Social Studies AR List
For Seventh Grade
World Cultures
Revised March 4, 2008
Biographies About People From Different Cultures
(Anderson, Marion) Freedman, Russell. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights. 92 AND
(Asgedom, Mawi) Asgedom, Mawi. Of Beetles and Angels. Ethiopian boy who survived civil war. 92 ASG
(Bonetta, Sarah) Myers, Walter Dean. At Her Majesty’s Request: An African Princess in Victorian England. 92 BON
(Cleopatra) Streisguth, Tom. Queen Cleopatra. 92 CLE
(Crandall, Prudence) Jurmain, Suzanne. The Forbidden Schoolhouse. 92 CRA
(Crazy Horse) Freedman, Russell. The Life and Death of Crazy Horse. 92 CRA
(D'Angelo, Pascal) Murphy, Jim. Pick & Shovel Poet. A look at immigrant life in America that focuses on a popular poet of the early 20th century. 92 DAN
(DaVinci, Leonardo) Krull, Kathleen. Leonardo da Vinci. Focuses on his science rather than his art.
92 LEO
(Filipovic, Zlata) Filipovic, Zlata. Zlata’s Diary. A young girl’s first-hand account of the Serbo-Croatian war. 92 FIL
(Frank, Anne) Gold, Alison Leslie. Memories of Anne Frank: Reflections of a Childhood Friend. 92 FRA
(Fritz, Jean) Fritz, Jean. Homesick, My Own Story. The author grew up in China. 92 FRI
(Gandhi, Mohandas) Martin, Christopher. Mohandas Gandhi. 92 GAN
(Gandhi, Mohandas) Severance, John. Gandhi, Great Soul. 92 GAN
(Gordeeva, Ekaterina) Hill, Anne E. Ekaterina Gordeeva. Russian figure skater. 92 GOR
(Guthrie, Woody) Partridge, Elizabeth. This Land Was Made for You and Me. A biography of the legendary activist and songwriter. 92 GUT
(Hautzig, Esther Rudomin) Hautzig, Esther. The Endless Steppe: Growing Up in Siberia. 92 HAU
(Heroes of the Holocaust) Greenfeld, Howard. The Hidden Children. World War II. 920 GRA
(Heroes of the Holocaust) Rosenberg, Maxine. Hiding to Survive. Children who survived the Nazis in World War 2. 920 ROS
(Houston, Jeanne) Houston, Jeanne. Farewell to Manzanar. Japanese-Americans. 92 HOU
(Huynh, Q.) Huynh, Quang Nhuon. The Land I Lost. Vietnam. 92 HUY
(Ippisch, Hanneke) Ippisch, Hanneke. Sky: A True Story of Resistance During World War II. 92 IPP
(Jiang, Ji-Li) Jiang, Ji-Li. Red Scarf Girl. Chinese girl who survived the Cultural Revolution. 92 JIA
(Joan of Arc) Roberts, Jeremy. Saint Joan of Arc. 92 JOA
(Kherdian, David) Kherdian, David. The Road from Home: The Story of an Armenian Girl. 92 KHE
(Mah, Adeline Yen) Mah. Chinese Cinderella, The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter. 92 MAH
(Mandela, Nelson) Finlayson, Reggie. Nelson Mandela. 92 MAN
(Mandelbaum, Jack) Warren, Andrea. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Concentration Camps. 940.53 WAR
(Reiss, Johanna) Reiss, Johanna. The Upstairs Room and The Journey Back. She hid from the Nazis. 92 REI
(Schumann, Clara) Reich, Susanna. Clara Schumann, Piano Virtuoso. 92 SCH
(Sender, Ruth) Sender, Ruth. The Cage. 92 SEN
(Siegal, Aranka) Siegal, Aranka. Upon the Head of the Goat: A Childhood in Hungary, 1939-1944. 92 SIE
(Toll, Nelly) Toll, Nelly. Behind the Secret Window: Memoir of a Hidden Childhood During World War II. 92 Tol
(Wollstonecraft, Mary) Miller, Calvin. Mary Wollstonecraft and the Rights of Women. 92 WOL
Other Social Studies Nonfiction
Armstrong, Jennifer. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World. Sir Ernest Shackleton's expedition to the South Pole. 919.8 ARM
Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine, 1845-1850. 941 BAR
Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. Growing Up in Coal Country. 331.3 BAR
Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler’s Shadow. 943.086 BAR
Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. Kids On Strike! 331.892 BAR
Blumberg, Rhoda. Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun. 952 BLU
Calabro, Marian. The Perilous Journey of the Donner Party. 979.4 CAL
Freedman, Russell. Children of the Wild West. 978 FRE
Freedman, Russell. Cowboys of the Wild West. 978 FRE
Freedman, Russell. Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. 323.1196 FRE
Freedman, Russell. In Defense of Liberty: The Story of America’s Bill of Rights. 342.73 FRE
Freedman, Russell. Indian Chiefs. 970.004 FRE
Freedman, Russell. Kids at Work. 331.3 FRE
Haskins, Jim. Black, Blue and Gray: African Americans in the Civil War. 973.7 HAS
Jackson, Shirley. Witchcraft of Salem Village. 974.4 JAC
Jones, Charlotte Foltz. Yukon Gold: Story of the Klondike Gold Rush. 971.9 JON
Ketchum, Liza. Into a New Country. Eight fascinating women of the wild West. 978 KET
Kimmel, Elizabeth Cody. Ice Story: Shackleton's Lost Expedition. 910 KIM
Lester, Julius. To Be a Slave. First-hand accounts of slavery. 326 LES
Marrin, Albert. George Washington and the Founding of a Nation. 973.4 MAR
Meltzer, Milton. Driven From the Land: The Story of the Dust Bowl. 978 MEL
Murphy, Jim. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793. 614.5 MUR
Murphy, Jim. The Boys' War. Civil War. 973.7 MUR
Murphy, Jim. The Great Fire. 977.3 MUR
Murphy, Jim. The Long Road to Gettysburg. Civil War. 973.7 MUR
Myers, Walter Dean. Amistad, a Long Road to Freedom. The mutinied slave ship. 973 MYE
Sha’Ban, Mervet Akram. If You Could Be My Friend. Correspondence between an Israeli and a Palestinian girl. 956.9405 BOU
Fiction Reflecting Diverse World Cultures and/or History
Almond, David. Kit’s Wilderness. Old mining town in England. FIC ALM
Avi. Beyond the Western Sea. Book 1, Escape from Home. Book 2, Lord Kirkle’s Money. Adventure about children from Ireland and England who emigrate to America, mid-19th century. FIC AVI
Avi. Crispin: The Cross of Lead. Medieval England. Newbery winner. FIC AVI
Ayers, Katherine. North By Night. The Underground Railroad and slavery in America. FIC AYE
Balgassi, Haemi. Tae’s Sonata. Korean-American girl fitting in to her community. FIC BAL
Banim, Lisa. Drums at Saratoga. American Revolution. FIC BAN
Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. Coal Miner's Bride. Pennsylvania immigrant history. FIC BAR
Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. No Man’s Land: A Young Soldier’s Story. Civil War. FIC BAR
Blackwood, Gary. The Shakespeare Stealer. Shakespearean England. FIC BLA
Bruchac, Joseph. Code Talker. Navajo who served as code talkers in World War II. FIC BRU
Bruchac, Joseph. The Warriors. Iroquois boy who plays lacrosse. FIC BRU
Bunting, Eve. Spying on Miss Muller. British schoolchildren suspect their teacher of being a German spy during World War II. FIC BUN
Carbone, Elisa. Storm Warriors. The Outer Banks right after the abolition of slavery. FIC CAR
Chotjewitz, David. Daniel Half-Human and the Good Nazi. A boy growing up in Nazi Germany discovers he is Jewish. FIC CHO
Cooper, Susan. The Boggart. Scotland. FIC COO
Cooper, Susan. The Boggart and the Monster. Scotland. FIC COO
Creech, Sharon. Bloomability. A girl attends an international school in Switzerland. FIC CRE
Crew, Linda. Children of the River. Cambodia. FIC CRE
Crisp, Marty. Private Captain. Civil War. FIC CRI
Cushman, Karen. Ballad of Lucy Whipple. California Gold Rush, 1849. FIC CUS
Cushman, Karen. Catherine, Called Birdy. Medieval England. FIC CUS
Cushman, Karen. Matilda Bone. Medieval England. FIC CUS
Cushman, Karen. The Midwife’s Apprentice. Medieval England. FIC CUS
Cushman, Karen. Rodzina. Orphan trains in 19th-century America. FIC CUS
Danticat, Edwidge. Behind the Mountains. A Haitian girl awaits word from her father in the US. FIC DAN
Denenberg, Barry. The Journal of William Thomas Emerson. Revolutionary War. FIC DEN
Denenberg, Barry. So Far From Home: the Diary of Mary Driscoll. Irish mill girl in 1847 America. FIC DEN
Dickens, Charles. David Copperfield. Mid-19th century England. FIC DIC
Dickens, Charles. Great Expectations. Mid-19th century England. FIC DIC
Dickens, Charles. Oliver Twist. Mid-19th century England. FIC DIC
Dorris, Michael. Morning Girl. Taino Indian girl in pre-Columbus Americas. FIC DOR
Dorris, Michael. Sees Behind Trees. Taino Indian boy in pre-Columbus Americas. FIC DOR
Drucker, Malka. Jacob’s Rescue: A Holocaust Story. FIC DRU
Durbin, William. The Broken Blade and Wintering. Fur trappers in 18th-century Canada. FIC DUR
Durrant, Linda. Beaded Moccasins: The Story of Mary Campbell. Delaware Indians in 1759. FIC DUR
Durrant, Linda. Betsy Zane, The Rose of Fort Henry. American Revolution. FIC DUR
Elliott, Laura. Under the War Torn Sky. A young fighter pilot during World War II. FIC ELL
Ellis, Deborah. The Breadwinner. Afghanistan under the Taliban. FIC ELL
Fox, Paula. The Slave Dancer. Slave ship to the Americas. Newbery Award. FIC FOX
Franklin, Christine. The Grape Thief. Croatian-American boy during the Great Depression. FIC FRA
Garrigue, Sheila. The Eternal Spring of Mr. Ito. Japanese-Canadian man who resists internment after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. FIC GAR
George, Jean. Water Sky. Eskimo people. FIC GEO
Giff, Patricia. Nory Ryan’s song. The Irish potato famine. FIC GIF
Glaser, Linda. Bridge to America. A boy lives in a Jewish stetl in Poland and waits for the chance to join his father in America. FIC GLA
Gregory, Kristiania. Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile. FIC GRE
Gregory, Kristiania. The Legend of Jimmy Spoon. Shoshoni Indians. FIC GRE
Hesse, Karen. Letters from Rifka. Russian Jewish girl trying to emigrate to America. FIC HES
Hill, Kirkpatrick. Toughboy and Sister. Two Native American children are stranded in Alaska. FIC HIL
Hobbs, Will. Beardance. Alaska. FIC HOB
Hobbs, Will. Bearstone. Alaska. FIC HOB
Hobbs, Will. The Big Wander. Native American cultures. FIC HOB
Hobbs, Will. Kokopelli’s Flute. Native American cultures. FIC HOB
Hossack, Sylvie. Green Mango Magic. Hawaii. FIC HOS
Houston, Gloria. Frozen Fire. Alaska. FIC HOU
Isaacs, Anne. Torn Thread. Two girls survive World War II in a labor camp in Czechoslovakia. FIC ISA
Kim, Helen. The Long Season of Rain. Korea. FIC KIM
Krumgold, Joseph. And Now Miguel. Mexican-American boy in New Mexico. FIC KRU
Lasky, Kathryn. Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor. Fictionalized journal of the young Queen Elizabeth. FIC LAS
Lawrence, Iain. The Wreckers, The Smugglers and The Buccaneers. Adventure in 19th century England. FIC LAW
Levitin, Sonia. Journey to America and Silver Days. Jews fleeing the Nazis in 1938. FIC LEV
Levitin, Sonia. Silver Days. Jewish life in 1930’s and 1940’s United States. FIC LEV
Lord, Bette Bao. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson. Chinese girl living in New York, where she discovers baseball. PB LOR
Lowry, Lois. Number the Stars. Jewish girl is hidden from the Nazis, World War II in Denmark. FIC LOW
Magorian, Michelle. Good Night, Mr. Tom. England during World War II. FIC MAG
Manley, Joan B. She Flew No Flags. World War II, takes place on a boat sailing enemy waters. FIC MAN
Matas, Carol. After the War. A Polish Jewish girl who has survived World War II. FIC MAT
Matas, Carol. Daniel’s Story. A boy who survived a concentration camp during World War II. FIC MAT
Matas, Carol. Greater than Angels. World War II. FIC MAZ
Mazer, Harry. Heroes Don’t Run: A Novel of the Pacific War. A young boy joins up to fight in World War Two. FIC MAZ
Mazer, Norma. Good Night, Maman. Children have to flee Nazi-occupied France. FIC MAZ
McGraw, Eloise. Moccassin Trail. Crow Indians. FIC MCG
Meyer, Carolyn. Isabel, Jewel of Castilla. Spain in 1466. FIC MEY
Moore, Robin. The Bread Sister of Sinking Creek. Pennsylvania frontier. FIC MOO
Mukerji, Dhan. Gay-Neck, the Story of a Pigeon. India. FIC MUK
Murphy, Jim. West to a Land of Plenty. Italian-Americans, 1883. FIC MUR
Myers, Anna. Tulsa Burning. Racial tension in Depression-era America. FIC MYE
Myers, Walter Dean. Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins, A World War II Soldier. D-Day invasion FIC MYE
Naidoo, Beverly. Journey to Jo’burg. South Africa. FIC NAI
Namioka, Lensey. Ties that Bind, Ties that Break. China, early 20th century. FIC NAM
Napoli, Donna Jo. For the Love of Venice. Italy. FIC NAP
Nye, Naomi Shihab. Habibi. Israel. FIC NYE
O’Dell, Scott. The Black Pearl. Baja California, Mexico. FIC ODE
O’Dell, Scott. Black Star, Bright Dawn. Eskimos. FIC ODE
O’Dell, Scott. Island of the Blue Dolphins and Zia. Native Americans. FIC ODE
O’Dell, Scott. My Name is Not Angelica. Caribbean slave revolt of 1733-34. FIC ODE
O’Dell, Scott. Sing Down the Moon. Navajo Indians. FIC ODE
O’Dell, Scott. Streams to the River, River to the Sea. Sacajawea. FIC ODE
O’Dell, Scott. Zia. Sequel to Island of the Blue Dolphins. FIC ODE
Orlev, Uri. The Island on Bird Street. The Warsaw ghetto during World War II. FIC ORL
Park, Linda Sue. A Single Shard. Story of an apprentice potter boy in 12th-century Korea. Newbery Award. FIC PAR
Paterson, Katherine. The Master Puppeteer. Japan. PB PAT
Paterson, Katherine. Park’s Quest. Vietnamese-American boy. FIC PAT
Peck, Richard. The River Between Us. Civil War. FIC PEC
Rinaldi, Ann. My Heart is on the Ground: Diary of …a Sioux Girl. Circa 1880. FIC RIN
Rinaldi, Ann. The Second Bend in the River. Frontier life, Shawnee Indians. FIC RIN
Rostkowski, Margaret. After the Dancing Days. After World War I. FIC ROS
Ryan, Pam Nunoz. Becoming Naomi Leon. Mexican-American girl goes to live in Mexico. FIC RYA
Ryan, Pam Munoz. Esperanza Rising. Mexican girl moves to California. FIC RYA
Saint-Exupery, Antoine. The Little Prince. The French Classic. FIC SAI
Speare, Elizabeth. The Bronze Bow. Rome in the time of Christ. FIC SPE
Spinelli, Jerry. Milkweed. World War II. Jewish boy in Nazi-occupied Poland. FIC SPI
Staples, Suzanne. Haveli. Pakistan. FIC STA
Staples, Suzanne. Shabanu. Pakistan. FIC STA
Staples, Suzanne. Shiva's Fire. India. FIC STA
Taylor, Theodore. The Cay and Timothy of the Cay. Caribbean Islands. FIC TAY
Taylor, Theodore. Ice Drift. Two young Inuit boys in 1863 Alaska. FIC TAY
Thesman, Jean. Molly Donnelly. World War II, Pacific theater. FIC THE
Thesman, Jean. A Sea So Far. San Francisco Earthquake survivors travel to Ireland in 1906. FIC THE
Trevino, Elizabeth. I, Juan de Pareja. Seventeenth-century Spain. FIC TRE
Turner, Ann. The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow. Navajo girl's diary. FIC TUR
Uchida, Yoshiko. Jar of Dreams. Japanese Americans. PB UCH
Uchida, Yoshiko. The Journey Home. Japanese Americans. PB UCH
Watkins, Yoko Kawashima. So Far from the Bamboo Grove. Koreans in Japan. FIC WAT
Westall, Robert. Blitzcat. World War II, European theater. FIC WES|
Westall, Robert. The Machine Gunners. World War II, European theater. FIC WES
Whelan, Gloria. Angel on the Square. Russia pre-World War I. FIC WHE
Whelan, Gloria. Homeless Bird. India. FIC WHE
Wojciechowska, Maia. Shadow of a Bull. Spain. FIC WOI
Yep, Laurence. Child of the Owl. Chinese-Americans. FIC YEP
Yep, Laurence. Dragon’s Gate. Chinese-Americans. FIC YEP
Yep, Laurence. Dragonwings. Chinese-Americans. FIC YEP
Yep, Laurence. Star Fisher. Chinese-Americans. FIC YEP
Yolen, Jane. Girl in a Cage. Daughter of Robert Bruce, 14th-century Scotland. FIC YOL
Myth and Legend
Barron, T. A. Heartlight, Lost Years of Merlin, and others. FIC BAR
Cooper, Susan. The Dark is Rising. FIC COO
Cooper, Susan. Greenwitch. FIC COO
Cooper, Susan. The Grey King. FIC COO
Cooper, Susan. Over Sea, Under Stone. FIC COO
Cooper, Susan. Silver on the Tree. FIC COO
Crossley-Holland, Kevin. The Seeing Stone. FIC CRO
Hamilton, Virginia. Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales. 398.2 HAM
Hooks, William H. The Ballad of Belle Dorcas. African American tale. 398.2 HOO
McCaffrey, Anne. Black Horses for the King. FIC MCC
Morris, Gerald. The Squire’s Tale. FIC MOR
Paterson, Katherine. Parzival, The Quest of the Grail. 398.22 PAT
Seredy, Kate. The White Stag. Legend surrounding Attila the Hun. 398.2 SER
Sutcliff, Rosemary. The Sword and the Circle: King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.398.22 SUT
Yolen, Jane. Dragon’s Boy. FIC YOL
Yolen, Jane. Heart’s Blood. FIC YOL
Yolen, Jane. Hobby. FIC YOL
Yolen, Jane. Merlin. FIC YOL
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