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Red berries, white clouds, blue sky
By Sandra Dallas. 2014
After Pearl Harbor is bombed by the Japanese, twelve-year-old Tomi and her Japanese-American family are split up and forced to…
leave their California home to live in internment camps in New Mexico and Colorado. For grades 3-6Thank you, Sarah: the woman who saved Thanksgiving
By Laurie Halse Anderson, Matt Faulkner. 2002
Mudbound: a novel
By Hillary Jordan. 2009
As a family who have moved from the city to a Mississippi cotton farm struggle, the husband's brother returns from…
World War II along with the eldest son of sharecroppers, now a hero. The unlikely friendship of these two men arouses passions in others and reveals how everyone becomes a player in tragedy, even as they strive for love and honorCitizens Creek: A Novel
By Lalita Tademy. 2014
Cow Tom, born into slavery in Alabama in 1810 and sold to a Creek Indian chief before his tenth birthday,…
possessed an extraordinary ability to master languages. As the new country developed westward, he became a key translator for his Creek master and was hired out to US military generals. His talent made him indispensable, but what would become of him and his family with the coming of the Civil War? UnratedThe invisible wall: a love story that broke barriers
By Harry Bernstein. 2008
In a small English town on the eve of WWI, Harry's family struggles to make ends meet. His father spends…
his low wages on drinking on gambling. His mother, devoted to her children survives on her dreams. His older sister does the unthinkable; she falls in love with a Christian. They are separated by an "invisible wall". When Harry discovers the affair, he must choose what he knows to be true in his heartBrewster the rooster
By Devin Scillian, Lee White. 2007
Den of thieves: a Cat Royal adventure (A Cat Royal Adventure Ser. #3)
By Julia Golding, Roaring Brook Press. 2009
London and Paris, 1791. When the Theater Royal closes, Miss Catherine "Cat" Royal loses her job and home. But after…
Mr. Sheridan proposes sending her to Paris disguised as a ballerina to report on the Revolutionary War, Cat accepts--and becomes a spy. For grades 5-8. 2007Assegai (Courtney Family Adventures Ser.)
By Wilbur Smith, Wilbur A Smith, St. Martin`s Press. 2009
Leon Courtney, a big-game hunter and British army-reserve officer, spies for his country in pre-World War I Africa. While Courtney…
attempts to stop a German-incited Boer rebellion, he monitors Graf Otto von Meerbach and falls for Meerbach's mistress. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2009Cat among the pigeons (A Cat Royal Adventure Ser. #2)
By Julia Golding, Roaring Brook Press. 2008
London, 1790s. Catherine "Cat" Royal, an orphan who lives at the Drury Lane Theater, rallies her companions to try to…
save her friend Pedro from the clutches of Mr. Hawkins, a slave master who considers Pedro his property. For grades 5-8. 2006Bitter sweets
By Roopa Farooki, St. Martin`s Press. 2007
Bengali shopkeeper Nadim Rub dupes Ricky-Rashid Karim into marrying his lazy, illiterate thirteen-year-old daughter, Henna, beginning a series of deceptions…
that plague succeeding generations. Ricky and Henna's daughter Shona eventually confronts her own lies to save her sons. Some descriptions of sex. Orange Award nominee. 2007The diamond of Drury Lane: a Cat Royal adventure (A Cat Royal Adventure Ser. #1)
By Julia Golding, Roaring Brook Press. 2008
London, 1790. Streetwise beyond her tender years, orphan Catherine "Cat" Royal tries to find a diamond supposedly hidden in the…
Drury Lane Theater where she lives. This treasure hunt involves two bare-knuckled boxers, three enemies, and four hundred and thirty-eight rioters. For grades 5-8. 2006The lost luggage porter: A Jim Stringer Mystery
By Andrew Martin. 2008
1906. Following the events in The Blackpool Highflyer (RC 67229), Jim Stringer is now an official railway detective for York…
Station. Stringer meets the unusual lost-luggage porter, who tells him about some platform thefts that need to be investigated. Stringer's undercover work reveals more than pickpockets. Some strong language. 2006The far pavilions
By M. M. Kaye, St. Martin`s Press. 1997
Nineteenth-century British India. Ashton Hilary Akbar Pelham-Martyn is raised as a Hindu at the foot of the Himalayas, the "Far…
Pavilions." As a child, he falls in love with princess Anjuli. Years later Ash, now an English officer, unexpectedly reunites with Juli, but she is betrothed to another. 1978The quest (Novels of Ancient Egypt Ser. #4)
By Wilbur Smith, St. Martin`s Press. 2007
Ancient Egypt. Eunuch warlock Taita, from Warlock (DB 53723), ventures into Africa at the bequest of pharaoh Nefer Seti to…
uncover the reasons the Nile has turned to blood and flesh-eating toads have emerged from its waters. Violence, some descriptions of sex, and some strong language. 2007Retellings of Greek and Roman myths with explanations of vocabulary and setting. Includes tales such as "Jason and the Golden…
Fleece," "The Riddle of the Sphinx," and "Baucis and Philemon," which is about an elderly couple who were favored by the gods for being hospitable. For grades 3-6. 1989See Delphi and die: a Marcus Didius Falco novel (Marcus Didius Falco Mysteries Ser. #17)
By Lindsey Davis, St. Martin`s Press. 2006
Olympia, Greece; A.D. 76. Roman investigator Marcus Didius Falco travels with his wife, Helena Justina, and assorted other relatives to…
the site of the Olympic games. Falco is studying the deaths of two young Roman women who've died under suspicious circumstances while sightseeing with a shady first-century travel agency. 2005The naked savages
By Fred Mustard Stewart, Tom Doherty Associates, Fred M. Stewart. 1999
New York businessman Johnny Savage follows his friend Teddy Roosevelt into battle in Cuba, where he loses a leg. Returning…
home, Johnny takes a mistress and struggles to control his extended family's excesses. Sequel to The Young Savages (DB 46483). Strong language, some descriptions of sex, and some violence. 1999Bachelor boys
By Kate Saunders, St. Martin`s Press. 2005
London. Thirty-one-year-old literary magazine editor Cassie agrees to fulfill the final wish of her terminally ill childhood neighbor--to find wives…
for her grown sons. Cassie plays matchmaker for unemployed actor Fritz and pianist Ben while falling for Fritz. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2004From slave to soldier: based on a true Civil War story (Ready-to-Read)
By Deborah Hopkinson, Brian Floca. 2005
Tennessee, Civil War. Young Johnny hates being a slave and chooses freedom by joining the Union Army. Johnny proves his…
bravery by driving the mule team and supply wagon by himself at night to bring food to hungry soldiers. Short chapter book. For grades 2-4. 2005Small island
By Andrea Levy, Picador. 2005
1948. Following the war, Jamaican Gilbert Joseph and his wife, Hortense, move to England. They lodge with Queenie, whose racially…
prejudiced husband, Bernard, eventually returns from overseas. The men have difficulty adjusting to England's size, which seems small after their wartime experiences. Some strong language. Whitbread Award; Orange Prize. 2004