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Siege: how General Washington kicked the British out of Boston and launched a revolution
By Roxane Orgill. 2018
A novel in verse. Story of the siege of Boston that launched the war to defeat the British. Follows the…
events from the summer of 1775 to the spring of 1776, and gives voice to the soldiers and civilians of that time. For grades 6-9. 2018Jazz owls: a novel of the Zoot Suit Riots
By Margarita Engle, Rudy Gutierrez. 2018
A novel in verse. In early 1940s Los Angeles, Mexican Americans Marisela and Lorena work in canneries all day, then…
jitterbug with sailors all night with their zoot-suit wearing younger brother, Ray. But one night, racial violence leads to murder. Some violence. For junior and senior high and older readers. 2018White Rose
By Kip Wilson. 2019
A novel in verse. Sophie Scholl, a young German college student, challenges the Nazi regime during World War II as…
part of the White Rose, a nonviolent resistance group. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2019It rained warm bread: Moishe Moskowitz's story of hope
By Hope Anita Smith, Lea Lyon, Gloria Moskowitz-Sweet. 2019
A novel in verse and fictionalized account of the experiences of a Polish Jew, Moishe, who, with his parents, brother,…
and a sister, struggles to survive the Nazi invasion and the Holocaust. For grades 4-7 and older readers. 2019The crossover (The Crossover Series)
By Kwame Alexander. 2014
Twin fourteen-year-old basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court, as their father…
ignores his declining health. Told in hip-hop style verse. For senior high and older readers. 2014The candy smash (The Lemonade War Series #4)
By Jacqueline Davies. 2013
As Valentine's Day approaches and a crush on a classmate develops, Evan develops a secret fondness for writing poetry. But…
his sister Jessie plans on exposing all in her newspaper. Sequel to The Bell Bandit (DB 74601). For grades 3-6. 2013Like carrot juice on a cupcake (Eleanor)
By Matthew Cordell, Julie Sternberg. 2014
When Eleanor's best friend Pearl is assigned to be the new student's buddy, Eleanor fears she can't compete. But a…
new set of problems arises when Eleanor's chosen for the lead in the springtime musical. For grades 2-4. 2014All the broken pieces: a novel in verse
By Ann E. Burg. 2009
Matt Pin was nine when he was airlifted out of Vietnam in 1975 and adopted by an American couple. Two…
years later Matt is still haunted by a terrible secret from his war-torn past, one that his new parents and Vietnam veterans help him confront. For grades 5-8. 2009My grandpa's Battleship Missouri tour
By Jeff Langcaon. 2007
During career month at school, a young girl's grandfather volunteers to show the class around the USS Missouri and explain…
how he was stationed on the ship that played a big part in history. For grades K-3Spinster Goose: twisted rhymes for naughty children
By Lisa Wheeler, Sophie Blackall. 2011
Iggy Peck, architect (The Questioneers)
By David Roberts, Andrea Beaty. 2007
Ever since he was a baby, Iggy Peck has built towers, bridges, and buildings, which comes in handy when his…
grade class is stranded on an island during a picnic. For preschool-grade 2T4: a novel in verse
By Ann Clare LeZotte. 2008
Paula Becker, who is deaf, is thirteen years old when the Nazi party takes control of Germany. It is a…
time when people with disabilities are ordered to be killed in Hitler's Tiergartenstrasse 4, nicknamed T4. She escapes a raid, but her new world is one of fear, desperation, and uncertainty as she struggles to survive. Her stories are told in free verse. For grades 6-9Words with wings
By Nikki Grimes. 2013
When Gabby's parents separate, her tendency to daydream becomes essential to coping with life's difficulties, which only increase when she…
moves with her mother to a new home and a new school. For grades 3-6Rumble
By Ellen Hopkins. 2014
Matthew Turner doesn't have faith in anything. Not in family, which is falling apart after his younger brother's suicide. Not…
in friends who turn their backs. Not in a creator who lets bad things happen. No matter what his girlfriend Hayden says about faith and forgiveness, there's no way he will forgive those he blames. He's decided to "live large and go out with a huge bang". But when a horrific event plunges Matt into a dark place, he hears a rumble that wakes him up. For junior and senior high readers. UnratedLlama Llama and the bully goat (Llama Llama)
By Anna Dewdney. 2013
My new teacher and me!
By Wes Hargis, Al Yankovic. 2013
Llama Llama misses Mama (Llama Llama)
By Anna Dewdney. 2009
A pocketful of cricket
By Rebecca Caudill, Evaline Ness. 1964
Six-year old Jay goes for a walk through the countryside and collects treasures that he finds along the way, including…
a live cricket. Jay takes the cricket home, and then to school, where its chirping disturbs the class. Illustrated by Evaline Ness. For grades K-3. Caldecott Medal. 1964The sound of letting go
By Stasia Ward Kehoe. 2014
At seventeen, Daisy feels imprisoned by her brother Steven's autism and its effects and her only escape is through her…
trumpet into the world of jazz, but when her parents decide to send Steven to an institution she is not ready to let him go. For junior and senior highThis full house (Make Lemonade Trilogy)
By Virginia Euwer Wolff. 2009
Seventeen-year-old LaVaughn advances her plans for college by accepting admission into a women-in-medical-science program and befriending her mentor, Dr. Moore.…
Although LaVaughn helps her friend Jolly solve Jolly's mysterious past, LaVaughn's academic future becomes uncertain. Sequel to True Believer (DB 52298). For senior high and older readers. 2009