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My Heart Lies South: The Story of My Mexican Marriage

10 best books like My Heart Lies South: The Story of My Mexican Marriage (Elizabeth Borton de Treviño): Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment, Dragon's Gate, The View from Saturday, Maniac Magee, A Single Shard, They Loved to Laugh, The Yanks Are Coming: The United States In The First World War, Bound for Oregon, Elijah of Buxton, Homer Price

Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment
AuthorJeanne Wakatsuki Houston
ISBN0553272586
Jeanne Wakatsuki was seven years old in 1942 when her family was uprooted from their home and sent to live at Manzanar internment camp—with 10,000 other Japanese Americans. Along with searchlight towers and armed guards, Manzanar ludicrously featured cheerleaders, Boy Scouts, sock hops, baton...
Dragon's Gate
AuthorLaurence Yep
ISBN0064404897
In 1867, Otter travels from Three Willows Village in China to California -- the Land of the Golden Mountain. There he will join his father and uncle.

In spite of the presence of family, Otter is a stranger among the other Chinese in this new land. And where he expected to see a land of goldfields,...
The View from Saturday
AuthorE.L. Konigsburg
ISBN0689862210
How has Mrs. Olinski chosen her sixth-grade Academic Bowl team? She had a number of answers. But were any of them true? How had she really chosen Noah and Nadia and Ethan and Julian? And why did they make such a good team? It was a surprise to a lot of people when Mrs. Olinski's team won the sixth-grade Academic...
Maniac Magee
AuthorJerry Spinelli
ISBN0590452037
He wasn't born with the name Maniac Magee. He came into this world named Jeffrey Lionel Magee, but when his parents died and his life changed, so did his name. Maniac Magee took to the streets.

And Maniac Magee became a legend.

Even today kids talk about how fast he could run; about how...
A Single Shard
AuthorLinda Sue Park
ISBN0440418518
Tree-ear, an orphan, lives under a bridge in Ch’ulp’o, a potters’ village famed for delicate celadon ware. He has become fascinated with the potter’s craft; he wants nothing more than to watch master potter Min at work, and he dreams of making a pot of his own someday. When Min takes Tree-ear...
They Loved to Laugh
AuthorKathryn Worth
ISBN1883937167
Tears and laughter alternate in this novel of a young girl's growth to womanhood in the 1830s.

16-year-old orphan Martitia Howland has been transplanted into a Quaker farm family of five intimidating sons and one disapproving daughter. As Martitia runs their gauntlet, she suffers their...
The Yanks Are Coming: The United States In The First World War
AuthorAlbert Marrin
ISBN0689312091
I love Albert Marrin. He has a great style that presents all the facts in a conversational, easy tone, without talking down. I've learned a lot of history through him already.

'The Yanks Are Coming' isn't any different. It's an engaging look at both the personal life of the Doughboy and the decisions...
Bound for Oregon
AuthorJean Van Leeuwen
ISBN0140383190

With only a guide book to show them the way, the Todd family sets out from their Arkansas home on a two thousand mile trek to claim unchartered Oregon Territory. Crossing rough terrain and encountering hostile people, the Todds show their true pioneering spirit. But as winter draws near, will the...
Elijah of Buxton
AuthorChristopher Paul Curtis
ISBN0439023440
Newbery Medalist and CSK Award winner Christopher Paul Curtis's debut middle-grade/young-YA novel for Scholastic features his trademark humor, compelling storytelling, and unique narrative voice.
Eleven-year-old Elijah is the first child born into freedom in Buxton, Canada, a settlement...
Homer Price
AuthorRobert McCloskey
ISBN0140309276
I read this in the car today on the way back from a family reunion and I didn't have to drive. This is about Centerburg and Homer Price who makes his residence there. The town is rather funny and Homer is dependable and a fix-it kind of guy.

He has a pet skunk he has tamed that became famous when it helped...
Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison
AuthorLois Lenski
ISBN0064461629
Civil rights and equality have made a lot of headway against racism in the last century.

"Well, duh," some might say.

"But there's still so far to go!" others might protest.

I personally grew up without any particularly scarring incidents of racism. Sure, I got made fun of...
Rules of the Road
AuthorJoan Bauer
ISBN0552550361
Meet Jenna Boller, star employee at Gladstone Shoe Store in Chicago. Standing a gawky 5'11" at 16 years old, Jenna is the kind of girl most likely to stand out in the crowd for all the wrong reasons. But that doesn't stop Madeline Gladstone, the president of Gladstone's Shoes 176 outlets in 37 states, from...
Bonanza Girl
AuthorPatricia Beatty
ISBN0688122809
Mama is widowed, with two children and no job prospects. She decides to start a school out in the gold fields but is shortly and firmly disabused of all her city slicker notions. The story is narrated by Ann Katherine, who is a nicely written young teen. Her younger brother is the bane of her existence, naturally....
Moonshiner's Son
AuthorCarolyn Reeder
ISBN0689855508
Twelve-year-old Tom Higgins is learning the craft of making whiskey. Even though Prohibition forbids the production and sale of alcoholic beverages, Tom is determined to be a good apprentice. He is, after all, a moonshiner's son. His father has raised moonshining to an art, and Tom wants nothing more...
Cameron Townsend: Good News in Every Language
AuthorJanet Benge
ISBN1576581640
During WWI, Cameron Townsend was told, "You'll do more good selling Bibles in Central America than you would shooting Germans in France." Cameron began by translating the Bible into the language of his Guatemalan friends. Then he started Wycliffe Bible Translators with the dream of making the Good...
World War II: The Rest Of The Story And How It Affects You Today, 1930 To September 11, 2001
AuthorRichard J. Maybury
ISBN0942617436
All my kids will be reading this, as I think its challenge to the "mainstream" interpretations of World War II is invaluable. However, I hope my kids all have their internal B.S. detector going, because Maybury isn't immune. Maybury makes important points but can't resist innuendo (like telling us...
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