

Making Friends with Billy Wong by Augusta Scattergood
Azalea feels her summer is ruined when she is sent to Paris Junction, Arkansas, to help take care of her Grandma Clark. Getting along...
Jun 11, 2017


The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt
It is 1967 and life for Holling Hoodhood is hard. As if Vietnam and the Civil Rights movement aren't enough to worry about, Holling's...
Jun 30, 2014


The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg by Rodman Philbrick
Life for Homer Figg has never been easy, but his older brother Harold protects him from their ruthless guardian. However, when Harold is...
Feb 27, 2014


Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
Esperanza enjoys an indulged life on her family's ranch in Aguascalientes, Mexico. Surrounded by wealth and loving family, she has little...
Feb 14, 2014


Will Sparrow's Road by Karen Cushman
Life in Elizabethan England is hard, but Will Sparrow believes it is hardest for him. Left by his mother, sold by his father, and...
Jan 27, 2014


Ghost Hawk by Susan Cooper
Little Hawk is eleven-years-old when his father takes him into the winter wilderness to survive for three months all alone. Supplied with...
Dec 22, 2013


Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth Yates
Amos Fortune began life as At-mun, prince of the At-mun-shi tribe in Africa, but at fifteen he was captured and sold into slavery. After...
Nov 5, 2013


Katerina's Wish by Jeannie Mobley
Katerina and her family dream of their own farm in America, but dreams are sometimes slow to come. After a year, Trina's Papa is still...
Jul 27, 2013


Navigating Early by Clare Vanderpool
When thirteen-year-old John Baker enters Morton Hill Academy for Boys, he feels lost. He has lost his mother, his life-long home in...
Jul 27, 2013


The Quilt Walk by Sandra Dallas
When Emmy Blue's father announces his plan to move his family to the mountains of Colorado, Emmy looks forward to the adventure. The Wild...
Apr 23, 2013

