Building Character through Multicultural Literature A Guide for Middle School Readers

by Jweid, Rosann; Rizzo, Margaret

• ISBN13: 9780810850422
• ISBN10: 0810850427
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-07-15
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Summary

A comprehensive reference to 50 titles that will help children cultivate ethics, assume personal responsibility, and practice moral judgment in unfamiliar cultural contexts.

Table of Contents

Preface	v
Introduction	vii
Novels
Adem's Cross	3	(4)
Alone at Ninety Foot	7	(4)
Ashes of Roses	11	(4)
The Bamboo Flute	15	(4)
Bearstone	19	(6)
Before We Were Free	25	(4)
Beyond Safe Boundaries	29	(4)
Bloomability	33	(4)
The Breadwinner	37	(4)
Bronx Masquerade	41	(4)
Cat Herself	45	(4)
The Circuit	49	(4)
The Clay Marble	53	(4)
Crispin	57	(4)
Dragonwings	61	(6)
Esperanza Rising	67	(6)
First Apple	73	(4)
Ghost Boy	77	(6)
Grab Hands and Run	83	(4)
Habibi	87	(4)
A Hand Full of Stars	91	(6)
The Heart of a Chief	97	(6)
Homeless Bird	103	(4)
Homesick My Own Story	107	(4)
The House on Mango Street	111	(4)
How I Became an American	115	(4)
Journey Home	119	(4)
Kit's Wilderness	123	(4)
The Maestro	127	(6)
Miracle's Boys	133	(4)
The Night Journey	137	(4)
Nory Ryan's Song	141	(4)
The Other Side of Truth	145	(4)
Parrot in the Oven: Mi Vida	149	(4)
Playing Beatie Bow	153	(6)
The Real Plato Jones	159	(4)
The Return	163	(4)
Rodzina	167	(4)
Samir and Yonatan	171	(4)
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes	175	(4)
Scorpions	179	(4)
Shabanu, Daughter of the Wind	183	(4)
The Sign of the Beaver	187	(6)
Sing down the Moon	193	(4)
A Single Shard	197	(6)
A Step from Heaven	203	(4)
Taking Sides	207	(4)
True Believer	211	(6)
The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963	217	(4)
Zazoo	221	(4)
Cultures and Religions Represented in the Novels	225	(2)
Interesting and Useful Websites	227	(4)
Bibliography	231	(2)
Index	233	(6)
About the Authors	239