

These Shallow Graves by Jennifer Donnelly
Jo Montfort lives a sheltered life as one of the elite in 1890’s New York City. However, when her father dies in a gun cleaning accident,...
Jul 12, 2017


Chasing Secrets by Gennifer Choldenko
Lizzie Kennedy wants to be a doctor like her father, but in San Francisco in 1900 Lizzie is stuck at Miss Barstow's finishing school for...
Jul 6, 2017


Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt
I can’t rave enough about Gary D. Schmidt. He exposes the pain of human frailty, but balances it perfectly with the beauty of human...
Jun 26, 2017


Echo by Pam Muñoz Ryan
In Echo, Pam Muñoz Ryan shares three different stories of young people during World War II. Friedrich battles to save himself and his...
Jun 22, 2017


The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Ten-year-old Ada Smith has spent her entire life in their tiny London apartment. Her abusive mother, ashamed of Ada's clubfoot, keeps Ada...
Jun 14, 2017


Primavera by Mary Jane Beaufrand
In Renaissance Italy at the height of Medici power, Flora is the youngest and least valued daughter of the Pazzi household. She watches...
Nov 4, 2014


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


Troubadour by Mary Hoffman
When young Elinor's parents insist she marry a much older man, Elinor runs away and becomes a troubadour-a traveling poet and minstrel....
Jan 22, 2014


Love Disguised by Lisa Klein
In a story reminiscent of Shakespeare's own plays, Love Disguised invents what might have happened during Shakespeare's Lost Years. A...
Dec 18, 2013


Annie Between the States by L.M. Elliott
Annie Sinclair has enjoyed a peaceful and prosperous life on her family's estate in Virginia, but when the Civil War begins her home is...
Nov 5, 2013

