The Ballad of Lucy Whipple By Karen Cushman
A 12-year-old who calls herself Lucy is distraught when her mother moves their entire family to a small California mining town.
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Esperanza Rising By Pam Munoz Ryan
Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave Mexico to work in the labor camps in Southern California. They must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers.
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Hana's Suitcase By Karen Levine
Based on a true story, this book tells of a suitcase arriving at a children's Holocaust education center in Tokyo, Japan, with the name "Hana Brady" written on the outside.
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Moon Over Manifest By Clare Vanderpool
Twelve-year-old Abilene Tucker is sent by her father to stay with an old friend in Manifest, Kansas. It is here that Abilene tries to find out about her father's past.
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Ninth Ward By Jewell Parker Rhodes
Twelve-year-old Lanesha lives in New Orleans' Ninth Ward and doesn't have a nice fancy house. She does, however, have Mama Ya-Ya, her loving caretaker. When hurricane Katrina hits, it's up to Lanesha to help them survive the storm.
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Nory Ryan's Song By Patricia Reilly Giff
When a terrible blight attacks Ireland's potato crop in 1845, Nory Ryan's courage helps her family and neighbors survive.
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The Tale of Despereaux By Kate DiCamillo
Follow the adventures of mouse Despereaux Tilling, the princess he loves, the servant girl who longs to be a princess and a rat who is determined to bring them all down.
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Torn Thread By Anne Isaacs
Eva and her sister have been forced to leave their home in Poland and are imprisoned in a Nazi labor camp.
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