Little Women: Penguin Readers Level 1

Louisa May Alcott

Little Women is the story of a poor American family in the American Civil War. The four sisters, Beth, Jo, Meg and Amy are very different. But together they work hard and help their mother and father. Sometimes their lives are very happy, and sometimes they are very sad. But the family's love always hel...

Dear Freedom Writer: Stories of Hardship and Hope from the Next Generation

Erin Gruwell, The Freedom Writers

The students of today tell their stories of adversity and growth in letters to the originalFreedom Writers-authors of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Freedom Writers Diary-who write supportive and powerful letters in response.Over twenty years ago, the students in first-year teacher Erin Gruwell's ...