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Eight seconds Eight seconds Jean Ferris,Jean Ferris Eighteen-year-old John must confront his own sexuality when he goes to rodeo school and finds himself strangely attracted to an older boy who is smart, tough, complicated, gorgeous, and gay. OL11703898W
Alice on the outside Alice on the outside Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Eighth-grader Alice has lots of questions about sex, relationships, prejudice, and change. OL13398W
Walker's Crossing Walker's Crossing Phyllis Reynolds Naylor While living on his family's ranch in Wyoming where he hopes to someday be a cowboy, Ryan faces conflicts with his older brother who becomes involved in a militia movement. OL13468W
Wind on the River Wind on the River Laurie Lawlor In 1863, fifteen-year-old Private Allen of South Carolina, captured at the Battle of Gettysburg, decides to switch his allegiance to the Union and is sent to fight "savages" in Dakota Territory, wher… OL145244W
Color Me Dark Color Me Dark Patricia McKissack An ordinary girl living extraordinary events. Her family, Love, characterizes her comfortable, secure world in Bradford Corners, TN. Until Uncle Pace is murdered by the KKK. The Author gradually e… OL14860530W
Middle Row Middle Row Sylvia Olsen The seating on the bus is different this year. That’s because Raedawn and I and Sherry and Steve crossed the line.Things have changed since Raedawn and Vince started going out and the racial boundari… OL15178506W
Brains for lunch Brains for lunch K. A. Holt At a middle school where zombies, blood-sucking chupacabras, and humans never mingle, "lifer" Siobhan and Loeb, a zombie who likes to write haiku, share an attraction. Story written entirely in haiku. OL15488082W
Journey home Journey home Yoshiko Uchida A Japanese American family return to their ordinary life after being relocated during World War II. After their release from an American concentration camp, a Japanese-American girl and her family tr… OL15837457W
Torchlight Torchlight Carol Otis Hurst In 1864, fifth-grader Charlotte befriends an Irish-American girl at school and tries to understand the prejudices between the Irish and the Yankees in her town of Westfield, Massachusetts. Based on h… OL15845571W
A perfect snow A perfect snow Nora Martin Seventeen-year-old Ben must deal with a violent white-supremacy hate group in his small Montana town because his father and his friends are involved with it. OL15856363W
Edgar Allan Edgar Allan John Neufeld When the Fickett family decides to adopt a little black boy, they are faced with threats, angry phone calls, a burning cross on the lawn, and an ultimatum from their oldest daughter. OL16037893W
Dinosaur trouble Dinosaur trouble Dick King-Smith Nosy and Banty are friends, so it's a pity that their families are so rude about each other. But when the terrible Tyrannosaurus rex arrives, the dinosaur families join forces to help one another out… OL16278175W
Where the great hawk flies Where the great hawk flies Liza Ketchum Years after a violent New England raid by the Redcoats and their Revolutionary War Indian allies, two families, one that suffered during that raid and one with an Indian mother and Patriot father, be… OL18166888W
Saying goodbye Saying goodbye Marie G. Lee In this sequel to "Finding My Voice," Ellen Sung explores her interest in creative writing and in her Korean heritage during her freshman year at Harvard. OL1829079W
Finding my voice Finding my voice Marie G. Lee As she tries to enjoy her senior year and choose which college she will attend, Korean American Ellen Sung must deal with the prejudice of some of her classmates and pressure from her parents to get … OL1829081W
The canning season The canning season Margaret Carlson When her friendship with Peggy begins to unravel because of racial prejudice, Peggie's sadness eases as she basks in the warmth of family love one day during the canning season. OL1857864W
Secrets in the house of Delgado Secrets in the house of Delgado Gloria D. Miklowitz In Spain in 1492, fourteen-year-old Maria, a Catholic orphan, becomes a servant to a wealthy family of Conversos, converted Jews, at a time when the Jews are being expelled from the country and when … OL1873948W
Mick Mick Chris Lynch,Chris Lynch His friendship with two Hispanic students offers fifteen-year-old Mick an alternative to the drunken savagery of his brother and the narrow thinking of his Irish-American neighborhood in Boston. OL1921232W
When the circus came to town When the circus came to town Polly Horvath Although Ivy and her family welcome the Halibuts, and their son Alfred becomes her best friend, not all the townspeople are pleased to have circus people as neighbors, especially as other circus fami… OL1940327W
Mayfield Crossing Mayfield Crossing Vaunda Micheaux Nelson When the school in Mayfield Crossing is closed, the students are sent to larger schools, where the black children encounter racial prejudice for the first time. Only baseball seems a possibility for … OL1945739W
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