Publisher: Putnam's
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 06/01/1999
ISBN-13: 9780399233555
ISBN-10: 0399233555

When prejudicial acts begin to effect Meg's happiness at school, she starts looking forward to going back home, yet once there, she realizes that great changes are taking place and begins to see the world, including Mayfield, in an entirely new way.

Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 06/16/2005
ISBN-13: 9780399239915
ISBN-10: 039923991X

Wanting to help her friend face his fears, Frita Wilson makes a plan for Gabriel King that she is certain will help him get over his many phobias, yet when racism rears its ugly head in their small town in 1976 Georgia, fearless Frita discovers that Gabe has all the strength, courage, and conviction in the world when it comes down to what truly matters.

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Publisher: A.A. Knopf
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 06/12/2007
ISBN-13: 9780375835247
ISBN-10: 0375835245

Believing she has learned all she can from the town's only piano teacher, ten-year-old piano prodigy Franny Hansen yearns to get out of her nowhere community in rural Minnesota, so when a mysterious Russian woman takes up residence, Franny begins to think the new arrival may be just what she needs to help make her next big move.

Publisher: Delacorte Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/01/1995
ISBN-13: 9780385321754
ISBN-10: 0385321759

When the eldest son of the family becomes a troublemaker, the Watsons travel to Grandma's Alabama home and witness the bombing of the Birmingham church, in a story told from the perspective of nine-year-old Kenny Watson.

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Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 02/06/2007
ISBN-13: 9781416906377
ISBN-10: 1416906371

Trained to sniff out bombs and traps, Cracker the German Shepherd is prepared for action in Vietnam, but when she is teamed up with Rick, a young man whose family doubts he can handle infantry life, the new soldier must find a way to build trust between the two so that they can do their jobs well and make it back alive.

Publisher: Clarion Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/21/2007
ISBN-13: 9780618724833
ISBN-10: 0618724834

Set during the 1967-1968 school year, Holling Hoodhood finds his seventh-grade year one filled with many challenges as he spends afternoons with Mrs. Baker discussing the plays of Shakespeare, defends his tasty cream puffs from a determined bully, and prepares for his big debut in the school play--all while the issue of Vietnam looms on a daily basis. 50,000 first printing.

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Publisher: Holt
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/15/1999
ISBN-13: 9780805061161
ISBN-10: 0805061169

A compelling coming-of-age story about Toby Wilson--a thirteen-year-old boy struggling to find himself in an imperfect world--deals sensitively and candidly with the subjects of obesity, war, and the true power of friendship. By the author of My Louisiana Sky.

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