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Others See Us

by Sleator, William

WHEN AN ACCIDENTAL DUNKING IN TOXIC WASTE GIVES SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD JARED THE ABILITY TO READ MINDS, HE DISCOVERS HORRIFYING SECRETS ABOUT FAMILY MEMBERS AT THE S...

The Giver

by Lowry, Lois

Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the ter...

Letters from a Slave Girl

The Story of Harriet Jacobs

by Lyons, Mary E.

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The Kingdom by the Sea

by Westall, Robert

During World War II twelve-year-old Harry and a stray dog travel through war-torn England in search of safety.

Nothing but the Truth

A Documentary Novel

by Avi,

A ninth-grader's suspension for singing "The Star-Spangled Banner" during homeroom becomes a national news story.

The Borning Room

by Fleischman, Paul

Lying at the end of her life in the room where she was born in 1851, Georgina remembers what it was like to grow up on the Ohio frontier.

Judy Scuppernong

by Seabrooke, Brenda & Lewin, Ted

Poems describe the daily experiences of four girls growing up in a small town in Georgia in the early 1950s.

The Mouse Rap

by Myers, Walter Dean

During an eventful summer in Harlem, fourteen-year-old Mouse and his friends fall in and out of love and search for a hidden treasure from the days of Al Capon...

Izzy, Willy-Nilly

by Voigt, Cynthia

A car accident causes fifteen-year-old Izzy to lose one leg and face the need to start building a new life as an amputee.