Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman
I Lived on Butterfly Hill by Marjorie Agosin
The thirteen-year-old daughter of an English country
knight keeps a journal in which she records the
events of her life, particularly her longing for adventures beyond the usual role of women and her
efforts to avoid being married off.
When her beloved country, Chile, is taken over by a militaristic,
sadistic government, Celeste is sent to America for her safety and
her parents must go into hiding before they "disappear.
Caminar by Skila Brown
Carlos knows when the soldiers arrive with warnings about the
Communist rebels, it is time to be a man and defend the village, keep everyone safe. A novel in verse inspired by events
during Guatemala's civil war, Caminar is the moving story of a
boy who loses nearly everything before discovering who he is.
The Executioner’s Daughter by Jane Hardstaff
Moss hates her life. As the daughter of the Executioner in the Tower of London, it’s her job to catch
the heads in her basket after her father has chopped
them off. She dreams of leaving, but they are prisoners with no way out.
Rain Shadow by Valerie Sherrard
Bethany, a learning disabled girl who is bullied both at school
and at home, finds solace in her friendship with her neighbor,
Mrs. Goldsborough, but when tragedy strikes, it tears Bethany's world apart in ways she could have never imagined.
Cleo by Lucy Coats
The young Cleopatra - Pharaoh's illegitimate daughter - must flee the royal palace at Alexandria or die
too. As her evil half-sisters usurp the throne, Cleo
finds sanctuary at the sacred temple of Isis, where
years later she becomes initiated into the secret
Sisters of the Living Knot.
Forbidden by Kimberly Griffiths Little
Devastated by her betrothal to a violent boy she does not love,
Jayden is forced to accept her fate as her ancient Mesopotamian tribe moves to the Summer Lands, where she falls for a mysterious youth from the Southern Lands.
Playing for the Commandant by Suzy Zail
A young Jewish pianist at Auschwitz, desperate to save
her family, is chosen to play at the camp commandant's
house. How could she know she would fall in love with
the wrong boy?
Incommunicado by Randall Platt
When a wealthy Japanese American resort owner in a small,
sleepy Oregon coastal town becomes the prime target of an angry mob, following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, twelveyear-old Ruby Opal Pearl "Jewels" Stokes comes to his defense.
Fallout by Todd Strasser
When an unthinkable nuclear attack occurs in an alternate-reality 1962, Scott is forced into his father's bomb
shelter with his family and neighbors, where they rapidly
consume limited supplies and fear the worst about the
fate of the world outside.
Sophia’s War: A Tale of the Revolution by Avi
In 1776, after witnessing the execution of Nathan Hale in New
York City, newly occupied by the British army, young Sophia
Calderwood resolves to do all she can to help the American
cause, including becoming a spy.
The Comic Book War by Jacqueline Guest
With three brothers fighting in World War II, Robert
Tourand begins to spot parallels between the adventures
of his comic book heroes and wartime incidents reported
by his brothers, and he becomes determined to ensure
the safety of both parties.
West of the Moon by Margi Preus
In nineteenth-century Norway, fourteen-year-old Astri, whose
aunt has sold her to a mean goatherder, dreams of joining her
father in America"--Copyright page.