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A Dream of Freedom

The Civil Rights Movement from 1954 to 1968

by McWhorter, Diane

In this history of the modern Civil Rights movement, the author focuses on the monumental events that occurred between 1954 (the year of Brown v. the Board of ...

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...

The Boy in the Burning House

by Wynne-Jones, Tim

Trying to solve the mystery of his father's disappearance from their rural Canadian community, fourteen-year-old Jim gets help from the disturbed Ruth Rose, wh...

Marco's Millions

by Sleator, William

Twelve-year-old Marco's love for travel and for his younger sister Lilly, who has psychic powers, leads him to journey to other universes, gaining the ability ...

The House You Pass on the Way

by Woodson, Jacqueline

When fourteen-year-old Staggerlee, the daughter of a racially mixed marriage, spends a summer with her cousin Trout, she begins to question her sexuality to Tr...

A Girl Named Disaster

by Farmer, Nancy

While fleeing from Mozambique to Zimbabwe to escape an unwanted marriage, Nhamo, an eleven-year-old Shona girl, struggles to escape drowning and starvation and...

The Cuckoo's Child

by Freeman, Suzanne

Eleven-year-old Mia refuses to believe that her parents are not coming back after they're reported lost at sea.

Mary Wolf

by Grant, Cynthia A.

Sixteen-year-old Mary tries to keep her family together as they aimlessly travel the country after her father's business fails and he starts to change.

Earthshine

by Nelson, Theresa

Slim watches over her father, a disarmingly charismatic man, as his struggle with AIDS reaches its climax.

Catherine, Called Birdy

by Cushman, Karen

The thirteen-year-old daughter of an English country knight keeps a journal in which she records the events of her life, particularly her longing for adventure...