Home of the brave
by Katherine Applegate
Kek, an African refugee, is confronted by many strange things at the Minneapolis home of his aunt and cousin, as well as in this fifth grade classroom, and longs for his missing mother, but finds comfort in the company of a cow and her owner. |
The rising star of Rusty Nail
by Lesley M. M. Blume
In the small town of Rusty Nail, Minnesota, in the early 1950s, musically talented ten-year-old Franny wants to take advanced piano lessons from newcomer Olga Malenkov, a famous Russian musician suspected of being a communist spy by gossipy members of the community. |
Bravo Zulu, Samantha
by Kathleen Benner Duble
Decidedly unenthusiastic about spending part of her summer vacation with her grandparents, twelve-year-old Samantha is particularly upset by her prickly grandfather's secretive behavior and decides to find out what he is hiding. |
Dexter the tough
by Margaret Peterson Haddix
A sympathetic teacher and her writing assignment help fourth-grader Dexter deal with being the new kid in school after he punches a kid on the first day. |
One thousand tracings; healing the wounds of World War II
by Lita Judge
The author describes her family's efforts to help their friends and others who were left homeless and hungry in the aftermath of World War II. |
A friendship for today
by Patricia C. McKassack
In 1954, when desegregation comes to Kirkland, Missouri, ten-year-old Rosemary faces many changes and challenges at school and at home as her parents separate. |
How to steal a dog
by Barbara O'Connor
Living in the family car in their small North Carolina town after their father leaves them virtually penniless, Georgina, desperate to improve their situation and unwilling to accept her overworked mother's calls for patience, persuades her younger brother to help her in an elaborate scheme to get money by stealing a dog and then claiming the reward that the owners are bound to offer. |
Seeing sky-blue pink
by Candice Ransom
Although fearful at first, eight-year-old Maddie soon begins to enjoy living in the country and getting to know her new stepfather. |
Way down deep
by Ruth White
In the West Virginia town of Way Down Deep in the 1950s, a foundling called Ruby June is happily living with Miss Arbutus at the local boarding house when suddenly, after the arrival of a family of outsiders, the mystery of Ruby's past begins to unravel. |
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