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moral courage

Books about moral courage for readers of all ages.

Cover of When I Crossed No-Bob

When I Crossed No-Bob

Margaret McMullan

Ages 10–15moral courageprejudice

Cover of The Staffordshire Terror

The Staffordshire Terror

Patricia Beatty

Ages 10–15family conflictmoral courage

Cover of All my noble dreams and then what happens

All my noble dreams and then what happens

Gloria Whelan

Ages 10–16family relationshipsmoral courage

Cover of The Chocolate War and Related Readings

The Chocolate War and Related Readings

Robert Cormier

Ages 14–18peer pressuremoral courage

Cover of One Good Punch

One Good Punch

Rich Wallace

Ages 13–18integrityconduct of life

Cover of Sink or swim; or, Harry Raymond's resolve

Sink or swim; or, Harry Raymond's resolve

Horatio Alger, Jr.

Ages 10–15perseverancemoral courage

Cover of The wreckers

The wreckers

Iain Lawrence

Ages 10–15survivalfather-son relationships

Cover of Father by blood

Father by blood

Louella Bryant

Ages 10–16family relationshipsabolition and justice

Cover of A darker magic

A darker magic

Michael Bedard

Ages 10–15magicgood versus evil

Cover of Across Five Aprils

Across Five Aprils

Irene Hunt

Ages 10–16coming of agecivil war

Cover of Mississippi trial, 1955

Mississippi trial, 1955

Chris Crowe

Ages 12–18racismjustice

Cover of Captain Jinks, hero

Captain Jinks, hero

Ernest Howard Crosby

Ages 10–15heroismsocial responsibility

Cover of The Virginian

The Virginian

Owen Wister

Ages 14–18honorjustice

Cover of Mim and the Criminal

Mim and the Criminal

Cynthia Stanley Russell

Ages 8–12compassionjustice

Cover of The Chocolate War

The Chocolate War

Robert Cormier, Robert Cormier

Ages 14–18conformityindividuality

Cover of The Drowning of Stephan Jones

The Drowning of Stephan Jones

Bette Greene

Ages 14–18prejudicebullying

Cover of Alligator bayou

Alligator bayou

Donna Jo Napoli

Ages 10–15race relationsprejudice

Cover of The Boy at the Top of the Mountain

The Boy at the Top of the Mountain

John Boyne

Ages 12–18moral courageidentity

Cover of Fallout

Fallout

Todd Strasser

Ages 10–15familysurvival

Cover of Cages

Cages

Peg Kehret

Ages 9–13animal welfarefamily conflict

Cover of Family Secrets

Family Secrets

Catherine Marshall

Ages 10–14racismfamily

Cover of Wringer

Wringer

Jerry Spinelli

Ages 9–14peer pressuremoral courage

Cover of The Well

The Well

Mildred D. Taylor

Ages 9–14race relationsprejudice

Cover of Warriors Super Edition: Squirrelflight's Hope

Warriors Super Edition: Squirrelflight's Hope

Erin Hunter

Ages 8–14loyaltymoral courage