Sharon M Draper
1) Copper sun
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Two fifteen-year-old girls--one a slave and the other an indentured servant--escape their Carolina plantation and try to make their way to Fort Moses, Florida, a Spanish colony that gives sanctuary to slaves.
2) Double Dutch
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
Three eighth-grade friends, preparing for the International Double Dutch Championship jump rope competition in their home town of Cincinnati, Ohio, cope with Randy's missing father, Delia's inability to read, and Yo Yo's encounter with the class bullies.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Because she has a terrible singing voice, fourth-grader Sassy must use a different talent to be part of her school's musical performance on the importance of saving our planet. Includes "Fifteen ways that you can help save our earth."
11) Out of my mind
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Considered by many to be mentally retarded, a brilliant, impatient fifth-grader with cerebral palsy discovers a technological device that will allow her to speak for the first time.
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