly Gates, Pennsylvania.

The Voice on the Radio

by Cooney, Caroline B.

Fifteen-year-old Janie feels devastated when she discovers that her boyfriend has betrayed her and her family through his college radio program.

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 ...

Torn Away

by Heneghan, James

Forcibly deported to Canada because of his terrorist activities in Northern Ireland, thirteen-year-old Declan must choose between his revolutionary past and a ...

The Striped Ships

by McGraw, Eloise Jarvis

Juliana, an eleven-year-old Saxon girl, loses her home and family when the Normans conquer England in 1066 and seeks to order her life by becoming involved in ...

Come the morning

by Harris, Mark

Ben and his family find themselves living among the poor and homeless when they leave El Paso for Los Angeles to look for Ben's father.

Francie and the Boys

by Daneman, Meredith

Despite her parents' objections, thirteen-year-old Francie becomes involved in a theatrical production at Dubbs' School for Boys, winning the lead role and the...