[CALIBK12] Road Trip novels-USA

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I couldn't tell who originally sent this, or I would have replied  
off-list.  If picture books could supplement, two good ones for that age  level are:
 
 
 And, Crow and Weasel -- (from Library Journal, via  Amazon!)  -- From 
Library Journal
Two youngsters  set out on a journey, encounter wonders, risk death, find 
wisdom, and return to  tell their tale. The plot line is as old as the 
Babylonian epic Gilgamesh , but  Lopez ( Arctic Dreams , LJ 3/1/86) gives it a 
style and setting that make it  new. Meditative Crow and spirited Weasel belong 
to the Native American Plains  people, but their aspirations and the 
lessons they learn are timeless and  transcultural: to be truthful, to acknowledge 
the Ones Above, to value  friendship, to express gratitude, to seek 
knowledge. The epiphanies of the quest  pertain to the passage from youth to 
maturity, but also speak to the adult of  what is truly important in life. 
Beautifully rendered watercolors focus on the  characters and their (authentic) 
accouterments rather than on landscape.The  picture book format may limit the 
book, misleadingly, to the children's section.  In fact, thoughtful 
adolescents are the youngest readers to whom this fable will  make its serious appeal.
 
Going North by Janice N. Harrington -- the story of a black family  going 
north to a better life during the Jim Crow laws era -- illustrates the  
problem of "Whites only" facilities. -- From School Library  Journal
Starred Review. Grade 3-5–This autobiographical story  follows an 
African-American family on their difficult move from Alabama to  Nebraska in the 
1960s. The journey presents special complications for the young  narrator, her 
siblings, and her parents; they can only buy fuel at "Negro  stations" and 
shop in "Negro stores." Jessie has reservations about leaving all  the good 
things she knows in the South but grows increasingly optimistic about  
improved prospects elsewhere as she gets farther from home. After several  anxious 
days of driving, the travelers finally arrive in Lincoln, their new  
frontier. Lagarrigue's paintings are subdued but powerful and well-suited to  
Harrington's somber, poetic narrative voice. Contrasting shades and changing  
textures are used to evoke the characters' emotions and to highlight the 
passing  landscape. On the endpapers, an outline map showing the family's journey 
is  painted on a road map, setting the tone for the book.

I've always loved using picture books with all age levels.
Penny Brwon
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