The family watched as DiDi, the two year old boy, walked onto the plane. They cried at the sight of it. The plane flew down the runway, moving faster and faster. Finally, the plane took flight and soared away into the distance. Mary, the youngest child, sobbed and waved to the plane as it disappeared into the clouds. Didi was off into the sky, on his way for China. China would be a better place for such a small boy. Sharon reaches over and helds Mary's hand. "Don't worry," she says.
Dara of the Shamra has always been different. She has never
enjoyed the same things the other Shamra girls enjoy, such
as sewing, cooking, and knitting. She prefers the athletic
competitions against the guys such as running, so she can
feel the wind in her hair. Dara always feels trapped if she
is forced to do something girl-related. Her best friend
Pilla, however, is the exact opposite. Pilla is the model of
the perfect Shamra female. She sews, she knits, and she's
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to fly, to soar above the clouds and out into the distance and the slaves below fly to the sky with you? Then this is the book for you! You have to have quite an imagination to really feel like your flying, but with this book anyone can achieve that feeling, like Sarah the main character! All you have to do is hear the magic words from Toby, and your off into the distance and free from slavery! This book is full of stories and folktale, used in South Africa. This book is really great! Trust me, you'll love it!
Most everyone has heard of the Mercury 7, the first human
spaceflight program in the Untied States. It lasted from
1959 through 1963, and the goal was to beat the Russians in
putting the first human in orbit around the Earth. Everyone
pretty much knows John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, and the rest
of the crew that trained, but very few people know of the
thirteen women who trained and never got to go into space.
Jerrie Cobb was the first woman pilot to take all the same
tests that the men took, and even scored higher than the
In a small town called Kenmore, everything is pleasant and casual until...there was a murder. A small girl name Marta was murdered by an unknown man, but there was one clue, a hand. Fortunately, the murderer cut off the girl's hand, and in her hand is the hair of the killer. Soon, a boy name Fred Fink moves into Kenmore and finds some new friends. A new friend, Zane, invites him to his clubhouse, which he likes to call Z's. Its an old rusty hideout that the gang comes to often. But in this old nasty warehouse, is hidden a clue to the murder.
At Franklin High School, if you're black you play basketball; if you're white you go out for wrestling. It's not a rule, but it's the way the students think it should be. For Ray Wisniewski, a white kid, being on the varsity basketball team has always been a dream. He tries out two years in a row, but doesn't make it. After gaining a new coach, he finally makes the team. As the story continues, the intensity grows high between the blacks and whites.
