Holiday House
Roi and Me and the Double V
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War has already broken out, and by fall 1941, U.S. involvement is imminent. For Black middle schoolers Marvel Zander and Roi Smith living ...Read Review
California Or Dust
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Eleven-year-old Lark is starting fifth grade in the middle of the semester, having traveled from Oklahoma to central California with her family to ...Read Review
Nahia
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In Spain 8,000 years ago, Nahia (first daughter and future headwoman of her band) speaks up when she shouldn’t by questioning her mother ...Read Review
A Time Traveler’s History of Tomorrow
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Eighteen-year-old Genevieve Newhouse has two secrets from her family. She harbors an ambition to make her mark on the scientific community, not an ...Read Review
The Blossoming Summer
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Thirteen-year-old Rosemary is delighted to hear that her long-absent parents are coming to gather her from her aunt and uncle’s London home, ...Read Review
The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra’s Needle
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Starting out in the present day, while gazing up at the obelisk in Central Park, our main character’s mother begins to recount ...Read Review
One Big Open Sky
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In Mississippi in 1879, Lettie’s dad, Thomas, convinces her mother and siblings that they should pack and move far west to Nebraska, where ...Read Review
Light and Air
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It’s 1935, and tuberculosis is rampant and greatly feared throughout North America. The mayor of Buffalo establishes a large hospital, called a Sanitorium, ...Read Review
Warrior on the Mound
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1939 North Carolina. Twelve-year-old Cato Jones is obsessed with baseball. His older brother pitches for the Kansas City Monarchs, and his deceased father was ...Read Review
The Luminous Life of Lucy Landry
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1912 Michigan. Of Ojibwe and Acadian heritage, Lucy Landry has suffered many losses in her eleven years. Her mother died when she was little. ...Read Review
