Courage Under Fire
(Daughters 8-10/Mothers)

The girls in each of these books are challenged by changes in their lives, new homes, and new responsibilities. Each girl faces her changing situation with great aplomb and grace, even when things are not particularly easy. These books give mothers and daughters the opportunity to talk about how to meet life's challenges.

Book Titles

Love You, Soldier, Amy Hest
In The Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson, Bette Bao Lord
Number the Stars, Lois Lowry
Meet Molly: An American Girl, Valerie Tripp