Inside 2014 B: Complex Text Library Classroom Set

1 copy each of 8 titles
Gliding Across the Gobi
The Art of Silk Making
Farewell to Manzanar
The Stone Goddess
Thura’s Diary: My Life in Wartime Iraq
The Forbidden Schoolhouse
The Olympians
Polar Bears in Trouble

In 1941, the Wakatsuki family and all other Japanese Americans were forced to live inside a prison camp. Will they survive the prison camp, and if they do, will their lives ever be the same?

A new Cambodian government takes control of the country and punishes anyone who dances. How can Nakri and Teeda survive when everything they love is at risk?

When the United States and its allies bombed Iraq on March 20, 2003, life changed overnight for 19-year-old Thura Al-Windawi. As the bombs continued to explode all around, she kept a diary to record the horrifying events.

In 1833, Prudence Crandall opened a school for African-American girls because she believed in their right to an education. But when this angers her neighbors, will she have to fight for her students' education?