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A Friendship for Today Buckner Community Read- Middle School Level

This list contains the Summer 2021 selection, A Friendship for Today, along with , a discussion guide and similar reads.

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  • In 1954, desegregation comes to 10 year old Rosemary's small Missouri town. Because of this, her old school closes down and she is the only black child in her new school.
    UnknownNew York, N.Y. : Scholastic Press, 2007. — JF
  • Once you finish A Friendship for Today, look over this discussion guide to talk about the book with a parent/guardian, friend, relative, or anybody who's read the book. Remember though, no spoilers for those who haven't finished yet!
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  • After a Supreme Court ruling, 12 year old Silvy's school will be integrated. This, along with her parents' financial problems worry Silvy.
    UnknownMinneapolis, Minn. : Milkweed Editions, 2007. — JF
  • During the first year of a Los Angeles school integration program, a black and white boy become best friends.
    BookBoston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2017] — JF FRANK
  • In 1932, Stella and her brother witness a Ku Klux Klan burning ceremony. This set off a series of events where residents of her North Carolina demand change to the prejudice and discrimination that they face.
    BookNew York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2015] — JF DRAPER
  • In the summer of 1964 as she is about to turn twelve, Glory's Mississippi town, is plagued by racial tension when town leaders close the public swimming pool rather than desegregating it.
    BookNew York : Scholastic Press, 2012. — JF
  • This book is set during the Civil Rights movement. While violence against African Americans, increases, Addie and residents of her small Mississippi town, fight for racial justice.
    UnknownNew York : Delacorte Press, [2008] — JF
  • When a school in North Carolina town hires its first African-American teacher in 1969, a black and a white girl face prejudice that challenges their friendship.
    BookNew York : Scholastic Press, 2016. — JF
  • Eleven year old Ella lives in a small segregated South Carolina town. She gets to leave the racial tensions of the south by visiting her mother, who is a jazz singer.
    BookNew York ; Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 2019. — JF PARSON
  • This story is told through shy 12-year-old Marlee, who befriends Liz, a new student at her middle school. Liz instills some much-needed confidence in Marlee, but when it's revealed that Liz is "passing" as a white student, Liz must leave…
    Downloadable AudiobookBooks on Tape, 2012
  • This well researched book explores the history of polio, it also looks at the people who pioneered polio treatment and prevention. Rosemary's best friend from A Friendship Today has polio.
    UnknownNew York : Benchmark Books, [2005] — 614.549 P442
  • Small Steps

    the Year I Got Polio

    Kehret, Peg,
    The author describes her battle against polio and her efforts to overcome its debilitating effects.
    UnknownMorton Grove, Ill. : Albert Whitman, [2006] — B K261
  • After a black third grader named Linda Brown was refused admission to an all-white school in 1950, a lawsuit was filed on her behalf. This book follows the court case as well as the challenges and changes that occurred afterward.
    UnknownChanhassen, Minn. : Child's World, [2005] — 344.730798 SO54