Esperanza Rising
by Pam Munoz Ryan | 
The Silent Boy
by Lois Lowry | 
Here Today
by Ann M. Martin | 
A House of Tailors
by Patricia Reilly Giff | 
The Winter Room
by Gary Paulsen | 
Park's Quest
by Katherine Paterson | 
The Education of Little Tree
by Forrest Carter | 
Pushcart War
by Jean Merrill | 
Bread and Roses, Too
by Katherine Paterson | 
Out of My Mind
by Sharon M. Draper | 
Walk Two Moons
by Sharon Creech | 
Rules
by Cynthia Lord | 
A Mango-Shaped Space
by Wendy Mass | 
Mockingbird
by Kathryn Erskine | 
Freak The Mighty
by Rodman Philbrick | 
Kira-Kira
by Cynthia Kadohata | 
Love, Aubrey
by Suzanne LaFleur | 
Pictures of Hollis Woods
by Patricia Reilly Giff | 
Petey
by Ben Mikaelsen | 
Becoming Naomi Leon
by Pam Munoz Ryan |
1968 looks like it'll be a pretty good year for Jaynell Lambert. The town's going to pave the dirt road she lives on, her girly-girl sister, Racine, isn't driving her completely crazy, and Grandpap has just moved in with his new emerald green Cadillac convertible. Jaynell and Grandpap have something special. But why won't Grandpap tell her the reason he visits with the dirt-poor Pickens family on the other side of town? When Jaynell finds out Grandpap's secret, the legacy of an old man transforms a family, and a town.