Schotter, Roni

A Jewish high school girl becomes increasingly involved inhuman rights for African Americans in the early 1960s at the cost of some other important relationships in her life.

Describes the meaning and traditions of Hanukkah as five children and their family celebrate the holiday.

As Kara divides her time between Papa's house and Mama's house, she is comforted by the presence of her toy Rabbit.

When Eva sits on her stoop trying to complete a school assignment by writing about what happens in her neighborhood, she gets a great deal of advice and action.

Grandpa and his granddaughter spend his last summer visiting and enjoying the pine woods near their house.

Sixteen-year-old Lisl develops her sense of self while her mother is dying of cancer.

When their mother orders them to clean up their room, the young crocodiles do so with some unorthodox methods.

The children of Vinegar Lane discover that bad-tempered old Captain Snap has a wonderful secret.

Bunny, who hates bedtime, sets off to explore the nighttime world and concludes that his bed is the best place to be at night, despite the wonderful things he finds outside.

When ten-year-old Manda interrupts a midnight delivery, she discovers her parents' involvement in the Underground Railroad and makes her own contribution to a fugitive slave's freedom.