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I feel like this book is really challenging to share with students. I shared it with my father and he said it gave him nightmares. It really delivers some of the grisly truths of the Civil War: the violence, racism and closeness of that war were like nothing before or since. It shows an extraordinary compassion of an enslaved person serving as a Union soldier for a poor farm boy who was deserting the Union Army. Students with whom I have shared this book seem to experience some empathy with the characters, which is the goal.

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Lisa (not getting friends updates) Vegan

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Pink and Say book. Read 837 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. There are few picture books written about the Civil War, and none are...

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This book shows what can happen when a group is marginalized to the point of genocide. Rather than focusing on the atrocities of the holocaust (though some violence is described), Lowry uses her interviews and research to describe events based on real accounts that show how the nation of Denmark banded together to undermine tyranny and help their neighbors of a different culture and religion escape to safety and freedom.

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Read 16.2k reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen and her best friend Ellen Rosen often think of life befo...

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This book is a new discovery for me based on my research for this class.  I am on chapter 6 and I already love it.  It is told by a child that is disconnected from society by an abusive mother because of a physical deformity.  As Germany starts to bomb Great Britain, children are relocated to rural areas for their safety.  Aida and her brother Jamie are the last to be sponsored by a family because of their apparent poverty and her deformity. This book belongs in this collection because it is about how the kindness of a stranger who owes the disadvantaged children nothing will transform their lives.

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Lisa (not getting friends updates) Vegan

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The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1)

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The War That Saved My Life book. Read 9,653 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. An exceptionally moving story of triumph against all ...

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I love the story of Sadako because the only thing I knew about post World War II Japan was that the United States bombed Japan, and that ended the war. That was the single story I knew. I think it is so important to see things from different perspectives and to see a story narrated from the point of view of a person impacted by that choice made me think about humanity differently. On a human level, the main character is a beacon of hope in a dark place, despite her own grim prognosis. I want students to understand that we have different cultures and perspectives, but share a human experience.

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of course its partly because it was a gift from her best friend Chizuko, but i think it's more about the fact that Chizuko, who was never a superstitiof course its partly because it was a gift from her best friend Chizuko, but i think it's more about the fact that Chizuko, who was never a superstitious person, came up with the idea and folded the crane for Sadako just to cheer her up. as we know Sadako believed in good luck charms. Cathy Chan Pakyung...more
so it's about how best friends do things just for each other.(less)

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Scarlett Readz and Runz....Through Novel Time & Distance

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of course its partly because it was a gift from her best friend Chizuko, but i think it's more about the fact that Chizuko, who was never a superstitiof course its partly because it was a gift from her best friend Chizuko, but i think it's more about the fact that Chizuko, who was never a superstitious person, came up with the idea and folded the crane for Sadako just to cheer her up.

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In this story, there is are some non-examples of helping those not in your group. I find children often respond strongly to this. Bud is treated badly by white foster family. He is looking for a place to belong, with his father. During his journey, he sometimes gets help from strangers, sometimes he has to help himself. I believe that Bud and his travels really build empathy and compassion in the reader for children in difficult circumstances while providing some insight into the Depression era.

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Hi Nancy, I read this book in 4th grade, I was 9 and am now 23. Honestly, this is one of the best books I've ever read, truly a lovely story. Any chilHi Nancy, I read this book in 4th grade, I was 9 and am now 23. Honestly, this is one of the best books I've ever read, truly a lovely story. Any child that is struggling with a difficult home life will be able to identify with the journey that this little boy takes. It's all about perseverance and survival in a world that is seemingly against him. Would definitely recommend it. Vida Wilson...more (less)

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Hi Nancy, I read this book in 4th grade, I was 9 and am now 23. Honestly, this is one of the best books I've ever read, truly a lovely story. Any chilHi Nancy, I read this book in 4th grade, I was 9 and am now 23.

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This book does not necessarily include allies helping marginalized groups like other titles listed here. It is written by a black author and explores feelings around the Birmingham church bombing in 1963 through the dialogue of the Watson family. If students are to develop the kind of empathy and compassion that will lead them to stand up for themselves and their fellow man, this is the kind of story that will help them practice that.

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The reason he has rectangular/square toes is because he is a fictional character and not real. The author just wanted to add something interesting in The reason he has rectangular/square toes is because he is a fictional character and not real. The author just wanted to add something interesting in the book so he made up the wool pooh, and how it was drowning Kenny and Byron fought it away, was just for a hook, because nothing that interesting happened in the book, and they didn't want to go to happy-go-lucky Birmingham, to a church being bombed. He just decided to go with rectangle toes as some extra detail. This is fictional because if the wool pooh has gills, he can't have been part of the church bombing. If he was part of it, like Kenny said, he would have been arrested and died in prison ...more (less)

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The reason he has rectangular/square toes is because he is a fictional character and not real. The author just wanted to add something interesting in The reason he has rectangular/square toes is because he is a fictional character and not real.

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I just learned of this book. I have never been aware of segregation of Mexican students in school. I want to learn about this. I don't think of Mexican children as being marginalized based on the culture of the schools where I have taught. I am interested in learning more about this to be more informed.

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Separate Is Never Equal book. Read 1,324 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Almost 10 years before Brown vs. Board of Education, Syl...

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This is a beautiful graphic novel about a grandmother telling her granddaughter about her experience during the Holocaust. The grandmother was kept alive by neighbors until she was reunited with her mother after the war.

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I was so excited to see that the character who in the book, Bud, Not Buddy, meets Bud in a Hooverville outside of Michigan. I love this character.

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Jane Yolen
I like that this book is about a young woman who gets in touch with her Jewish heritage.