Shooting the Moon
Dowell, Frances O’Roark. Shooting the Moon.
When her brother is sent to fight in Vietnam, twelve-year-old Jamie begins to reconsider the army world in which she has grown up.
17 comments September 26th, 2009
Diamond Willow
Frost, Helen. Diamond Willow.
In a remote area of Alaska, twelve-year-old Willow helps her father with their sled dogs when she is not at school, all the while unaware that the animals surrounding her carry the spirits of ancestors and friends who care for her.
19 comments September 26th, 2009
The Great Wide Sea
Herlong, M.H. The Great Wide Sea.
Still mourning the death of their mother, three brothers go with their father on an extended sailing trip in the Bahamas and have a harrowing adventure at sea.
6 comments September 26th, 2009
Savvy
Law, Ingrid. Savvy.
Mibs Beaumont’s thirteenth birthday has revealed her “savvy”–a magical power unique to each member of her family–just as her father is injured in a terrible accident.
18 comments September 26th, 2009
The Leanin’ Dog
Nuzum, K.A. The Leanin’ Dog.
In wintry Colorado during the 1930s, eleven-year-old Dessa Dean mourns the death of her beloved mother, but the arrival of an injured dog and the friendship they form is just what they need to change their lives forever.
13 comments September 26th, 2009
Greetings from Nowhere
O’Connor, Barbara. Greetings from Nowhere.
In North Carolina’s Great Smoky Mountains, a troubled boy and his mother, a happy family seeking adventure, a man and his lonely daughter, and the widow who must sell the rundown motel that has been her home for decades, meet and are transformed by their shared experiences.
9 comments September 26th, 2009
Beneath My Mother’s Feet
Qamar, Amjed. Beneath My Mother’s Feet.
When her father is injured, fourteen-year-old Nazia is pulled away from school, her friends, and her preparations for an arranged marriage, to help her mother clean houses in a wealthy part of Karachi, Pakistan, where she finally rebels against the destiny that is planned for her.
4 comments September 26th, 2009
Knucklehead
Scieszka, Jon. Knucklehead.
How did Jon Scieszka get so funny? He grew up as one of six brothers with Catholic school, lots of comic books, lazy summers at the lake with time to kill, babysitting misadventures, TV shows, and jokes told at family dinner.
63 comments September 26th, 2009
