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Gingersnap
by Patricia Reilly Giff
When her brother Rob goes missing in action in 1944, Jayna leaves upstate New York with her turtle and, led by an encouraging ghostly voice, seeks their grandmother, who Rob believed may live in Brooklyn, in hopes of finding the family she so desperately needs. Includes soup recipes.
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Dash
by Kirby Larson
Forced to move with her family to an internment camp after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Japanese-American Mitsi mourns her separation from her beloved dog and tries to keep up with the outside world with the help of a friendly neighbor back home. By the Newbery Honor-winning author of Hattie Big Sky. Simultaneous eBook.
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Weedflower
by Cynthia Kadohata
When the only world she ever knew is turned upside-down after the bombing of Pearl Harbor and her family is forced to move into an internment camp, Sumiko is left saddened and confused until a new friendship with a Mohave boy, Frank, on the Indian reservation gives her the inspiration she needs to manage the difficult times ahead. 100,000 first printing.
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Kira-kira
by Cynthia Kadohata
Chronicles the close friendship between two Japanese-American sisters growing up in rural Georgia during the late 1950s and early 1960s, and the despair when one sister becomes terminally ill.
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The ballad of Lucy Whipple
by Karen Cushman
Dragged along to California during the Gold Rush, shy and bookish Lucy intends to be miserable until she can return to her New England home and writes yearning letters to those she left behind. By the Newbery Medal-winning author of Catherine, Called Birdy and The Midwife's Apprentice.
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The Watsons go to Birmingham--1963
by Christopher Paul Curtis
When the eldest son of the family becomes a troublemaker, the Watsons travel to Grandma's Alabama home and witness the bombing of the Birmingham church, in a story told from the perspective of nine-year-old Kenny Watson.
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Fair weather : a novel
by Richard Peck
Set at the Chicago World's Fair in 1893, Rosie gets her first taste of big city life as she, her siblings, and their grandfather attend the big event where they soon meet famous people, share an exciting experience, and take in all the wonders the fair has to offer. 40,000 first printing.
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Here lies the librarian
by Richard Peck
Learning of his brother's excitement in becoming a famous auto mechanic as a result of the new road being built that will link his small town in Indiana to the outside world, Peewee isn't sure what to do when a quirky young librarian enters the scene and puts a damper on their special plan.
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The river between us
by Richard Peck
During the early days of the Civil War, the Pruitt family takes in two mysterious young ladies who have fled New Orleans to come north to Illinois. 40,000 first printing.
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Number the stars
by Lois Lowry
In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie learns how to be brave and courageous when she helps shelter her Jewish friend from the Nazis
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Inside out & back again
by Thanhha Lai
Through a series of poems, a young girl chronicles the life-changing year of 1975, when she, her mother, and her brothers leave Vietnam and resettle in Alabama
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Moon over Manifest
by Clare Vanderpool
Jumping off a train in Kansas to learn more about her father’s exciting past, Abilene Tucker is initially disappointed by the run-down Depression town she encounters before finding a hidden box of mementos and letters that mention a spy who played an important role in the town’s secret history.
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Chains
by Laurie Halse Anderson
When her former owner breaks his promise to set her free and ends up sending her to live with a cruel loyalist family at the start of the Revolutionary War, Isabel is heartbroken and so becomes determined to do whatever is necessary to win her freedom, including spying on her family to help the rebels win the war. 50,000 first printing.
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The lions of Little Rock
by Kristin Levine
In 1958 Little Rock, Arkansas, painfully shy twelve-year-old Marlee sees her city and family divided over school integration, but her friendship with Liz, a new student, helps her find her voice and fight against racism
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Sophia's war : a tale of the Revolution
by Avi
In 1776, after witnessing the execution of Nathan Hale in New York City, which was newly occupied by the British army, young Sophia Calderwood resolves to do all she can to help the American cause, including becoming a spy.
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A friendship for today
by Pat McKissack
Having prepared herself to be one of the first African-American students to attend the all-white school in Missouri in the 1950s, Rosemary is saddened when her best friend becomes ill and she has to face the challenge alone, but after some initial hardship and racist reactions, Rosemary develops a new friendship in the most unexpected way.
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Better to wish : the first generation
by Ann M. Martin
In 1930, Abby Nichols is an 8-year-old girl growing up in Maine, but as the Depression deepens and her mother dies, the responsibility of taking care of her family falls to her, and she has to put her dreams of going to college and becoming a writer on hold.
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The mighty Miss Malone
by Christopher Paul Curtis
Academically gifted Deza Malone and her family embark on a journey to find her job-seeking father when he goes missing and end up in a shanty town in Flint, Michigan. By the Newbery Medal- and Coretta Scott King Medal-winning author of Bud, Not Buddy and The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963.
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Countdown
by Deborah Wiles
The fearful events of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis are witnessed by 11-year-old Franny, who finds her life and perspectives changing throughout the course of a week that is also marked by difficult family issues. By the National Book Award finalist author of Each Little Bird That Sings.
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The birchbark house
by Louise Erdrich
Chronicles the experiences of an Ojibwa girl and her family as they live their lives quietly on an island in Lake Superior in 1847, until the white man comes and begins moving her entire tribe off their land.
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Bo at Ballard Creek
by Kirkpatrick Hill
Winning the hearts of two tough gold miners who raise her near an Eskimo village in 1920s Alaska, young orphan Bo thrives amid the daily activities of both cultures before seeing a first airplane, encountering a bear and meeting a mysterious lost little boy.
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Penny from heaven
by Jennifer L. Holm
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. By the author of Our Only May Amelia.
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Sugar
by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Living on a Mississippi sugar plantation in the years after Emancipation, 10-year-old Sugar shares a forbidden friendship with the plantation owner's son and bonds with Chinese laborers who introduce her to their beautiful cultural traditions. By the Coretta Scott King Honor-winning author of Ninth Ward. 25,000 first printing.
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Red berries, white clouds, blue sky
by Sandra Dallas
Treated with distrust after the attack on Pearl Harbor, second-generation Japanese American Tomi Itano is forced to move from her family's strawberry farm to an internment camp when her father is wrongly accused of being a spy. Simultaneous eBook.
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Turtle in paradise
by Jennifer L. Holm
Set in 1935, during the Great Depression, an 11-year-old girl nicknamed Turtle goes to live with relatives in Key West, Florida, after her mother takes a job as a housekeeper for a woman who does not like children; as a result, Turtle's world opens up in many unexpected ways, and she finds herself coming out of the shell she has spent her whole life building.
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The trouble with May Amelia
by Jennifer L. Holm
Living with seven brothers and her father, who thinks girls are useless, a thirteen-year-old Finnish American farm girl is determined to prove her worth when a enterprising gentleman tries to purchase their cash-strapped family settlement in Washington State in 1900
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One crazy summer
by Rita Williams-Garcia
In the summer of 1968, after travelling from Brooklyn, New York, to Oakland, California, to spend a month with the mother they barely know, 11-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 their intrusion and wants them to attend a nearby Black Panther summer camp. 15,000 first printing.
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I lived on Butterfly Hill
by Marjorie Agosín
A tale inspired by the Pinochet takeover of Chile follows the experiences of young dreamer Celeste Marconi, who becomes increasingly alarmed by the disappearances of her neighbors in the wake of political unrest and then is sent away to safety by her loving parents.
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Sylvia and Aki
by Winifred Conkling
At the start of World War II, Japanese-American third-grader Aki and her family are sent to an internment camp in Poston, Arizona, while Mexican-American third-grader Sylvia's family leases their Orange County, California, farm and begins a fight to stopschool segregation
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Ship of dolls
by Shirley Parenteau
In 1926, eleven-year-old Lexie Lewis seeks to leave her strict grandparents in Portland and reunite with her singer mother in San Francisco, so when she hears that her class is sending a doll to Japan by way of San Francisco, she seizes her chance
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Unstoppable Octobia May
by Sharon Flake
Growing up in her nontraditional aunt's boarding house filled with retirees, Octobia May, a 10-year-old whose heart condition has shaped her emotional intelligence, confronts mid-20th-century cultural views about young girls and the racial beliefs of her vibrant African-American community. By the Coretta Scott King Award-winning author of The Skin I'm In. Simultaneous eBook.
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Making bombs for Hitler
by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
A tale inspired by a lesser-known aspect of World War II describes how young Lida loses her parents and is torn from her sister, even though she is not Jewish, by Nazis who place her in a brutal work camp with other Ukrainian children to make bombs for the German army. Simultaneous eBook.
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The spy catchers of Maple Hill
by Megan Frazer Blakemore
Hazel Kaplansky and new student Samuel Butler investigate rumors that a Russian spy has infiltrated their small Vermont town amidst the fervor of Cold War-era McCarthyism, but more is revealed than they could ever have imagined.
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The evolution of Calpurnia Tate
by Jacqueline Kelly
Curious about the grasshoppers in her backyard in rural Texas, 11-year-old Calpurnia turns to her grandfather and avid naturalist for information and ends up with a newfound respect for the natural world, the way it operates, and the similarities it shares with her own life as the only daughter in a family with six brothers, in this coming-of-age tale set in 1899.
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The war that saved my life
by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
A young disabled girl and her brother are evacuated from London to the English countryside during World War II, where they find life to be much sweeter away from their abusive mother. Simultaneous eBook.
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A night divided
by Jennifer A Nielsen
When her family is abruptly divided by the rise of the Berlin Wall, 12-year-old Gerta harbors forbidden thoughts about freedom and reuniting with her loved ones before a coded message from her father inspires a daring plan. By the best-selling author of the Ascendance Trilogy. Simultaneous eBook.
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It ain't so awful, falafel
by Firoozeh Dumas
When her family once again moves and lands in California's Newport Beach in the late 1970s, Zomorod Yousefzadeh takes a new name in the hope of fitting in as tensions rise between America and her native Iran. Simultaneous eBook. 35,000 first printing.
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Sweet home Alaska
by Carole Estby Dagg
Moving to the Alaskan frontier in the 1930s when the mill in her small Wisconsin town closes, Trip revels in her new home's pioneer environment and starts a library with her friends before aspiring to raise money for a piano to cheer up her unhappy mother. By the author of The Year We Were Famous. Simultaneous eBook.
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Chasing secrets
by Gennifer Choldenko
Secretly harboring a passion for science while being forced to attend a snooty finishing school in 1900 San Francisco, Lizzie helps her doctor father make house calls and wonders if the bubonic plague has actually come to the city. Simultaneous eBook.
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I love you, Michael Collins
by Lauren Baratz-Logsted
A 10-year-old student struggling with family abandonment issues writes letters to Michael Collins, the only astronaut whose responsibilities prevented him from walking on the moon during the historic 1969 first lunar landing.
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The night garden
by Polly Horvath
Living with her parents on a Vancouver Island farm during World War II, Franny helps babysit a neighbor's children for an extended period during which the children receive letters from their father that imply he is about to do something big to change their lives. By the Newbery Honor- and National Book Award-winning author of Everything on a Waffle. Simultaneous eBook.
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Ruby Lee & me
by Shannon Hitchcock
When a formerly segregated North Carolina town hires its first African-American teacher, two girls—one black, one white—confront the prejudice that challenges their friendship. By the award-winning author of The Ballad of Jessie Pearl. Simultaneous eBook.
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Out of left field
by Ellen Klages
Disguising herself as a boy to try out for the 1958 Little League season, talented 10-year-old Katy easily makes the team but is immediately ousted when her sercret is discovered, prompting her to tap her classroom knowledge of the burgeoning Civil Rights Movement to prove that girls can do anything that boys can do. By the award-winning author of The Green Glass Sea. Simultaneous eBook.
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