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Sweet Thang

by Whittenberg, Allison

In 1975, life is not fair for fourteen-year-old Charmaine Upshaw, who shares a room with her brother, tries to impress a handsome classmate, and acts as careta...

The Trouble Begins

by Himelblau, Linda

Reunited with his family for the first time since he was a baby, fifth grader Du struggles to adapt to his new home in the United States.

Simeon's Fire

by Clinton, Cathryn

Simeon, a ten-year-old Amish boy, begins to make some decisions about his future after witnessing two arsonists set fire to his family's barn.

The Journey That Saved Curious George

The True Wartime Escape of Margret and H. A. Rey

by Borden, Louise

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Runny Babbit

A Billy Sook

by Silverstein, Shel

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Broken Song

by Lasky, Kathryn

In 1897, fifteen-year-old Reuven Bloom, a Russian Jew, must set aside his dreams of playing the violin in order to save himself and his baby sister after the r...

Sam I Am

by Cooper, Ilene

Twelve-year-old Sam, the son of a Jewish father and Christian mother, struggles to understand religion and its role in his family's life during the Hanukkah an...

Becoming Naomi León

by Ryan, Pam Muñoz

When Naomi's absent mother resurfaces to claim her, Naomi runs away to Mexico with her great-grandmother and younger brother in search of her father.

Including Alice

by Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds

Fifteen-year-old Alice finds it hard to adjust to the changes in her life when her father gets married and her brother moves to his own apartment.

So B. It

by Weeks, Sarah

After spending her life with her mentally retarded mother and agoraphobic neighbor, twelve-year-old Heidi sets out from Reno, Nevada, to New York to find out w...