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By Carlos Bulosan. 2014
Memoir by Filipino poet reflecting on his life in the Philippines and America. Describes the poverty his family faced and…
the loss of family members through sickness and other events. Examines the experience of immigrants to America who are made to feel as if they are criminals. Some violence. 1946By Eric A. Kimmel, Jim Madsen. 2009
Story based on childhood events of Harry Houdini (1874-1926), who became a famous magician and escape artist. Describes Harry and…
his brother Dash learning to walk a tightrope after going to the circus with their family for the first time. For grades 2-4. 2009By Marcy Heller Fisher, Christine Collins Woomer. 2001
Because she is fascinated by a statue she sees while skating, Abby and her mother spend a day looking at…
the sculptures of Marshall Fredericks around the city of Detroit, Michigan. Includes information about the sculptor, his work and the sculptural process, as well as a list of sculptures to be seen throughout Michigan and in other Great Lakes states. For grades 3-6. 2001By Rebecca Stefoff. 1995
Biografía de la valiente estrella cantante que superó muchos obstáculos para llegar a la cima del mundo músico latino. Habla…
de sus raíces cubanas, su traslado a Miami, su matrimonio, su carrera y el espantoso accidente que casi le costó la vida. Para alumnos de escuela secundaria y lectores mayoresBy Rachel Cohn. 2004
Yearning to escape the small town where her family retreated after the death of her sister Lucky, fifteen-year-old outcast Wonder…
Blake gets a record contract from her sister's former manager. But Wonder soon realizes the life of a star is anything but glamorous. Strong language. For senior high readers. 2004By Austin Clarke. 2003
Award-winning novel set on a small Caribbean island, mid-twentieth century. Mary-Mathilda, servant and mistress of the village's plantation owner, summons…
detective Percy Stuart to confess to murder. Her nightlong statement, complicated by Percy's romantic feelings, reveals a sordid history. Explicit descriptions of sex, strong language, and some violence. 2003By Rachna Gilmore. 2001
Fifteen-year-old Tara Mehta's life is turned upside down when her grandmother visits from India. Naniji disapproves of the family's Canadian…
lifestyle and feminist mother. But Tara also learns of her heritage and Naniji's involvement in Gandhi's peace movement. Some strong language. For junior and senior high readers. 2001By Jennifer Allison. 2010
When Gilda lands a summer internship at the International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C., she finds herself caught up in…
both a museum haunting and a real case of espionage. While investigating a cemetery where Abraham Lincoln's son was once buried, Gilda stumbles upon a spy's "dead drop" of classified information. As she tries to decode the cryptic message, Gilda realizes her case is not only a matter of investigating the supernatural; she's involved in an urgent matter of national security and faces her most serious challenge yet. For junior and senior high readersBy Elaine Marie Alphin. 2003
Best friends Ian and Teddy meet regularly in an abandoned motel in the redwood forest, California, to take photographs. One…
day Teddy doesn't show up and Ian suspects his oppressive father has something to do with his friend's mysterious disappearance. Ian is questioned by the sheriff but he can't remember everything that happened that day. For grades 6-9By Ronald Kidd. 2009
Best friends Paul, Oz, Arnie, and Crank enjoy horror movies but when a couple of movie extras, Laura and Darryl,…
working on the Invasion of the Body Snatchers in 1955 try to involve them in a Communist conspiracy in real life, things get too dangerous and they decide to curtail the friendship. For grades 6-9Nine short stories set in Hawaii featuring the nuanced voices and interior lives of housewives, mechanics, cabdrivers, aging hippies, and…
bargirls. The worlds of Pak's Hawaiians, Asian locals, and the haoles sometimes intersect and collide and other times remain parallel, but each world is haunted by the past. Whether Pak evokes shadows of World War II, the Vietnam War, the radical 60's, or the military dictatorship of Chun Doo Hwan in Korea, the larger historical context looms ominously in the background. Contains explicit descriptions of sexBy Marieke Nijkamp. 2018
Returning to her small Alaska hometown after her best friend Kyra's tragic death, Corey uncovers chilling secrets about the townspeople…
and their treatment of Kyra prior to her drowning. Some violence. For senior high and older readers. 2018By Tom Feelings. 1999
Compilation of poems by such writers as Maya Angelou, Langston Hughes, and Walter Dean Myers that portray the creativity, strength,…
and beauty of their African American heritage. Coretta Scott King Award. For grades 3-6. 1993By Jandy Nelson. 2014
Once close, sixteen-year-old twins Jude and her brother Noah barely speak to each other following a tragedy. But time and…
new relationships begin to mend their lives. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. For senior high and older readers. 2014By Melissa Wyatt. 2009
Lisa convinces her boyfriend, Remy, to escape from their mountain town in West Virginia and move away with her when…
she starts college. But Remy meets Dana, an outsider painting a mural on the community water tower, and Remy reevaluates his future and his home. For senior high readers. 2009By Avner Mandelman. 2005
Nine stories about the Israeli experience. In "Terror" a father beats the son who fails to stand up for his…
five-year-old brother, thus instilling the precept that, right or wrong, family comes first, even before justice or fear. Strong language and some violence. Sophie Brody Medal. 2005By Cat Bauer. 2007
For sixteen-year-old Harley Columba, October 9th is a momentous day, featuring her opening in a New York City gallery, a…
fight and reconciliation with her newly found father, and the arrival of her period five days late. Sequel to Harley...(BR 13382). Some descriptions of sex. For senior high readers. 2007By Maureen Johnson. 2005
Timid seventeen-year-old Ginny receives a packet of mysterious envelopes from her recently deceased favorite aunt that send Ginny from New…
Jersey on a scavenger hunt across Europe. Along the way Ginny meets new people, finds love, and has adventures that transform her life. For senior high readers. 2005By Patricia Reilly Giff. 2002
A troublesome foster child, Hollis loves to draw pictures on paper and in her mind. Her favorite is one in…
which she fits in--with a father, mother, brother, and herself. Now Hollis lives with an artist, but still longs for the summer family that wanted to keep her. For grades 5-8. 2002By Eleanor Estes. 2004
The girls in her class mock Wanda Petronski because she claims to have a hundred dresses lined up in her…
closet but wears the same faded dress everyday. And they tease her about her Polish last name. Then Wanda stops coming to school. For grades 3-6. Newbery Honor. 1944