Jenifer J. Blemings
Berger, Terry.
A Friend c
an Help. Chicago, IL: Raintree, 1974. (what divorce is like, as told by a young girl)
Caudill, Rebecca.
Did You Carry the Flag Today, Charley?
NY: Holt, 1966. (explores the concept of reward)
Childress, Alice.
A Hero Ain’t Nothin’ but a Sandwich
. NY: Coward, 1973. (drug addiction without a simple answer)
DeWitt, Jamie.
Jamie’s Turn
. Milwaukee, WI: Raintree, 1984. (written-by a child)
Frank, Anne.
The Diary of a Young Girl
.
NY:
Pocket Books, 1964, (parallels journal writing)
Griffin, John Howard.
Black Like
Me. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1960. (the diary of a white man, disguised as a black, visiting the deep south)
Harris, Audrey.
Why Did He Die?
. Minneapolis, MN: Learner, 1965. (poetry explaining death)
Kaufman, Bel.
Up the Down Staircase
. NY: Prentice Hall, 1964. (letters from students to their teacher)
Keller, Helen.
The Story of My Life
. NY: Dell, 1961. (many different means of communication)
Myers, Walter Dean. Fa
st Sami Cool Clyde, and Stuff.
NY: Puffin Books, 1975. (adventures of inner-city youth)
Sterling, Dorothy.
Mary Jane
. NY: Doubleday, 1959. (a story about racial-discrimination)