A Definite Read Aloud

Each year, I struggle to find a really good book with a strong, yet low drama queen, main character. I think I've found it. It's A Friendship for Today.





This book has a strong, female character. She's a black girl who is one of 5 students that go to a white school as soon as segregation ends. She works hard to keep up and fight the sterotypes they had in the south in the 1950's. You know that teacher who segregated the students by their eye color? Well that happens in this book. It has a lot of lessons to teach students, and all people alike.

If you picked one book from this list, so far, this would be the one!