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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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Coming up Cuban
by Sonia Manzano
A Pura Belpré Honoree and Emmy-award winning actor presents this timeless story of four children from very different backgrounds who learn to find a place for themselves in a world forever changed after Fidel Castro's rise to power. Simultaneous eBook.
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The distance between us : Young Readers Edition
by Reyna Grande
Presents a young reader's adaptation of the author's experiences as an illegal child immigrant, describing her father's violent alcoholism, her efforts to obtain a higher education, and the inspiration of Latina authors
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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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Where the mountain meets the moon
by Grace Lin
Hearing her father speak to the Old Man on the Moon in the quiet hours of the evening, Minli turns to him one day to ask for advice in order to improve the desperate situation of her impoverished family in this enchanting fantasy adventure for middle readers.
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Walk two moons
by Sharon Creech
After her mother leaves home suddenly, as thirteen-year-old Sal and her grandparents take a car trip retracing her mother's route, Sal recounts the story of her friend Phoebe, whose mother also left
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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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Lupe Wong won't dance
by Donna Barba Higuera
Lupe Wong needs an A in all her classes in order to meet her favorite baseball pitcher, Fu Li Hernandez, but her plan goes awry when she has to learn square dancing in gym class
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The red pencil
by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Combines lyrical verses and evocative illustrations by two Coretta Scott King Award-winning contributors in the story of young Amira, whose dreams of attending school are shattered by a Janjaweed attack on her Sudanese village and a forced flight to safety. Simultaneous eBook. 25,000 first printing.
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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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Ahimsa
by Supriya Kelkar
When her mother is jailed for being one of Gandhi's freedom fighters, ten-year-old Anjali overcomes her own prejudices and continues her mother's social reform work, befriending Untouchable children and working to integrate her school
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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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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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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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Front desk
by Kelly Yang
After emigrating from China, ten-year-old Mia Tang's parents take a job managing a rundown motel, despite the nasty owner, Mr. Yao, who exploits them, while she works the front desk and tries to cope with fitting in at her school
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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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Zenobia July
by Lisa Bunker
Zenobia July, an excellent coder and hacker, investigates a mystery while wrestling with the challenges of a new school, a new family, and presenting her true gender for the first time
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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 AgosÃn
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 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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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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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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Betty before X
by Ilyasah Shabazz
A powerful middle-grade novel about the childhood activism of Malcolm X's wife, written by their daughter, describes how young Betty finds confidence and purpose by volunteering for the Housewives League in 1945 Detroit, learning skills and developing awareness that inspires her future as a Civil Rights icon. 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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Brown girl dreaming
by Jacqueline Woodson
In vivid poems that reflect the joy of finding her voice through writing stories, an award-winning author shares what it was like to grow up in the 1960s and 1970s in both the North and the South
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Pashmina
by Nidhi Chanani
When Priyanka finds a mysterious pashmina in her house, she is transported to an India which may or may not be real, and goes in search of the reason why her mother left her homeland and the father she has never met
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The breadwinner : a graphic novel
by Shelley Tanaka
Parvana, whose father was arrested by the Taliban, and whose family lives in one room of a bombed-out apartment building, must disguise herself as a boy to work and support her family
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El Deafo
by Cece Bell
The author recounts in graphic novel format her experiences with hearing loss at a young age, including using a bulky hearing aid, learning how to lip read, and determining her "superpower."
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