

Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys
Josie Moraine, the daughter of a brothel prostitute, feels trapped by her parentage. She wants nothing more than to escape New Orleans...
Jul 20, 2020


Under a Painted Sky by Stacey Lee
Samantha longs to move back to New York and work as a musician, but for a Chinese American girl in 1849 that dream seems impossible. ...
May 5, 2020


Beyond the Bright Sea by Lauren Wolk
Crow has lived her entire life on a small island in the Elizabeth Islands of Massachusetts. Twelve years ago, Osh found her drifting in a...
Mar 5, 2019


Retribution Rails by Erin Bowman
In this companion book to Vengeance Road, Erin Bowman brings us back to the lawless West. By now, the railroad is cutting through the...
Oct 5, 2018


Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story by Nora Raleigh Baskin
Starting two days before September 11, this story follows the lives of four kids in different parts of the country. Each have their own...
Aug 2, 2018


Votes for Women! American Suffragists and the Battle for the Ballot by Winifred Conkling
Votes for Women! follows the grueling battle for women’s suffrage in the United States. Starting with the Seneca Falls Convention in...
Jul 31, 2018


Code Word Courage by Kirby Larson
Billie is a lonely, eleven-year-old girl afraid of losing her older brother Leo as he fights in WWII. Denny is a young Navajo Marine,...
Jul 7, 2018


Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata
When their Japanese grocery store goes out of business, Katie and her family move from Iowa to Georgia. Now both of her parents are...
Jul 5, 2018


Vengeance Road by Erin Bowman
When her father is murdered for information about a long-lost gold mine, Kate Thompson can think of nothing but vengeance. She leaves her...
Jun 15, 2018


The Hired Girl by Laura Amy Schlitz
Joan is an intelligent, motivated girl, trapped in a life of drudgery and manual labor on her family farm. Oppressed by a domineering...
Jul 28, 2017