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• The Enemy's Daughter

  Blankman, Anne,

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  In the midst of WWI, two girls discover they have more in common than they thought even though their countries are supposed to be enemies"-- The year is 1915 and the world is at war. Marta and her father are passengers on the Lusitania, desperately…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• One Big Open Sky

  Cline-Ransome, Lesa,

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  In the 1870s, a Black family undertakes a perilous wagon journey westward for a tenuous shot at freedom in Nebraska.

• The Bletchley Riddle

  Sepetys, Ruta,

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  Remember, you are bound by the Official Secrets Act... Summer, 1940. Nineteen-year-old Jakob Novis and his quirky younger sister Lizzie share a love of riddles and puzzles. And now they're living inside of one. The quarrelsome siblings find…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Pearl

  Smith, Sherri L.,

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  Amy is a thirteen-year-old Japanese-American girl from Hawaii. When her great-grandmother falls ill, Amy travels to visit family in Hiroshima. But when the Japanese navy attacks Pearl Harbor, it becomes impossible for Amy to return to Hawaii.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Iceberg

  Nielsen, Jennifer A.

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  Twelve-year-old Hazel Rothbury stows away aboard the Titanic and, with the help of a porter named Charlie and a first-class passenger named Sylvia, she sets out to explore the great ship, uncovering a haunting mystery--until the ship hits an iceberg…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Wild Bird

  Zahler, Diane

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  In fourteenth-century Norway, the plague has destroyed Rype's entire village, and as the sole survivor, she embarks on a sweeping adventure across Europe with the son of an English ship captain and a band of troubadours in search of a brighter…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Freewater

  Luqman-Dawson, Amina,

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  After fleeing the plantation where they were enslaved, siblings Ada and Homer discover the secret community of Freewater, and work with freeborn Sanzi to protect their new home from the encroaching dangers of the outside world.

• Lines of Courage

  Nielsen, Jennifer A.

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  From the assassination that triggers World War I in 1914 to Armistice Day in 1918, the story follows the fates of five young people on both sides of the conflict--each facing their portion of the war with courage, until the end of the war brings…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Lena and the Burning of Greenwood

  a Tulsa Race Massacre Survival Story

  Smith, Nikki Shannon, 1971-

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  Twelve-year-old Lena is aware of racism, but she lives a comfortable life in the segregated but relatively wealthy Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma; but on May 31, 1921 racial tensions explode, and men from downtown Tulsa invade Greenwood, set…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Maizy Chen's Last Chance

  Yee, Lisa,

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  Eleven-year-old Maizy Chen visits her estranged grandparents, who own and run a Chinese restaurant in Last Chance, Minnesota; as her visit lengthens, she makes unexpected discoveries about her family's history and herself

• The Beatryce Prophecy

  DiCamillo, Kate,

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  Gentle Brother Edik finds the girl, Beatryce, curled in a stall, wracked with fever, coated in dirt and blood, and holding fast to the ear of Answelica the goat. As the monk nurses Beatryce to health, he uncovers her dangerous secret, one that…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna

  Dobbs, Alda P.

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  Based on a true story, the tale of one girl's perilous journey to cross the U.S. border and lead her family to safety during the Mexican Revolution.

• The Legend of Auntie Po

  Khor, Shing Yin,

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  Aware of the racial tumult in the years after the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act, Mei tries to remain blissfully focused on her job, her close friendship with the camp foreman's daughter, and telling stories about Paul Bunyan--reinvented as Po…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Pony

  Palacio, R. J.

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  Twelve-year-old Silas is awoken in the dead of night by three menacing horsemen who take his father away. Silas is left shaken, scared, and alone, except for the presence of his companion, Mittenwool...who happens to be a ghost. When a pony shows up…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Blackbird Girls

  Blankman, Anne,

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  On a spring morning, neighbors Valentina Kaplan and Oksana Savchenko wake up to an angry red sky. A reactor at the nuclear power plant where their fathers work--Chernobyl--has exploded. Before they know it, the two girls, who've always been enemies,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Echo Mountain

  Wolk, Lauren, 1956-

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  When twelve-year-old Ellie and her family lose livelihood and move to a mountain cabin in 1934, she quickly learns to be an outdoors woman and, when needed, a healer.

• Under the Broken Sky

  Nagai, Mariko,

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  When Soviet troops invade Japanese-occupied Manchuria during the last days of World War II, twelve-year-old Natsu Kimura must care for her younger sister as they struggle to survive and return to Japan.

• All the Greys on Greene Street

  Tucker, Laura, 1973-

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  SoHo, 1981. Twelve-year-old Olympia is an artist -- and in her neighborhood, that's normal. Her dad and his business partner Apollo bring antique paintings back to life, while her mother makes intricate sculptures in a corner of their loft, leaving…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Finding Langston

  Cline-Ransome, Lesa,

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  Discovering a book of Langston Hughes' poetry in the library helps Langston cope with the loss of his mother, relocating from Alabama to Chicago as part of the Great Migration, and being bullied.

• Beyond the Bright Sea

  Wolk, Lauren, 1956-

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  Set adrift on the ocean in a small skiff as a newborn, twelve-year-old Crow embarks on a quest to find the missing pieces of her history.