Katherine Follett

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A Step Toward Freedom

A Step Toward Freedom

Highlights presents A Step Toward Freedom written by Katherine Follett. Louisa Watts, an African American, became involved in the women's suffrage movement. Although uncertain at first about the importance of the suffrage movement to women's freedom,...

Highlights presents A Typical Boy? written by Katherine Follett. Tim and Alex are best friends. But when Tim joins the football team, they both wonder if their friendship can survive. It seems to Alex that Tim is being a stereotypical boy who only...

Bigger than Life

Bigger than Life

Highlights presents Bigger Than Life written by Katherine Follett. This collection of tall tales emerged in the late 1800s, which was a time of great expansion in the United States. The tales are colorful exaggerations that helped groups of people...

Learning to Live Here

Learning to Live Here

This story is about Deka, a young Somalian girl who has moved with her family to the United States. Deka appreciates her heritage but recognizes the need to make friends and learn English. She also encourages her mother to learn English and become...

Our Changing Planet

Our Changing Planet

This book is about the ecosystem of the earth and how its climate might be changing because of the negative affects humans have on the planet, such as adding carbon dioxide to the air in the burning of fossil fuels. However, people rely heavily on...

Our Own Country

Our Own Country

This book is about a poor Irish family that comes to America to make a better life for themselves. Although hardworking, kind, and generous, the prejudices against them in America create hardships and friction both within their family and outside...