Riding Freedom

Written By: Pam Munoz Ryan

Illustrated by: Brian Selznick

Scholastic Press 1998,ISBN 0-590-95766-X

A fictionalized novel based on the true adventures of Charley ( Charlotte) Parkhurst.  A young girl runs away from an orphanage  a top-notch horse rider, then pretends she's a boy and becomes a legendary stagecoach driver and the first woman to vote in the state of California. 

submitted by: Jenell McKee

 Our Granny

PWPL

Written by: Margaret Wild

Illustrated by: Julia Vivas

Grannies can be all kinds of different people!

submitted by: Jayne Powers

Carolyn Sollman

Through the Cracks

Sterling, 1994,  ISBN-10: 0871922932

A book about student apathy.