Group Book on Realistic Fiction: Molly's Pilgrim

I had forgotten to post about this book before, but my group discussed the book Molly's Pilgrim. I really enjoyed reading this story about a little girl who migrated to America. At first, she was ridiculed about her differences, but she later learned to accept herself and be proud of who she was and where she came from. Her teacher told the class to make a pilgrim doll one night for homework, but her mother didn't know what the first pilgrims looked like, so she made the doll to look like Molly, the main character. Molly was afraid to show her doll the next day because she knew that wasn't what it was supposed to look like, but after she explained that her mother made the doll to resemble her because she, too, was a pilgrim (one who came to the country for religious freedom), the teacher told her she had the most beautiful doll in the class and put it up on her desk for the class to see. It's really a great story to help children learn to celebrate diversity and learn to appreciate their differences. It's also a great story about self-acceptance. I would recommend it to 2nd or 3rd grade students.