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-- Armstrong and Charlie[2017], Pre-adolescent, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Call No: REALISTIC F FRA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: During the pilot year of a Los Angeles school system integration program, two sixth grade boys, one black, one white, become best friends as they learn to cope with everything from first crushes and playground politics to the loss of loved ones and racial prejudice in the 1970s.
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-- Armstrong and Charlie.[2017]., Pre-adolescent, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Call No: Young adult FIC FRANK Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "During the pilot year of a Los Angeles school system integration program, two sixth grade boys, one black, one white, become best friends as they learn to cope with everything from first crushes and playground politics to the loss of loved ones and racial prejudice in the 1970s"--
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-- Armstrong and Charlie2017., Pre-adolescent, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Call No: FIC FRANK Genre: Historical fiction Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: When Armstrong Le Rois gets signed up to be bussed to an all-white school in a different neighborhood, he's not sure what to think. And when he meets his deskmate, Charlie Ross, they're an unlikely pair. But as the year goes on, the two learn that there's nothing worth fighting for more than a true friend.
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2003., Greenhaven Press/Thomson/Gale Call No: 305.8 TRE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Interpreting primary documentsSummary Note: This book uses primary source materials to discuss desegregation from a variety of perspectives.
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c2022., Adolescent, Cherry Lake Press : a imprint of Cherry Lake Publishing Call No: 305.800973 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: 21st century skills library.Summary Note: This title explores the intents and effects of both desegregation and integration--especially as it relates to schools and education--in a comprehensive, honest, and age-appropriate way. Developed in conjunction with educator, advocate, and author Kelisa Wing to reach children of all races and encourage them to approach our history with open eyes and minds. Books include 21st Century Skills and content, as well as activities created by Wing. Also includes a table of contents, glossary, index, author biography, sidebars, educational matter, and activities.
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[2016]., Adolescent, HARPERTEEN Call No: REALISTIC F POR Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: When sixteen-year-old Willa is sent away from her small town in Iowa to a boarding school on the East Coast, she doesn't plan to like it or attempt to fit in. Instead, she plans to commit suicide. But when she meets Remy Taft, a girl who seems to have it all but lacks true friends, the two become inseparable, and Will forgets all about killing herself. As Remy begins to spiral out of control, Willa hopes she's strong enough to save her best friend from her own destruction.
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By Lee, Harper2016., Harper Perennial Call No: Classic FIC LEE Edition: First Harper Perennial edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: *Student Pick* Twenty years after the trial of Tom Robinson, Scout Finch returns home to Maycomb to visit her father Atticus and struggles with personal and political issues as her small Alabama town adjusts to the turbulent events beginning to transform the United States in the mid-1950s.
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2002., Juvenile, Capstone Call No: 379.2 63 0973 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Going to school in historySummary Note: Discusses the history of the Civil Rights movement, the segregated school systems, and conflicts during integration. Includes activities and sidebars.
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2022., Juvenile, Orchard Books Call No: Easy BRIDGES Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A picture book relating the experience of Ruby Bridges, written in her own words, of being the first Black girl to integrate into a previously all-white school in the United States after desegregation was passed. Reflects on the meaning of her name--Ruby, a precious jewel, and Bridges, bridges for crossing gaps--and how she hopes to continue to use her story and social justice activism to bridge the gap between all people everywhere. Includes a glossary.
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By Elish, Dan1994., Millbrook Press Call No: 323.1 ELI Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Gateway civil rightsSummary Note: Focuses on the events surrounding James Meredith's efforts to be allowed to attend the University of Mississippi in 1962.
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p2012., Juvenile, Brilliance Audio Call No: Fic Watts Edition: Unabridged. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Candlewick on BrillianceAudio.Summary Note: Kizzy Ann Stamps is starting at a new school, the just-integrated public school, and she's worried. She's worried that the white students won't like her, and she's worried they'll stare at the scar she got in a farming accident. Kizzy discovers that almost everyone has scars to bear but with a dog by your side, you can find courage to go on.
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[2001]., Lexington Books Call No: HI-INT 379.2 TAY Edition: Paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)
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[2014]., Adolescent, Harlequin Teen Call No: Historical FIC Talley Genre: Historical Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Sarah Dunbar, an honors student and one of the first black students admitted to a previously all-white high school, and Linda Hairston, a white classmate opposed to integration, are forced to reexamine their beliefs and perceptions when they experience a growing attracting to one another while working on a class project together.
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c1999., Indiana University Press Call No: 379.2 63 0976773 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Chronicles the turbulent events surrounding the desegregation of Little Rock's Central High School in 1957
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c2012., G. P. Putnam's Sons Call No: HISTORICAL F LEV Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1958 Little Rock, Arkansas, painfully shy twelve-year-old Marlee sees her city and family divided over school integration, but her friendship with Liz, a new student, helps her find her voice and fight against racism.
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c2012., Pre-adolescent, G.P. Putnam's Sons Call No: FIC LEV Genre: Historical fiction Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1958 Little Rock, Arkansas, painfully shy twelve-year-old Marlee sees her city and family divided over school integration, but her friendship with Liz, a new student, helps her find her voice and fight against racism.
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2013, c2012., Puffin Books Call No: Historical fiction FIC LEVINE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Twelve-year-old Marlee develops a strong friendship with Liz, the new girl in school, but when Liz suddenly stops attending school and Marlee hears a rumor that her friend is actually an African American girl passing herself off as white, the two young girls must decide whether their friendship is worth taking on integration and the dangers it could bring to their families.
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c2012., Pre-adolescent, G.P. Putnam's Sons Call No: FIC LEVINE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1958 Little Rock, Arkansas, painfully shy twelve-year-old Marlee sees her city and family divided over school integration, but her friendship with Liz, a new student, helps her find her voice and fight against racism.
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c2012., Pre-adolescent, G. P. Putnam's Sons Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1958 Little Rock, Arkansas, painfully shy twelve-year-old Marlee sees her city and family divided over school integration, but her friendship with Liz, a new student, helps her find her voice and fight against racism.
