Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

"Ten-tear-old Della has always had her older sister, Suki: When their mom went to prison, Della had Suki. When their mom's boyfriend took them in, Della had Suki. When that same boyfriend did something so awful they had to run fast, Della had Suki. Suki is Della's own wolf, her protector. But who has been protecting Suki? Della might get told off for swearing at school, but she has always known how to keep quiet where it counts. Then Suki tries to...

Despite the horrors of World War II, a French teenager pursues her dream of becoming an opera singer, which takes her to places where she gains information about what the Nazis are doing--information that the French Resistance needs.

Simple language and humorous illustrations show how energy comes originally from the sun and can be transferred from one thing to another.

"During World War II, twelve-year old Miriam secretly spirits other Jewish people out of Nazi-occupied France after being separated from her family and forced into hiding"--

Simple text explains how soap bubbles are made, why they are always round, and why they pop.

A fictionalized look at the last twenty years of Thomas Jefferson's life at Monticello through the eyes of three of his slaves, two of whom were his sons by his slave, Sally Hemings.

What does it mean when the man who wrote the Declaration of Independence is your father and also your slave master?
 
Beverly, Harriet, Madison, and Eston are Thomas Jefferson’s children, but their mother is a slave, so they must keep their father’s identity secret. They get special treatment—better work, better shoes, even violin lessons—but they are still slaves. Their father has promised to set them all...

Just before the beginning of World War I, eight-year-old Ruthie, who lives with her parents and six brothers on a farm in Indiana, wishes for a sister and tries to behave like the lady her mother wants her to be.

"As World War II creeps closer to her door, eleven-year-old Ada learns to manage life on the crowded cottage she shares with her brother, their legal guardian, and a German Jewish refugee." --

"This inspiring chapter book biography chronicles the extraordinary life of Rosalind Franklin, a scientist who played a key role in the discovery of the double-helix structure of DNA"--