A fictionalized
account of the adventures of eighteen-year-old Perce Blackborow, who
stowed away for the 1914 Shackleton Antarctic expedition and, after
their ship Endurance was crushed by ice, endured many hardships,
including the loss of his toes to frostbite, during the nearly
two-year return journey across sea and ice.
In a novel based
on Chinese Cinderella tales, fourteen-year-old stepchild Xing-Xing
endures a life of neglect and servitude, as her stepmother cruelly
mutilates her own child's feet so that she alone might marry well.
The
Staircase by
Ann Rinaldi
In
1878, after her mother's death on the way West, thirteen-year-old
Lizzy Enders is left by her father at a convent school in Santa Fe,
where she must deal with being the only non-Catholic student and where
she plays a part in what some consider a miracle.
Private
Peaceful by
Michael Morpurgo
When
Thomas Peaceful's older brother is forced to join the British Army,
Thomas decides to sign up as well, although he is only fourteen years
old, to prove himself to his country, his family, his childhood love,
Molly, and himself.
