Carolyn Meyer

A fourteen-year-old Jewish girl goes to live with her father and stepmother in a small town and soon finds herself the center of a civil rights battle when she objects to the high school band marching in the formation of a cross.

The author relates her visit to Japan where she interviewed adults and children and recorded their feelings about life in a country experiencing drastic changes in lifestyle.

A study of the contemporary Yupik culture in an Alaskan village as seen through the eyes of a typical family.

This is a different sort of dog book! This book is a non-fiction travelogue, which reads like a novel written straight from the heart detailing the first 4 trips of 2 beloved shelter dogs. They are mixed breeds like 75% of the dogs found at animal shelters. The focus is primarily on these spayed females-their personalities, quirks, and habits. As the reader gets to know them, it's easy to become fond and relate to them as you do your own dogs. Getting...

The author relates her visit to Northern Ireland where she interviewed Protestants and Catholics and recorded their feelings growing up in a country torn apart by religious and political conflict.

In nineteenth-century England, young Charles Darwin rejects the more traditional careers of physician and clergyman, choosing instead to embark on a dangerous five-year journey by ship to explore the natural world.