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By Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. 1990
A teenager in a large family that lives in a trailer yearns for love, approval, an escape from endless chores,…
and a chance to make something of herself. When a good and decent man, seven years her senior, falls in love with her, she realizes marriage to him could solve her problems.By Verla Kay. 2003
Sarah's life in Colonial Pennsylvania is anything but easy. She and her family have to grow, raise, and make everything…
they need-including their clothes. The time and effort that takes means that nothing is replaced until it's absolutely necessary. As Sarah helps plant flax and raise sheep throughout the year, her one dress gets tighter and tighter. But in the nick of time, wool is spun, fabric is woven, and a brand-new dress is made just for her.By Cathy East Dubowski. 1997
By Lea Wait. 2014
Joe Wood has dreams. Big dreams. He wants to be a newspaperman, and though he's only fourteen, he's already borrowed…
money to start his own press. But it's April, 1861, and a young nation is teetering on the brink of a civil war. As effects of war begin to spread over Joe's hometown of Wiscasset, Maine, he must juggle his personal ambitions with some new responsibilities. He has to help Owen, his young assistant, deal with the challenges of being black in a white world torn apart by color. He needs to talk his best friend, Charlie, out of enlisting. He wants to help a young spiritualist, Nell, whose uncle claims she can speak to the dead. And when Owen disappears, it's up to Joe to save him. Lea Wait skillfully draws on the lives of real people in Maine's history to tell this story of three young adults touched by war and the tension it brings, forcing them into adulthood--before they may be ready.By Mary Pope Osborne. 2001
In the final months of the Civil War, Virginia and her family move to Washington, D.C. where the cold winter…
brings uncertainty and hardship. Virginia takes a job as a servant in a wealthy home to help her family. But, just as things start to improve as her father gets a job, and the war finally comes to an end, the tragic assassination of Ginny's beloved President Lincoln occurs. In this, her second diary chronicling the Civil War, Ginny learns that life is constantly changing. Indeed, even as Lincoln dies, her nephew is born. Throughout, Ginny faces life with hope and courage.By Tara Altebrando, Illustrated by T.L. Bonaddio. 2015
Kate Marino knows very well that home is where her heart is, and if she had any say in the…
matter, her heart would stay put in Big Red. The old, rambling farmhouse has withstood the test of time with her family, but now Kate’s parents have decided to sell it from under her feet. The preventative solution: sabotage the realtor’s tours with the help of best friends and a plan that has maximum stinkage potential. The back-up plan: hang on to at least a little bit of life at Big Red by creating shoebox dioramas of each room. But even with a full-scale assault, will her mission be a success? And if not, what will the diorama of Kate’s future look like? With a keen eye for capturing the moments that matter, acclaimed author Tara Altebrando explores the pain--and promise--of letting go.By Lyn Miller-Lachmann. 2015
Returning to her homeland of Santiago, Chile, is the last thing that Tina Aguilar wants to do during the summer…
of her sixteenth birthday. It has taken eight years for her to feel comfort and security in America with her mother and her new husband. And it has been eight years since she has last seen her father. Despite insisting on the visit, Tina’s father spends all his time focused on politics and alcohol rather than connecting with Tina, making his betrayal from the past continue into the present. Tina attracts the attention of a mysterious stranger, but the hairpin turns he takes her on may push her over the edge of truth and discovery. The tense, final months of the Pinochet regime in 1989 provide the backdrop for author Lyn Miller-Lachmann’s suspenseful tale of the survival and redemption of the Aguilar family, first introduced in the critically acclaimed Gringolandia.By Cecily Von Ziegesar. 2005
Only two weeks remain until graduation and there are more than a few surprises in store for the senior girls…
at an exclusive private high school in New York City, as they fill their last days together with boys, gossip, parties, and shopping.By Ken Mochizuki. 2002
By Laurence Yep. 1984
By Laurence Yep. 2000
By Mildred Pitts Walter. 1996
By Ryan McIlvain. 2018
An intimate, suspenseful, and provocative portrait of friendship and love at its limits, and a timely exploration of class tensions…
and corporate excess in America When Eli first meets Sam Westergard, he is dazzled by his new friend's charisma, energy, and determined passion. Both graduate students in New York City, the two young men bond over their idealism, their love of poetry, and their commitment to socialism, both in theory and in practice—this last taking the form of an organized protest against Soline, a giant energy company that has speculated away the jobs and savings of thousands. As an Occupy-like group begins to coalesce around him, Eli realizes that some of his fellow intellectuals are more deeply—and dangerously—devoted to the cause than others. A fiercely intelligent, wonderfully human illustration of friendship, empathy, and suspicion in the midst of political upheaval, Ryan McIlvain's new novel confirms him as one of our most talented and distinctive writers at work today.By Mel Odom, Jordan Weisman. 2009
In this trilogy created by new media genius Jordan Weisman, the son of archeologists, Nathan is your typical kid--one of…
the smartest at his school, but fails at everything because he won't apply himself. Nathan is shocked when on his thirteenth birthday, he receives his birthright from the Mayan god Kukulkan: the ability to travel the frequencies and interact with spirits. The fate of the human race rests with Nathan, who must play a game with Kukulkan for the world's survival--all culminating with the end of the Mayan calendar on December 22, 2012. Now it is time for Nathan to use his newfound gifts, fulfill his potential, and save the world!By Marilyn Sachs. 1973
Nicole Nieman has never really thought about being Jewish. Now, with the Nazis occupying France, it is the only thing…
on her mind. An almost endless stream of refugees comes to stay at their house, and her parents wonder if they too ought to escape over the border to switzerland or take the chance and wait it out. Then one awful day Nicole comes home from school to find her parents and her sister gone. The Nazis who have taken them are still looking for her. Where can Nicole hide? And will she ever see her family again? Jane Addams Children’s Book Award Honor BookBy Betsy Haynes. 1994
Whodunit? Murder. Seventeen-year-old Ashlyn Brennan can't believe that anyone could have anything against Mrs. Rothlis, the high school guidance counselor.…
Ashlyn and many other students have turned to her for advice and caring support. Then Ashlyn's boyfriend, Drew, the last person to see Mrs. Rothlis alive, is accused of the crime. To help prove Drew's innocence, Ashlyn begins her own investigation. In the process she uncovers a shocking web of lies and deceit about her own life. When Ashlyn finds a death certificate with her name on it, she knows she has stumbled onto something bigger than she ever imagined.By Bonnie Hearn Hill. 2010
Starting her junior year, Logan McRae is excited about her internship at CRUSH magazine. But she is not so excited…
about her new boyfriend Jeremy’s travel abroad in Ireland. Logan’s in over her head trying to balance school, love, and friends, while trying to solve an astrological mysterythe fate of a Gemini is star-crossed. Will Logan find out who is in danger before the CRUSH Halloween costume party? Can she prove to the publisher she deserves her own astrology column? And will her relationship with Jeremy survive the distance? Only time will tell as Logan continues to reach for the stars!By Virginia Hamilton. 1983
By Laurence Yep. 2003
A tiger, a monkey, a dragon, and a twelve-year-old Chinese American boy fight to keep a magic talisman out of…
the hands of an enemy who would use its power to destroy the world.By Jeff Farley. 2012
Screenwriter and new voice to fiction Jeff Farley delivers a nostalgic Brooklyn coming-of-age tale about finding love, holding on to…
dreams, and learning to forgive. It's 1992, Brooklyn, New York. All of the girls had bamboo earrings--at least two pair. Charisse Hawkins, adored and admired by her best friends and one of the smartest and most sought after girls in high school, has dreams of becoming a doctor. Her mother, who works tirelessly to support her, is proud she's on the right path. Then she meets him, Jamal Butler, a part-time college student who lives at home and works an obscure job. Too old, not her type, and certainly not part of her plan, Jamal wants Charisse for nothing more than to please his ego. He is willing to use any tactic to gain the affection of a naive Charisse. He offers what she's never known before--the love of a man. Or so it seems. Life takes a sharp turn when Charisse spends her graduation day giving birth to their premature daughter. Her priorities change and so does Jamal. Suddenly Charisse's world is turned upside down and truths are exposed about her family and friends. She begins a journey of tough life lessons as she struggles to come to grips with her role as mother and ultimately having to accept one of the simple rules of life: You Get What You Play For.