Darby
10 best books like Darby (Jonathon Scott Fuqua): The Loud Silence of Francine Green, Black Elk's Vision: A Lakota Story, Eleanor, Quiet No More, Ruth and the Green Book, The Boston Tea Party, The Hope Chest, America the Beautiful: Together We Stand, Thomas and the Dragon Queen, Apple Island, Or The Truth About Teachers, Wishes, Kisses, and Pigs
| Author | Karen Cushman |
| ISBN | 0618504559 |
Francine Green doesn’t speak up much, and who can blame her? Her parents aren’t interested in her opinions, the nuns at school punish girls who ask too many questions, and the House Committee on Un-American Activities is blacklisting people who express unpopular ideas. There’s safety in silence....
| Author | S.D. Nelson |
| ISBN | 0810983990 |
Told from the Native American point of view, Black Elk’s Vision provides a unique perspective on American history. From recounting the visions Black Elk had as a young boy, to his involvement in the battles of Little Big Horn and Wounded Knee, as well as his journeys to New York City and Europe with...
| Author | Doreen Rappaport |
| ISBN | 0786851414 |
Eleanor Roosevelt was raised in a privileged but stern Victorian household, with an affectionate but mostly absent father and a critical mother who made fun of her daughter's looks. Alone and lonely for much of her childhood, Eleanor found solace in books and in the life of her lively and independent...
| Author | Calvin Alexander Ramsey |
| ISBN | 0761352554 |
In the not so distant past, traveling America's highways was not easy for the black motorist. Many restaurants, hotels, and even gas stations refused service to African Americans. In 1936, Victor Green, an African American from New York, listed all the businesses that would serve black travelers...
| Author | Russell Freedman |
| ISBN | 0823422666 |
Follow a crowd of disguised protestors through the quiet streets of colonial Boston as they defend their right to control their own destinies.
Russell Freedman's engaging narrative, incorporating meticulous research and quotes from contemporary accounts, follows the rising tensions...
| Author | Karen Schwabach |
| ISBN | 0375840958 |
A perfect Common Core tie-in, The Hope Chest includes nonfiction backmatter with period photographs, historical notes about the suffrage movement, and a Voting in America timeline. It's also a New York State Curriculum title for fourth grade.
Eleven-year-old Violet has one goal in mind...
| Author | Katharine Lee Bates |
| ISBN | 0545492076 |
A moving celebration of "America the Beautiful" featuring artwork from ten distinguished artists and inspiring presidential quotes!
AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL: PRESIDENTIAL QUOTATIONS AND NATIONAL SYMBOLS, ILLUSTRATED BY 10 AMERICAN ARTISTS
Each of our presidents has had a unique...
| Author | Shutta Crum |
| ISBN | 0375857036 |
A kingdom is at war.
A princess has been kidnapped by a dragon queen.
A brave squire volunteers to set out on a quest to rescue her.
But there's just one small problem. He's Thomas, the shortest of all the squires. With little more than a donkey, a vest, and a sword, Thomas will have to use all...
| Author | Douglas Evans |
| ISBN | 0439431344 |
why i choose this book because i wonted to read it because i had never read this book in my life.So i wonted to read it,the book looked interesting to read because it looked funny.And the teachers in the book now they made the kids do a lot of homework.But then they are nice to them when the kids are nice to the...
| Author | Betsy Hearne |
| ISBN | 0689863470 |
Eleven-year-old Louise Tolliver lives with her mother and her brother, Willie, in Tollivers' Hollow. Like any brother, Willie gives Louise a hard time, but the trouble really starts when Louise calls him a pig -- and he becomes one.
And that's not all. Louise's father has been missing for seven...
| Author | Betsy Byars |
| ISBN | 0142405647 |
The book Dead Letter by Betsy Byars is a mystery-thriller book for young adults. The story starts when the main protagonist, a girl named Herculeah Jones, mysteriously comes across an attractive coat at a thrift shop. She is drawn to it in an awkward way, and buys it. She explains her peculiar experience...
| Author | Marilyn Sachs |
| ISBN | 0140383212 |
Everybody in Fran Ellen’s class knows her name. They know that she sucks her thumb and that she smells bad. But they don’t really know anything important about her.
They don’t know that she lives in two houses. One is with her brothers and sisters and sick mother. There is no father in that house,...
| Author | Patricia Reilly Giff |
| ISBN | 0440238005 |
SEWING! NO ONE could hate it more than Dina Kirk.
Endless tiny stitches, button holes, darts. Since she was tiny, she’s worked in her family’s dressmaking business, where the sewing machine is a cranky member of the family.
When 13-year-old Dina leaves her small town in Germany...
| Author | Charise Mericle Harper |
| ISBN | 0547152248 |
This book is named just grace and the terrible tutu.It is about a girl who is taking care of a crazy little girl.The problem is that Mimi Graces friend wants the little girl to like Mimi . Instead the little girl likes grace . I like this book because it is funny and amazing. In the end grace makes a show for Mimi...
Cheesie Mack Is Not a Genius or Anything
| Author | Steve Cotler |
| ISBN | 0375864377 |
Ronald "Cheesie" Mack is not a genius or anything, but he remembers everything that happened before, during, and after fifth-grade graduation, and he's written it all down in his own unique and hilarious way—with lots of lists, drawings, and splenderful (that's splendid plus wonderful!) made-up...
| Author | Phil Bildner |
| ISBN | 0399247890 |
The extraordinary story of James Banning, the first African-American pilot to fly across country
During the Great Depression, the ace black pilot James Banning decided to fly from coast to coast to serve as an inspiration to people everywhere. So with a little ingenuity and a whole lot of...
| Author | Jean Fritz |
| ISBN | 0698115538 |
Benedict Arnold always carried things too far. As a boy he did crazy things like climbing atop a burning roof and picking a fight with the town constable. As a soldier, he was even more reckless. He was obsessed with being the leader and the hero in every battle, and he never wanted to surrender. He even killed...
| Author | Ruth White |
| ISBN | 0374310025 |
A funny and moving story set in Kentucky
It’s the beginning of summer 1955, and though her family is struggling financially, Carolina’s mama still indulges her four daughters’ whims, like springing for all of them to get permanents. Each of her older sisters seems to have cut out a niche...
| Author | Kimberly Willis Holt |
| ISBN | 0698119703 |
1968 looks like it'll be a pretty good year for Jaynell Lambert. The town's going to pave the dirt road she lives on, her girly-girl sister, Racine, isn't driving her completely crazy, and Grandpap has just moved in with his new emerald green Cadillac convertible. Jaynell and Grandpap have something...
| Author | Shelley Tougas |
| ISBN | 0756545129 |
Nine African American students made history when they defied a governor and integrated an Arkansas high school in 1957. It was the photo of one of the nine trying to enter the school a young girl being taunted, harassed and threatened by an angry mob that grabbed the worlds attention and kept its disapproving...
| Author | Elvira Woodruff |
| ISBN | 0545104874 |
This spellbinding time-travel fantasy makes for a riveting sequel to Elvira Woodruff's bestselling classic, GEORGE WASHINGTON'S SOCKS.
When Katie and her twin cousins step into a mysterious rowboat, Matt and his three buddies run to their rescue. But they are too late--and soon the seven...
| Author | Ronald Kidd |
| ISBN | 1416905723 |
Dayton is a sleepy little town nestled in the mountains of Tennessee. It is long across and about two miles wide. Despite being the home of Bryan College, a school with over 800 students from around the world, it clings persistently to its small-town feel. The local librarians know the gossip on almost...
| Author | Joshua Mowll |
| ISBN | 1844286479 |
Twelve-year-old-me would have eaten this entire series with a spoon. In addition to the visual interest of illustrations, diagrams, and marginalia, there's several fold-out schematics that just adds to the artifact value of the book itself. And, of course, it's styled as a hefty Moleskine journal...
