Wendy Lamb
Gingersnap
In the mid-1940s, Jayna lives in small town America with her 18-year-old brother Rob, a navy cook. The two talk…
The Mighty Miss Malone
From award-winning children’s author Christopher Paul Curtis comes a companion book to Bud Not Buddy, The Mighty Miss Malone. Mentioned…
R My Name is Rachel
Rachel has lived in the city her whole life and loves her neighborhood: Charlie the butcher, Clarence the stray cat,…
Storyteller
Elizabeth’s father has left for Australia, leaving her with an aunt she barely knows. But her aunt’s home feels oddly…
Alligator Bayou
Alligator Bayou recounts an overlooked but disturbing episode of American history: the persecution and lynching of Italians immigrants. Calogero arrives…
The Winter War
Solid young adult author (most reviews give the age ranges for his books as upper elementary through middle school) William…
Counting on Grace
Living in a Vermont mill town in 1910, 12-year-old Grace expects to join her mother and older sister at…
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