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    145th Street: Short Stories
      Engaging short stories written in Myers' natural writing styles that contain serious side plots and portray some of the people who live on one block of 145th Street in Harlem. Characters are portrayed honestly and jump off the page to keep the reader enga
      Author: Myers, Walter Dean HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | language arts - writing

    All I See
      Shy Charlie admires the painter Gregory's work from afar. The child and adult become friends, and Gregory teaches Charlie about painting, senses, imagination, and friendship.
      Author: Rylant, Cynthia

    At Gleason's Gym
      The story of Gleason's Gym in Brooklyn NY, and the many people who use it. It includes a brief story of Sugar Boy Younan, National Silver Gloves Champion 2006. The words and pictures tap into the senses. The illustrations demonstrate the rhythm to the mus
      Author: Lewin, Ted HSE Descriptors: literature and arts | social studies

    Because of Winn-Dixie
      10-year-old Opal and her preacher father move to a small Florida town. Opal finds a dog (Winn-Dixie), gradually eases her loneliness, and learns to accept some losses.
      Author: DiCamillo, Kate

    Breadwinner, The
      This coming-of-age story, told from the point of view of a young Afghan girl left to fend for her family in the times of repressive Taliban influence is both moving and suspenseful.
      Author: Ellis, Deborah HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Breadwinner, The
      This coming-of-age story, told from the point of view of a young Afghan girl left to fend for her family in the times of repressive Taliban influence is both moving and suspenseful.
      Author: Ellis, Deborah HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Childtimes
      Three African American women, grandmother, mother, and daughter, reminisce about their childhoods.
      Author: Greenfield, Eloise & Little, Lessive Jones

    Coming On Home Soon
      A kitten comforts a young African American girl as she and her grandmother wait for the mother's return from working in Chicago during World War II.
      Author: Woodson, Jaqueline

    Day Before Christmas, The
      Four years after the death of her mother, seven-year-old Allie goes with her grandfather to a performance of the ballet "The Nutcracker" on Christmas Eve. Warned by her father before leaving that Grandpa may be a little sad, Allie learns that Grandpa had
      Author: Bunting, Eve HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading

    Dear Willie Rudd
      Miss Elizabeth, thinking 50 years back, remembers Willie Rudd, the African American housekeeper who raised her, her mother, and her grandmother. She writes a letter to the long-dead Willie Rudd in which she explains the past and expresses her feelings.
      Author: Gray, Libba Moore

    Deep Blues
      Bill Traylor, who worked as a farm laborer before and after the Civil War, was "discovered" as a folk artist at the age of 85.
      Author: Lyons, Mary E.

    Dogsong
      14-year-old Russel, an Eskimo, feels assailed by the modernity of his life. With the help of a wise elder, Russel learns how (and why) to make a 1400-mile dog run across his country. (Newbery Honor Book)
      Author: Paulsen, Gary HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading

    Giver, The
      This Newbery Award-winning novel is set in a utopian community in which all conflict and social problems are unheard of. After a coming-of-age ceremony, Jonas begins to interact with The Giver and learns about the secrets that underlie his perfect world.
      Author: Lowry, Lois

    Heart is Big Enough, The
      Each of these five stories focuses on a protagonist with special challenges who is approaching adolescence. As author Steven Kellogg notes on the dust jacket, these stories "bring illumination and enjoyment to those of us who have already passed through"
      Author: Rosen, Michael

    Hundred Penny Box, A
      A young boy loves his Great Aunt Dew, her stories, and her box of one hundred pennies, one for each of her birthdays. But Michael's mother is impatient with them both and wants to throw the box out.
      Author: Mathis, Sharon

    I Have an Olive Tree
      Colorful, stylized illustrations depict a girl and her mother as they travel back to Greece to see the olive tree her granfather left her when he died, a gift that grows in value as the story progresses.
      Author: Bunting, Eve HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Jim the Boy
      In a coming-of-age story set in Appalachia, Jim grows up as a town boy with his mother and uncles but finally makes friends with a mountain boy and meets his mountain grandfather.
      Author: Early, Tony

    Language of Doves, The
      On her sixth birthday, Julietta's grandfather gives her one of his homing pigeons and tells her about his experiences raising and training doves for military use in Italy during WWI.
      Author: Wells, Rosemary HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Like Sisters on the Homefront
      When 14-year-old Gayle gets into "trouble," she and her baby Jose leave New York City to live with family in rural Georgia. At first bored with and distressed about her situation, Gayle eventually makes friends with her cousin Cookie. Through "tellings" b
      Author: Williams-Garcia, Rita HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading

    Love You, Soldier
      This touching story about the effects of WW II on one family is told through the eyes of seven-year-old Katie. (NOTE: This is a short chapter book that will be very easy for students to read.)
      Author: Hest, Amy HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Marven of the Great North Woods
      Marven's immigrant Russian Jewish family sends him alone by train and by ski to a logging camp in Minnesota to escape the diphtheria epidemic in the city of Duluth. He finds a niche for himself in very different cultural surroundings through the friendsh
      Author: Lasky, Kathryn

    Midnight Clear: Stories for the Christmas Season, A
      Twelve modern-day stories focus on the "true meaning" of Christmas. Each addresses the tenacity of the human spirit; all are engaging stories.
      Author: Paterson, Katherine HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading

    Mind's Eye
      This is a novel in play form. Courtney, 16 and paralyzed, learns about the power of the mind from an elderly blind woman and a game they play--taking an imaginary trip to Italy using a 1910 Baedeker's guidebook.
      Author: Fleischman, Paul HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Missing May
      A twelve-year-old girl named Summer and her uncle are dealing with the death of Aunt May (his wife). They decide, with the help of a strange boy from Summer's school, to try to contact May's spirit, and in the process learn how to let go.
      Author: Rylant, Cynthia

    Miz Berlin Walks
      A little African American girl learns to love the old white lady who walks by her home every day.
      Author: Yolen, Jane

    Old Musician, The
      A little girl hears an old man playing a flute and initiates his journey as an ever more popular musician of increasing number of instruments until his celebrity invades his private life.
      Author: Tornqvist, Rita

    Raft, The
      A city boy spends a magical summer in the woods with an unusual grandmother and discovers not only the creatures of the woods and river but himself as well. This is a beautifully illustrated portrait of a childhood we all might like to claim.
      Author: LaMarche, Jim

    Reappearance of Sam Webber, The
      With the help of adult friends, eleven-year-old Sam Webber adjusts to the disappearance of his father and the reduced circumstances of life in Baltimore. Although the story is told from Sam's perspective, every reader can identify with the ultimately upb
      Author: Fuqua, Jonathon Scott

    Sanctuary, The
      Little Man, age 10, thinks that Tico and Aaron should let him join their gang. But first he must retrieve a piece of junk from the altar "sanctuary" that "crazy" Lucy Johnson built in her backyard. Little Man gets caught and comes to know and love the o
      Author: Eskridge, Ann HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading

    Sees Behind Trees
      A blind Native American boy learns to "see behind trees", guided by his mother, to use his other senses. He uses his gift to help an old warrior find a land of mystery and beauty that he'd discovered years ago, and could not find again himself.
      Author: Dorris, Michael HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies

    Show Way
      Simple text and stunning illustrations tell the intergenerational story of Woodson's ancestors.
      Author: Woodson, Jacqueline HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Somewhere In the Darkness
      Jimmy, a teenager, lives in the city with Mama Jean. Then he meets Crab, a "man with something to prove. Maybe Crab's not sure what it is; maybe Jimmy's not sure he wants to know. But it may be the last chance Crab has to tell Jimmy who he was, and who
      Author: Myers, Walter Dean HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading

    Stone Water
      Grant, a 15-year-old boy, grapples with his grandfather's request to remove him from life support systems. This is a realistic and emotionally riveting portrayal of issues surrounding death.
      Author: Gilbert, Barbara

    Thank you, Mr. Falker
      While in 5th grade, Trisha, the central, autobiographical character, encounters a new teacher who helps her overcome her difficulties with reading that had caused her such humiliation since first grade.
      Author: Polacco, Patricia

    To Hell with Dying
      Because of the controversial subject matter and the language of the title, this book would have to be introduced carefully and treated sensitively. The author tells the story of growing up down the road from old alcoholic Mr. Sweet, who would fall on his
      Author: Walker, Alice

    Toning the Sweep
      Emily goes to the desert with her mother to help her dying grandmother Ola pack up her house and move. She slowly comes to terms with her family history and her coming loss.
      Author: Johnson, Angela

    Wall, The
      In this emotionally charged book told from the point of view of the child, a boy and his dad look for the grandfather's name on the Vietnam Memorial.
      Author: Bunting, Eve HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Winter Room, The
      This book tells the story of Eldon, a boy growing up in the mid-20th century in rural Minnesota. He and his brother Wayne work hard to help out on the farm, but have time for fun and adventures too. After a short introduction, the book is structured in
      Author: Paulsen, Gary

    Wreck of the Zanzibar, The
      When Laura Perryman dies, her great-nephew Michael gets her diary. The diary reveals remarkable stories about a time when people lived off the bounty (and at the mercy) of the ocean. This story "of a family bound by respect for nature seamlessly blends
      Author: Morpurgo, Michael

    Young Man and the Sea, The
      In an attempt to push his father out of the alcohol-fueled funk he's been in since his wife died, 12-year-old Skiff Beaman repairs the family fishing boat and meets a 900-lb. tuna 30 miles at sea.
      Author: Philbrick, Rodman

    Young Man and the Sea, The
      In an attempt to push his father out of the alcohol-fueled funk he's been in since his wife died, 12-year-old Skiff Beaman repairs the family fishing boat and meets a 900-lb. tuna 30 miles at sea.
      Author: Philbrick, Rodman


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