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2012
Inside Out And Back Again
by Lai, ThanhhaNo one would believe me but at times I would choose wartime in Saigon over peacetime in Alabama.
2011
Moon Over Manifest
by Vanderpool, ClareThe movement of the train rocked me like a lullaby. I closed my eyes to the dusty countryside and imagined the sign I'd seen only in Gideon's stories: Manifest--A Town with a rich past and a bright future. Abilene Tucker feels abandoned.
Dark Emperor And Other Poems Of The Night
by Sidman, JoyceCome feel the cool and shadowed breeze, come smell your way among the trees, come touch rough bark and leathered leaves: Welcome to the night. Welcome to the night, where mice stir and furry moths flutter.
Heart Of A Samurai: Based On The True Story Of Nakahama Manjiro
by Preus, MargiIn 1841, a Japanese fishing vessel sinks. Its crew is forced to swim to a small, unknown island, where they are rescued by a passing American ship.
One Crazy Summer
by Williams-Garcia, RitaIn the summer of 1968, after traveling from Brooklyn to Oakland, California, to spend a month with the mother they barely know, eleven-year-old Delphine and her two younger sisters arrive to a cold welcome as they discover that their mother, a dedicated poet and printer, is resentful of the intrusion of their visit and wants them to attend a nearby Black Panther summer camp.
Turtle In Paradise
by Holm, Jennifer L.Life isn't like the movies, and eleven-year-old Turtle is no Shirley Temple. She's smart and tough and has seen enough of the world not to expect a Hollywood ending. After all, it's 1935, and jobs and money and sometimes even dreams are scarce.
2010
When You Reach Me
by Stead, RebeccaAs her mother prepares to be a contestant on the 1970s television game show "The 120,000 Pyramid," a New York girl tries to make sense of a series of mysterious notes received from an anonymous source that seems to defy the laws of time and space.
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice
by Hoose, Phillip M.When it comes to justice, there is no easy way to get it. You can't sugarcoat it. You have to take a stand and say, 'This is not right.' 2009 National Book Award winner for Children's Literature.
The Evolution Of Calpurnia Tate
by Kelly, JacquelineIn 1899, eleven-year-old Callie Vee Tate is instructed to be a lady by her mother, learns about love from the older three of her six brothers, and studies the natural world with her grandfather, the latter of which leads to an important discovery.
The Mostly True Adventures Of Homer P. Figg
by Philbrick, RodmanMaster storyteller Rodman takes readers on a colorful journey as young Homer Figg sets off to follow his brother into the thick of the Civil War. Through a series of fascinating events, Homer's older brother has been illegally sold to the Union Army.
Where The Mountain Meets The Moon
by Lin, GraceIn the valley of Fruitless mountain, a young girl named Minli lives in a ramshackle hut with her parents.
2009
The Graveyard Book
by Gaiman, NeilNobody Owens is a normal boy, except that he has been raised by ghosts and other denizens of the graveyard.
After Tupac And D Foster
by Woodson, JacquelineD Foster showed up a few months before Tupac got shot that first time and left us the summer before he died. The day D Foster enters Neeka and her best friend's lives, the world opens up for them.
Savvy
by Law, IngridA vibrant new voice . . . a modern classic. For generations, the Beaumont family has harbored a magical secret. They each possess a "savvy", a special supernatural power that strikes when they turn thirteen.
The Surrender Tree: Poems Of Cuba's Struggle For Freedom
by Engle, MargaritaIt is 1896. Cuba has fought three wars for independence and still is not free. People have been rounded up in re-concentration camps with too little food and too much illness. Rosa is a nurse, but she dares not go to the camps.
The Underneath
by Appelt, KathiA pregnant abandoned cat befriends a chained up old hound dog. Together these unusual friends try to protect each other from the cruelty of nature and humans.
2008
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices From A Medieval Village
by Schlitz, Laura AnnPortraits of people, all 10 to 15 years old, who live in or near a 13th-century English manor. Their collective voices tell what it took to survive in the Middle Ages.
Elijah Of Buxton
by Curtis, Christopher Paul11-year-old Elijah is the first child born into freedom in Buxton, Canada, a settlement of runaway slaves just over the border from Detroit.
The Wednesday Wars
by Schmidt, Gary D.During the 1967 school year, on Wednesday afternoons, Holling stays in Mrs. Baker's classroom, where they read the plays of William Shakespeare.
Feathers
by Woodson, JacquelineWhen a new, white student nicknamed "Jesus Boy" joins her 6th grade class in the winter of 1971, Frannie's growing friendship with him makes her start to see some things in a new light.
2007
The Higher Power Of Lucky
by Patron, SusanFearing that her legal guardian plans to return to France, ten-year-old aspiring scientist Lucky determines to run away while also continuing to seek Power that will bring stability to her life.
Penny From Heaven
by Holm, Jennifer L.As she turns twelve during the summer of 1953, Penny gains new insights into herself and her family while also learning a secret about her father's death.
Hattie Big Sky
by Larson, Kirby"After inheriting her uncle's homesteading claim in Montana, sixteen-year-old orphan Hattie Brooks travels from Iowa in 1917. ..."
Rules
by Lord, Cynthia12-year-old Catherine has spent years trying to teach her autistic brother, David, the rules. But when she meets Jason and Kristi over the summer, it is her own behavior that turns everything upside down. A Newbery Honor Book.
2006
Criss Cross
by Perkins, Lynne RaeDebbie is wishing something would happen. Something good. To her. Soon.
