Gathering BLUE (lowry lois)

        The story "Gathering Blue" is about a teenage girl named Kira, born with a defective leg, who should therefore be dead, according her culture's norms. She lived a life of pure lies and where the authority controlled everything; people couldn't express themselves, or learn, or give opinions. Despite that Kira overcame everything and found the truth. She lived with her mother, but after her mother died of illness, she stayed on her own. No one in the village wanted her to stay because she was "worthless" and couldn't do anything and Kira had to defend herself against the merciless villagers. Luckily, the Council of Guardians have heard of Kira's skill with the thread, and spared her life so that she will work on the Singer's robe, a great honor.
Kira's new existence became very different; it was full of luxury and wealth. She began to learn things that made her suspect everything was not as she has been told. Kira was determined to find the truth. Read to find out.

A Tree Grows In Brooklyn By Betty Smith

                   "The Tree Grows in Brooklyn" is a story of a little girl, named Francie, who lives in Brooklyn with her family. Her father, Johnny, has is an alchoholic and has no regular job, but occasionally gets a singer-waiter jobs at the bars and one-night places. The person who brings the main income to the house is Francie's mother, Katie, who works as a janitor of their appartment building. She always tries to save money for the future, but it is really difficult to provide even basic food for the family. Neely is Francie's younger brother and her best friend at the same time; they spend time together collecting junk for money, reading books every night, and playing with each other. Even though they are very poor, their lives seem happy and warm. Francie loves reading any kinds of books that she can find and loves going to school to learn something new. Even though the situation at home is getting worse as her father’s health is getting worse and worse, Francie tries to stay positive and devotes herself to education. However, when her father, Johnny, passes away because of acute pneumonia and leaves his youngest child, Laurie, behind, Francie becomes a head of household without enough time for drowning her grief. Like her mother she works very hard and even gives up going to high school. Meanwhile, she meets a guy named, Lee who is a soldier and falls in love with him for the first time of her life. Will she finally be happy? Read to find out.

Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell

“Island of the Blue Dolphins”, written by Scott O’ Dell, is a story about a 12 year old Indian girl, named Karana, whose father is chief of their tribe. They lived on a small island in the Pacific, 20 leagues off of the Santa Barbara Coast. They lived here peacefully with no war against anyone. Until one day, an Aleut ship was noticed in the distant sea. Coming from Russia, Captain Orlov and his men went to the island to hunt for otter. After spending time there, and trying to leave without giving his part to the Ghalas-at people, a battle broke out, wounding and killing many Ghalas-at people, including the chief himself. With many dead, and a new chief in charge, things changed. The new chief went to mainland California and sent back a ship to take the Ghalas-at people to live in California. When the ship was leaving, Karana’s brother, Ramo, ran back to get the spear he had forgotten, and Karana ran back for him. Because there was a storm building up, the captain of the ship had no choice but to leave the 2 stranded kids on the island and to fend for themselves. One day when, Ramo went fishing, he was attacked by wild dogs, and suffered severe injuries leaving Karana all alone. Will she be able to survive on the island as the only human habitant? Will she survive and grow old on the island, or will she give up all hope? Read and find out for yourself.

I recommend this book anyone looking for an adventures book; it is guarantied to grab your attention, and hold it until the end.