The Unsung Hero of Birdsong, USA - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Unsung Hero of Birdsong, USA write by Brenda Woods. This book was released on 2020-01-07. The Unsung Hero of Birdsong, USA available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Coretta Scott King Honor-winning author tells the moving story of the friendship between a young white boy and a Black WWII veteran who has recently returned to the unwelcoming Jim Crow South. For Gabriel Haberlin, life seems pretty close to perfect in the small southern town of Birdsong, USA. But on his twelfth birthday, his point of view begins to change. It all starts when he comes face-to-face with one of the worst drivers in town while riding his new bicycle--an accident that would have been tragic if Mr. Meriwether Hunter hadn't been around to push him out of harm's way. After the accident, Gabriel and Meriwether become friends when they both start working at Gabriel's dad's auto shop, and Meriwether lets a secret slip: He served in the army's all-black 761st Tank Battalion in World War II. Soon Gabriel learns why it's so dangerous for Meriwether to talk about his heroism in front of white people, and Gabriel's eyes are finally opened to the hard truth about Birdsong--and his understanding of what it means to be a hero will never be the same.
What Lane?
What Lane? - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook What Lane? write by Torrey Maldonado. This book was released on 2021-05-11. What Lane? available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "If you are wondering how to begin confronting Anti-Black racism in your classroom, start with What Lane?"--School Library Journal: The Classroom Bookshelf "STAY IN YOUR LANE." Stephen doesn't want to hear that--he wants to have no lane. Anything his friends can do, Stephen should be able to do too, right? So when they dare each other to sneak into an abandoned building, he doesn't think it's his lane, but he goes. Here's the thing, though: Can he do everything his friends can? Lately, he's not so sure. As a mixed kid, he feels like he's living in two worlds with different rules--and he's been noticing that strangers treat him differently than his white friends . . . So what'll he do? Hold on tight as Stephen swerves in and out of lanes to find out which are his--and who should be with him. Torrey Maldonado, author of the highly acclaimed Tight, does a masterful job showing a young boy coming of age in a racially split world, trying to blaze a way to be his best self.
The Red Rose Box
The Red Rose Box - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Red Rose Box write by Brenda Woods. This book was released on 2003-12-29. The Red Rose Box available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. On her tenth birthday, Leah receives a surprise gift from glamorous Aunt Olivia, Mama's only sister, who lives in Los Angeles. It is a red rose box. Not many people in 1958 Louisiana have seen such a beautiful traveling case, covered with red roses, filled with jewelry, silk bedclothes, expensive soaps...and train tickets to California. Soon after, Leah and her sister, Ruth, find themselves in Hollywood, far away from cotton fields and Jim Crow laws. To Leah, California feels like freedom. But when disaster strikes back home, Leah and Ruth have to stay with Aunt Olivia permanently. Will freedom ever feel like home?
Mighty Inside
Mighty Inside - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mighty Inside write by Sundee Frazier. This book was released on 2021-10-12. Mighty Inside available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Melvin Robinson wants a strong, smooth, He-Man voice that lets him say what he wants, when he wants—especially to his crush Millie Takazawa, and Gary Ratliff, who constantly puts him down. But the thought of starting high school is only making his stutter worse. And Melvin's growing awareness that racism is everywhere—not just in the South where a boy his age has been brutally killed by two white men, but also in his own hometown of Spokane—is making him realize that he can't mutely stand by. His new friend Lenny, a fast-talking, sax-playing Jewish boy, who lives above the town's infamous (and segregated) Harlem Club, encourages Melvin to take some risks—to invite Millie to Homecoming and even audition for a local TV variety show. When they play music together, Melvin almost feels like he's talking, no words required. But there are times when one needs to speak up. When his moment comes, can Melvin be as mighty on the outside as he actually is on the inside?
The Unsung Hero of Birdsong, USA
The Unsung Hero of Birdsong, USA - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Unsung Hero of Birdsong, USA write by Brenda A. Woods. This book was released on 2020. The Unsung Hero of Birdsong, USA available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Gabriel, twelve, gains new perspective when he becomes friends with Meriwether, a Black World War II hero who has recently returned to the unwelcoming Jim Crow South.
