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L.M. Elliott Book List Month Date |
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Truth, Lies, and the Questions in Between
by Laura Elliott
One of the Senate's first female Congressional Pages, Patty Appleton is paving the way for other politically minded girls, but she's torn between traditional expectations and questions new friends encourage her to ask as she learns to think for herself.
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Kent State
by Deborah Wiles
The author of the National Book Award finalist Each Little Bird That Sings presents a compelling account of the tragic May 1970 shooting of four students who were protesting against the Vietnam War before they were fired upon by American National Guardsmen.
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Americanized : Rebel Without a Green Card
by Sara Saedi
Learning as a teenager that her Iranian family is undocumented, 13-year-old, straight-A student Sara Saedi juggles the challenges of trying to obtain a green card with the stressful realities of being an everyday American teen.
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Girls Like Us
by Randi Pink
In the summer of 1972, three girls from very different backgrounds struggle to come to terms with being pregnant
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The Feminist Agenda of Jemima Kincaid
by Kate Hattemer
Hating school dance traditions that make girls desperate for dates and disallow gender-diverse students, a young feminist lands on the prom committee and suggests creative new approaches at the same time she becomes estranged from her best friend.
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Lies We Tell Ourselves
by Robin Talley
In 1959 Virginia, Sarah, a black student who is one of the first to attend a newly integrated school, forces Linda, a white integration opponent's daughter, to confront harsh truths when they work together on a school project
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The Wolves are Waiting
by Natasha Friend
In a small college town, 15-year-old Nora Melchionda finds her life irrevocably changed by an attack on a golf course– one she cannot remember and one she chooses to ignore until her silence hurts other people.
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