Todd Hasak-Lowy

Highly recommended for its outstanding treatment of the history of social justice. A good resource for student activists.

This engaging book educates, but it is slight on the history of voting rights for women of color.

Gr 8 Up—Three reasons Darren Jacobs is having a tough year: His parents have gotten a divorce and his dad reveals a truth that sends him reeling; his brother Nate has just moved out of the house to go to college, leaving Darren to deal with the fallout of his parents' split on his own; and he's torn between two girls—Zoey Lovell, who is a troubled, elusive, and artistic enigma who Darren can't seem to get out of his mind and sweet, wholesome Rachel Madsen, who is supportive and cheerful...

Gr 5–8—Sam Lewis has been Morgan Sturtz's best friend all through elementary school...