Youths4Peace

2002
Jane Addams
Award Books

2002 Jane Addams Awards

Books for Older Children

Naidoo, Beverley.  The Other Side of Truth.  HarperCollins, 2001.  ISBN:  0060296283.

After their mother's murder, Sade and her brother are smuggled out of Nigeria and sent to London foster homes. Their father escapes to join them, but will be sent back to Nigeria unless Sade can tell the world what happened to her family.  Gr. 5 and up.

Honor Books

Gilmore, Rachna.  A Group of One.  Henry Holt, 2001.  ISBN:  0805064753.

Learning from her grandmother that her family was active in the Quit India movement of 1942, a rebellion against nearly two centuries of British occupation, gives fifteen-year-old Tara new pride in her heritage, but she still objects when her teacher implies she is not a "regular Canadian."  Gr. 7-9.

Wolff, Virginia Euwer.  True Believer.  Simon & Schuster, 2001.  ISBN:  0689852886.

LaVaughn is fifteen now, and she's still fiercely determined to go to college.  But that's the only thing she's sure about. Loyalty to her father bubbles up as her mother grows closer to a new man.  The two girls she used to do everything with have chosen a path LaVaughn wants no part of.  And then there's Jody.  LaVaughn can't believe how gorgeous he is...or how confusing.  He acts like he's in love with her, but is he?  Sequel to Make Lemonade.  (Also available on audiocassette and book and CD cassette.)  Gr. 7 and up.

Picture Books

Rappaport ,Doreen.  Illustrated by Bryan Collier.  Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  Hyperion, 2001.  ISBN:  0786807148.

This picture book biography of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. brings his life and the profound nature of his message to young readers through his own words, using quotes from some of his most beloved speeches to tell his life story in a simple, direct way.  (Also available on video.)  Gr. K-4.

Honor Books

Williams, Vera B.  Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart:  the story of Amber and Essie told here in poems and pictures.  Greenwillow Books, 2001. ISBN:  0060294604.

A series of poems tells how two sisters help each other deal with life while their mother is working and their father has been sent to jail.  Gr. 2-7.

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