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Eyes of the emperor
Par Graham Salisbury. 2005
Hawaii, 1941. Sixteen-year-old Eddy and his two buddies join the U.S. Army, but after the attack on Pearl Harbor their…
Japanese ancestry becomes a problem. They are commanded to serve as human targets for dogs training to hunt and kill enemy Japanese. Some violence. For grades 6-9. 2005Outlaw princess of Sherwood: a tale of Rowan Hood
Par Nancy Springer. 2003
When King Solon the Red tried to marry off his daughter Princess Ettarde, she ran away and joined Rowan Hood's…
outlaw band. Now to lure Ettarde, the king imprisons her mother, the queen, in a cage in cold Sherwood Forest. Sequel to Lionclaw (BR 14876). For grades 4-7. 2003Fever, 1793
Par Laurie Halse Anderson, Lori Earley. 2000
Philadelphia, 1793. Fourteen-year-old Matilda works in her widowed mother's busy coffeehouse along with her grandfather and their cook, Eliza--a freed…
slave. When a yellow fever epidemic hits the city, people panic and flee, and Matilda's life turns upside down. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2000Full service
Par Will Weaver. 2005
In the summer of 1965, teenager Paul Sutton, a northern Minnesota farm boy, takes a job at a gas station…
in town. His strict religious upbringing is challenged by the people and situations he encounters during his employment. For senior high readers. 2005The perilous gard
Par Elizabeth Marie Pope, Richard J. Cuffari. 1992
In 1558 young Kate Sutton is exiled to a remote castle called Perilous Gard, where she becomes captive of an…
ancient fairy folk--the last practitioners of druidic magic. Kate struggles to prevent them from sacrificing Christopher Heron and to effect her own escape. For grades 5-8. Newbery Honor Book. 1974Last dance on Holladay Street
Par Elisa Carbone. 2005
After thirteen-year-old biracial Eva's adopted parents die in 1878, Eva heads to Denver to find her birth mother. She's shocked…
to discover that her mother and half-sister live in a house of ill repute and hatches a plan to improve their lot. For senior high readers. 2005Pippi in the South Seas (Pippi Longstocking Ser.)
Par Astrid Lindgren. 1959
Pippi takes her friends Annika and Tommy with her to Kurrekurredutt Island in the South Seas, where her father is…
king. Sequel to Pippi Longstocking (BR 16298). For grades 3-6. 1959Sky: a novel in three sets and an encore
Par Rod Townley. 2004
New York City, 1959. Fifteen-year-old Alec (Sky) Schuyler's passion is jazz. When his father objects to his playing the piano,…
Sky leaves home. He finds a mentor in a blind African American jazz musician and relies on support from friends. Some strong language. For junior and senior high readers. 2004The teacher's funeral: a comedy in three parts
Par Richard Peck. 2004
Rural Indiana, 1904. After Miss Myrt Arbuckle, the mean old teacher, "hauled off and died" in August, fifteen-year-old Russell figures…
the one-room schoolhouse will close. His dreams of quitting school and joining a wheat-threshing crew are disrupted when his older sister fills the vacancy. For grades 6-9. 2004Al Capone does my shirts (Tales from Alcatraz #1)
Par Gennifer Choldenko. 2004
1935. Twelve-year-old Moose Flanagan moves to Alcatraz Island when his father takes a job at the maximum-security prison there. Moose…
struggles to make friends and cares for his older autistic sister while their mother applies for the girl's acceptance to a special school. Newbery honor winner. For grades 6-9. 2004No shame, no fear
Par Ann Turnbull. 2004
England, 1662. After her father is jailed for his religious beliefs, fifteen-year-old Susanna Thorn, a poor Quaker girl, becomes an…
apprentice printer in order to provide for her family. Susanna meets and falls in love with William Heywood, an Anglican, despite his father's objections. For senior high readers. 2003Not the end of the world: a novel
Par Geraldine McCaughrean. 2004
The animals and humans on Noah's ark describe suffering through many trials including a tidal wave and hunger. Noah's daughter…
Timna defies him and rescues a boy and his baby sister from drowning. Many on board begin to question Noah's faith in God. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2004Heroes don't run: A Novel of the Pacific War (Boy at War Ser.)
Par Harry Mazer. 2005
1944. To honor his father, who died during the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, seventeen-year-old Adam Pelko eagerly enlists…
in the Marine Corps. Adam goes through boot camp and faces combat on the tiny island Okinawa. Sequel to Boy No More (DB 59432). For grades 6-9. 2005The tears of the salamander
Par Peter Dickinson. 2003
Italy, 1700s. Twelve-year-old choirboy Alfredo loses his family in a fire and goes to live with his uncle Giorgio. He…
discovers that his uncle controls the fires of Mt. Etna in Sicily, is a sorcerer, and has sinister plans for Alfredo. For grades 6-9. 2003Betrayal at Cross Creek
Par Kathleen Ernst. 2004
North Carolina, 1775. Twelve-year-old Elspeth and her grandparents, Scottish refugees, feel torn between the warring English loyalists and the colonists.…
After a cousin is killed and her grandfather is arrested, Elspeth must unmask the spy in the family. For grades 4-7. 2004Ghost light on Graveyard Shoal (History Mysteries Ser. #Vol. 21)
Par Elizabeth McDavid Jones. 2003
Glenn Island, Virginia; 1895. Twelve-year-old Rhoda's father operates a U.S. Lifesaving Station where he risks his life to save people…
from shipwrecks. Rhoda becomes suspicious that someone is luring boats into treacherous waters in order to salvage their bounty, and she searches for the culprit. For grades 4-7. 2003Marika
Par Andrea Cheng. 2002
World War II. Although Marika has been raised Catholic, her family name, Schnurmacher, reveals her Jewish heritage. This legacy is…
dangerous because Marika lives in Hungary, where Jews face discrimination and persecution. For grades 6-9. 2002The falconmaster
Par R. L La Fevers. 2003
Ten-year-old Wat is rejected by his Norman England village because he has a misshapen foot and only one eye. When…
he rescues two baby falcons stolen by Lord Sherborne's wicked men, he meets a forest hermit who shelters him and teaches him magic. For grades 4-7. 2003Josefina entra en acción: un cuento de verano (The american Girls Collection #Bk. 5)
Par Valerie Tripp. 1998
Josefina and her family, in Santa Fe, await the arrival of wagon trains to trade blankets and mules for goods…
they need. Patrick O'Toole, a wagon scout, promises to handle the family's transactions, but he suddenly disappears. Sequel to Feliz Cumpleaños, Josefina (BR 14707). For grades 2-4. Spanish language. 1998A boy no more
Par Harry Mazer. 2004
After his father is killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor, Adam, his mother, and sister are evacuated to California.…
Adam deals with his feelings about the war, Japanese internment camps, and his own identity. Sequel to Boy at War (RC 52594, BR 13647). For grades 6-9. 2004