George, Jean Craighead. Julie of The Wolves. New York: HarpersCollins Publishers, 1972.
This is the story of a young Eskimo girl which captures Eskimo life while comparing it to that of the whites, old vs. new.
Greenfield, Eloise. Sister. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1974.
Celebrates life, both the hard times and the good. A story of an African American, inner-city, single parent, family struggling to get on with life after the sudden death of the father. It is the story of the youngest sister discovering who she is.
Hill, Kirkpatrick. Toughboy & Sister. New York: Penguin Books. 1990.
A story of modern Inuit life in the Yukon. It explains the ways of the Inuit culture, while telling a story of sibling survival in the wilderness.
Namioka, Lensey. Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear. New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Co. 1992.
The story of a boy who moves from China to Seattle. It teaches Chinese cultural awareness while showing the difficulties of integrating Chinese and American values.
Tripp, Valerie. Meet Josefina and Josefina Learns a Lesson. Middleton, Wisconsin: Pleasant Company. 1997.
Two books in the American Girls Collection which tell stories of American girls who lived long ago. These two stories are about growing up in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 1824.
Walter, Mildred Pitts. Justin and the Best Biscuits In The World. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. 1986.
A story about a young black boy living in a family of all women and his relationship with his grandfather, who lives on a ranch in Missouri. Gives historical information the migration of blacks after the reconstruction and black cowboys.
Yap, Laurence. Later, Gator. New York: Hyperion Books.1995
A story of a Chinese American boy. Good resource for Chinese culture introduction.