Historic Peacemakers
Informational (nonfiction) 2,176 words, Level Z (Grade 5), Lexile 890L
Historic Peacemakers highlights six Nobel Peace Prize winners: Wangarĩ Muta Maathai, Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King, Jr., Óscar Romero, Mairead Corrigan, and Betty Williams. It also presents information on peer mediation groups and appeals to readers to find the peacemaker within themselves. Historic photographs accompany the text.