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Gino, A. (2015). George. NY: Scholastics Inc. George always knew that she felt different. Her body said she was a boy, but she always felt like a girl. She struggled with how to tell her mother about how she felt and at school she wanted everyone to know. Her best friend, Kelly was the only person that she confided in. Kelly supported her friend and even help her play the part of Charlotte in the play, and that gave George the confidence to tell her mother and everyone else about how she felt. Her best friend even helped her become what she always wanted a girl.

Hale, Shannon. (2008). Rapunzel's Revenge. NY: Bloomsbury U.S.A Children's Books Rapunzel is a young girl living with her mother, Gothel, in home surrounded by a high wall. Gothel had magic powers that allowed her to grow anything she wished. She was not allowed to go out or look outside the wall. One day she did and was surprised by what she saw. She also saw and met her real mother. Her mother was a slave in the mines. One day she decided to run away, but she got caught. She was taken to the forest and imprisoned in a tall tree. While there her hair grew very long and she was able to escape. They became good friends and decided to help each other. Rapunzel was able to defeat Gothel and save all the slaves.

DePaola, T. (1983) The Legend of the Bluebonnet. NY: Penguin Publishing Book After a terrible drought struck the Native American people. They prayed to their Gods for guidance. According to the elders, someone in the village had to give up one of their most cherished possessions to end the drought. A young girl in the village gave up her doll. She burned it in a field and then it rained. After the rain, several bluebonnets appeared in the spot where she sacrificed her doll.

Giovanni, N. (2005). Rosa. NY: Henry Holt and Company Rosa was an African-American woman, who stood up for what she thought was right. She refused to give up her seat in the bus and got arrested. All the people who knew her, rallied around her and supported her effort. All the African-American people around her boycotted the bus. They all marched until they changed the laws. She reached her overall goal and the Supreme Court made segregation illegal.

De La Pena, M. (2015). Last Stop on Market Street. NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons Nana takes CJ to place where he and his nana can help their community. CJ does not understand why they had to walk in the rain, why they didn't have a car and why he didn't have some of the things that other kids had. His nana would look around and tried to tell him that he didn't need those things when he had other things around him that he could use. Finally, he asked her why they had to go to a place that looked very dirty and broken. His nana told him that it is better to look at all the beauty around him and he did. He was glad he was there at the end.

Sweet, M. (2011). Balloons Over Broadway. NY: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children When Tony Sarg was a boy, he was fascinated by things that moved. He created devices that allowed him do a chore without leaving his bed. When he grew up, he wanted to make puppets move. He became the most famous puppeteer. He worked for Macy's and created moving floats for the parade. He worked very hard to make the parade wonderful for people to see.

Draper, S. (2010). Out of My Mind. NY: Atheneum Books for Young Readers. Ever since Melody Books was born, she was aware of her handicap. However, she also knew that she was smart. She just needed a way to prove to everyone else what her mind was capable of doing. She got a chance to do just that when she learned about a special device that would allow her to communicate. When she finally was able to show the kids and teacher at school what she know, she was unstoppable. She even made it to the quiz team at school and was known as one of the smartest kids. She was elated when her team made it to nationals and were going to Washington D.C. Melody was super excited and could not wait to go. However, fate had other plans, the day of the trip she found out that her team had left without her. She was devastated that her team and friends had left her behind, but she was not deterred and kept excelling at school. I really enjoyed reading this book. It taught me never to underestimate an...

Bragg, G. (2011). How They Croaked: The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous. NY: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc This book is about several well known historical figures. This book depicts how they lived and most importantly how they died. For example, Albert Einstein died of an aortic aneurysm. It was very interesting how his autopsy revealed that he indeed had a bigger brain than normal. It was also very interesting how his brain ended up in a jar and was kept by pathologist. Another figure that was very  interesting was Edgar Allen Poe. He lived a very sad life from the beginning and up to the end his life.

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Bell, C. (2014) El Deafo. NY: Amulet Books This book is about a young girl named Cece, who because of an illness lost her ability to hear. She experiences the hardships of being different from the rest of the children. She goes through life wondering how it would be like to be able to hear well. She feels embarrassed of her hearing device and tries to hide it from the rest of the children. Her imaginations is the one thing that helps her get through her deaf life. She imagines her life as a superhero and it does kind of come true when she is able to hear her teachers from anywhere in the school with her hearing device. Everyone in the school finds out and she is looked at as a classroom hero. Although, I really don't enjoy comic books, this book was really interesting. I think that anyone that enjoys comics would find this book very interesting.

Curtis, Christopher P. (1995). The Watsons Go To Birmingham-1963. NY: Delacorte Press This novel is about a young boy named Kenny. He and his family moved to Michigan from Atlanta and endured the cold winters of Flint, Michigan. However, because Byron, his brother was misbehaving, their parents decided to move the family to Birmingham, while there they experienced the hated toward the colored people. They almost lost his little sister, Joetta, to a church bombing. This really changed the way that Byron and Kenny looked at life and their lives were never the same. I really enjoyed this book.