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Our strange new land : Elizabeth's Diary, Jamestown, Virginia, 1609
by Patricia Hermes
Young Lizzie keeps a journal of all her experiences in her new country in order to share them with her twin brother who had been unable to make the grueling journey across the sea due to an illness. Each book in series focuses on a different time and place. AR: 3.2-6.6
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Al Capone does my shirts
by Gennifer Choldenko
A twelve-year-old boy named Moose moves to Alcatraz Island in 1935 when guards' families were housed there, and has to contend with his extraordinary new environment in addition to life with his autistic sister Natalie. AR: 3.5
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I survived the Japanese tsunami, 2011
by Lauren Tarshis
A massive earthquake and devastating tsunami hit Japan while Ben is visiting his late father's hometown, pulling Ben's family apart and leaving him stranded in a strange country during an epic disaster. Each book a different story and time period. AR: 4.0-5.0
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The war that saved my life
by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
A young disabled girl and her brother are evacuated from London to the English countryside during World War II, where they find life to be much sweeter away from their abusive mother. Simultaneous eBook. AR: 4.1
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Lucky broken girl
by Ruth Behar
A semi-autobiographical story about a multicultural girl's coming-of-age in the 1960s describes how Cuban-Jewish Ruthie Mizrahi emigrates with her family from Castro's Cuba to New York, where a devastating accident challenges her perceptions about mortality and strength. A first children's book. Simultaneous eBook.AR: 4.2
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The book of Boy
by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
In 1350, a boy with a large hump on his back becomes the servant of a shadowy pilgrim on his way to Rome, who pulls the boy into a dangerous expedition across Europe to gather the seven precious relics of Saint Peter. AR: 4.3
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The wind called my name
by Mary Louise Sanchez
When ten-year-old Margaríta Sandoval's family moves to Wyoming during the Great Depression, she faces racism, homesickness, and the possibility that her grandmother's land in New Mexico may be lost.
AR: 4.4
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The night diary
by Veera Hiranandani
The 12-year-old daughter of a refugee family forced to flee their home in the aftermath of the 1947 separation of Pakistan and India embarks on a treacherous journey that she records in a series of letters written to her late mother. By the award-winning author of The Whole Story of Half a Girl. Simultaneous eBook. AR: 4.5
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Lily's crossing
by Patricia Reilly Giff
Her childhood interrupted by the Second World War, young Lily worries afout her father while she is left in the care of her bossy grandmother, and the only other young person around is Albert, a war refugee from Hungary. AR: 4.6
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One crazy summer
by Rita Williams-Garcia
In the summer of 1968, after travelling from Brooklyn, New York, to Oakland, California, to spend a month with the mother they barely know, 11-year-old Delphine and her two younger sisters arrive to a cold welcome as they discover that their mother, a dedicated poet and printer, is resentful of their intrusion and wants them to attend a nearby Black Panther summer camp. 15,000 first printing. AR 4.6
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Inside out & back again
by Thanhha Lai
Through a series of poems, a young girl chronicles the life-changing year of 1975, when she, her mother, and her brothers leave Vietnam and resettle in Alabama. AR: 4.8
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Nightjohn
by Gary Paulsen
Sarny, a twelve-year-old slave boy on the Waller Plantation, risks dismemberment to attend the reading lessons of Nightjohn. By the author of The River. AR: 5.0
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Crispin : the cross of lead
by Avi
After being accused of a crime, thirteen-year-old Crispin becomes a wanted man and so must use a new identity and keep on the run in order to stay alive, in a suspenseful middle reader set in fourteenth-century England. Teacher's Guide available. 55,000 first printing. AR: 5.0
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Ahimsa
by Supriya Kelkar
When her mother is jailed for being one of Gandhi's freedom fighters, ten-year-old Anjali overcomes her own prejudices and continues her mother's social reform work, befriending Untouchable children and working to integrate her school. AR: 5.3
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The journey of little Charlie
by Christopher Paul Curtis
Striking a deal with a formidable local in the aftermath of his father's death, 12-year-old Charlie, the child of sharecroppers, agrees to track down a band of thieves only to confront a difficult moral choice when he learns the true identities and circumstances of his targets. By the Newbery Medal-winning author of The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963. AR: 5.8
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Willa of the wood
by Robert Beatty
In the late 1800s, a nightspirit living in the Great Smoky Mountains despairs as homesteaders destroy her forest habitat, until a4.4 chance encounter with a "day-folk" man changes everything she thought she knew about her people. AR: 6.3
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A single shard
by Linda Sue Park
Tree-ear, a thirteen-year-old orphan in medieval Korea, lives under a bridge in a potters' village, and longs to learn how to throw the delicate celadon ceramics himself. By the author of Seesaw Girl.
AR: 6.6
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