Lines of Courage
Jennifer A. Nielsen
Fromtheassassinationthattriggers WorldWarIin1914toArmisticeDayin 1918,thestoryfollowsthefatesoffive youngpeopleonbothsidesofthe conflict--eachfacingtheirportionofthe warwithcourage,untiltheendofthewar bringsthemtogether.
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Finding Junie Kim
Ellen Oh
Atalebasedontrueeventsfollowsthe coming-of-ageofagirlwhoismotivated byanactofracismatschooltolearn aboutherancestralheritageandher grandparents'experiencesaslost childrenduringtheKoreanWar.
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Skyler Schrempp
DustBowlrefugeeGloriaMaeWillard findsherselfuprootedandworkingona Californiapeachorchard,whereshe triestojointhesecret,all-boysbaseball teamthatshe'sdesperatetoplayon
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The Sky We Shared
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Shirley Reva Vernick
SetduringWWII,Nellie,ayoung Oregonianandsurvivorofaballoon bomb,strivestounderstandhowthe warhastornhercommunityapart. Acrosstheocean,Tamikohelpscreate balloonbombs,butinherstruggleto survivehungerandstarvation,she muddlesherwaythroughheranger againsttheUnitedStatesforthewar
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Cookies & Milk
Shawn Amos
Eleven-year-oldEllisdiscoversfamily secrets,makesnewfriends,andadjusts tohisparents'recentdivorceduringa hijinks-filledsummerhelpinghisfather opentheworld'sfirstchocolatechip cookiestorein1976Hollywood
Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna
Alda P. Dobbs
Itis1913,andtwelve-year-oldPetra's mamahasdiedwhiletheRevolutionrages inMexico.Beforeherpapaisdragged awaybysoldiers,Petravowstohimthat shewillcareforthefamilyshehasleft untiltheycanbereunitedTheyfleenorth throughtheunforgivingdesertastheir townburns,searchingforsafeharborina worldthatoffersnone.
Loyalty
Avi
Whenhisfatheriskilledbyrebel vigilantes,Noahfleeswithhisfamilyto Boston.Intentonavenginghisfather,he becomesaspyfortheBritish.Duringthe keyeventsleadingtotheAmerican Revolution,Noahmustforgehisown understandingofrightandwrongand determineforhimselfwherehisloyalty trulylies
Troublemaker
John Cho
Onthefirstnightofriotinginthewake oftheRodneyKingverdict,Jordan's fatherleavestocheckonthefamily store,spurringtwelve-year-oldJordan andhisfriendstoembarkona dangerousjourneythroughSouth CentralandKoreatowntocometohis aid,encounteringtheracismwithintheir communityastheygo.
Cuba in My Pocket
Adrienne Cuevas
In1961Cuba,withthethreatofmilitary serviceforchildrenlooming,twelveyear-oldCumba'sparentssendhimto Miami,whereheliveswithanewfamily andmisseshishomeland.
Moonwalking
Zetta Elliot &Lyn Miller Lachmann
In1980sBrooklyn,newstudentJJ Pankowski,anautistic,punk-rock-lover, befriendsPieVelez,anAfro-Latinxmath geekandgraffitiartist.
Strong as Fire, Fierce as Flame
Supriya Kelkar
In 1857 India, 12-year-old Meera escapes a life she has no say in--and certain death on her husband's funeral pyre--only to end up a servant to a British general in the East India Company. When a rebellion against British colonizers spreads, she must choose between relative safety in a British household or standing up for herself and her people
Freewater
Amina Luqman-Dawson
After fleeing the plantation where they were enslaved, siblings Ada and Homer discover the secret community of Freewater, and work with freeborn Sanzi to protect their new home from the encroaching dangers of the outside world
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Girls Survive: Audrey Under the Big Top
Jessica Gunderson
In1944inHartford,Connecticut,Audrey dreamsofbeinganaerialistlikeher heroes,theFlyingWallendas,andsoshe isexcitedtogotoRinglingBrotherscircus withhersix-year-oldtwinsisters;butat theshowafirebreaksout,andasthe crowdstartstopanic,Audreystrugglesto reachhersisters.
The Lucky Ones
Linda Williams Jackson
It's 1967, and Ellis Earl Brown dreams of a real house, food enough for the whole family--and to be someone. So he applies himself at school, soaking up the lessons that Mr. Foster teaches his class. But when Mama tells Ellis Earl that he might need to quit school to help support the family, he wonders if happy endings are only possible in storybooks
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View from Pagoda Hill
Michaela MacColl
Set in the late 1800s, here is the story of Ning, a Chinese American girl who struggles to find her place in the world when she is forced to leave her home in Shanghai to go live in America with a father she barely knows.
We Are Wolves
Katrina Nannestad
WhentheRussianarmymarchesinto EastPrussiaattheendofWorldWarII, theWolffamilyflees,butLiesl,Otto,and theirbabysister,Mia,areseparated fromtheirmother,andtheyareforcedto dodangerousthingstosurvive.