All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook By Leslie Connor Awkward By Svetlana Chmakova Beneath By Roland Smith The Bitter Side of Sweet By Tara Sullivan Book Scavenger By Jennifer Chambilss Bertman The Boy on the Wooden Box: How the Impossible became Possible… on Shindler’s list,: a memoir By Leon Leyson Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina & New Orleans By Don Brown Full Cicada Moon By Marilyn Hilton Fuzzy Mud By Louis Sachar Goodbye Stranger By Rebecca Stead Hour of the Bees By Lindsay Eagar House Arrest By K.A. Holt I am Princess X By Cherie Priest I will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives By Caitlin Alifirenka

Last in a Long Line of Rebels By Lisa Lewis Tyre Listen, Slowly By Thanhha Lai A Night Divided By Jennifer A Nielsen Orbiting Jupiter By Gary D. Schmidt Roller Girl By Victoria Jamieson The Seventh Most Important Thing By Shelly Pearsall

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All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook

By Connor, Leslie Perry was born and raised by his mom at the Blue River Correctional Facility. His mom is a resident on Cell Block C, and so far Warden Daugherty has made it possible for them to be together. That is, until a new district attorney discovers the truth--and Perry is removed from the facility and forced into a foster home. 2016 IL:3-6

Awkward

By Chmakova, Svetlana "After shunning Jaime, the school nerd, on her first day at a new middle school, Penelope Torres tries to blend in with her new friends in the art club, until the art club goes to war with the science club, of which Jaime is a member”.

2015 IL:5-8

Beneath

By Smith, Roland Pat O'Toole has always idolized his brother, Coop, right up until the day Coop ran away. Now, a year later, he has received a package with a digital voice recorder and a cryptic message from his brother, which will lead Pat on a strange and dangerous journey to the mysterious Community living beneath the streets of New York. 2015 IL:5-8

The Bitter Side of Sweet By Sullivan, Tara "Kept as forced labor on a chocolate plantation in the Ivory Coast, Amadou and his younger brother Seydou had given up hope, until a young girl arrives at the camp who rekindles the urge to escape. 2016 IL:YA

The Boy on the Wooden Box : How the Impossible Became Possible... on Schindler's list : a memoir By Leyson, Leon Leon Leyson describes growing up in Poland, being forced from home to the ghetto and then to concentration camps by the Nazis, and being saved by Oskar Schindler. 2015 IL:5-8

Book Scavenger By Chambliss Bertman, Jennifer Just after Emily and her family move to San Francisco, she teams up with new friend to follow clues in an odd book they find, hoping to figure out its secrets before the men who attacked Emily's hero, publisher Garrison Griswold, solve the mystery or come after the friends. 2015 IL:5-8

Drowned city : Hurricane Katrina & New Orleans

By Brown, Don A graphic novel account of the Hurricane Katrina disaster in November of 2005, when the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, and surrounding areas were flooded and more than fourteen hundred people lost their lives. 2015 IL:YA

Full Cicada Moon

By Hilton, Marilyn In 1969 twelve-year-old Mimi and her family move to an all-white town in Vermont, where Mimi's mixed-race background and interest in "boyish" topics like astronomy make her feel like an outsider. 2015 IL:5-8

Fuzzy Mud

By Sachar, Louis "Two middle-grade kids take a shortcut home from school and discover what looks like fuzzy mud but is actually a substance with the potential to wreak havoc on the entire world. 2015 IL:5-8 RL:5

Goodbye Stranger

By Stead, Rebecca As Bridge makes her way through seventh grade on Manhattan's Upper West Side with her best friends, curvaceous Em, crusader Tab, and a curious new friend, she finds the answers she has been seeking. 2015 IL:5-8

Hour of the Bees By Eagar, Lindsay "At first, twelve-year-old Carol is not happy to be spending the summer helping her parents move her grandfather to an assisted living home, but as the summer wears on, she finds herself drawn to him, fascinated by his amazing stories. 2016 IL:5-8

House Arrest By Holt, K. A Timothy, sentenced to house arrest for stealing, keeps a journal into which he documents his fears and frustrations. 2016 IL:5-8

I am Princess X By Priest, Cherie "Years after writing stories about a superheroine character she created with a best friend who died in a tragic car accident, 16-year-old May is shocked to see stickers, patches and graffiti images of the superheroine all over town. 2016 IL:YA

I will Always Write Back : How One Letter Changed Two Lives

By Alifirenka, Caitlin In this dual memoir, Caitlin and Martin recount how they became best friends-and better people--through their long-distance exchange as pen-pals. 2016 IL:YA

The Seventh Most Important Thing

By Pearsall, Shelley "In 1963, Arthur is sentenced to community service helping the neighborhood Junk Man after he throws a brick at the old man's head in a moment of rage, but the junk he collects might be more important than he suspects. 2016 IL:5-8

Roller Girl By Jamieson, Victoria "A graphic novel adventure about a girl who discovers roller derby right as she and her best friend are growing apart. 2015 IL:5-8

Orbiting Jupiter By Schmidt, Gary D A gripping story of Joseph, who joins a family as a foster child. Damaged in prison, He wants nothing more than to find his baby daughter, Jupiter, whom he has never seen. When he begins to believe he'll have a future, he is confronted by demons from his past that force a tragic sacrifice. 2015 IL:YA

A Night Divided By Nielsen, Jennifer A As the Berlin Wall went up, Gerta, her mom, & brother were trapped on the eastern side where they were living, while her father, and her other brother were in the West--4 years later, She sees her father on a viewing platform & realizes he wants her to tunnel to freedom. 2015 IL:3-6

Listen, Slowly

By Lai, Thanhha Mai is sick of being perfect and her grades & other activities have gotten her a much unwanted trip to Vietnam with her family so she can learn more about her roots. But as time goes on, Mai grows closer to her family and she begins to understand her culture. 2016 IL:5-8

Last in a Long Line of Rebels By Tyre, Lisa Lewis When the city where her family lives, announces plans to seize their 175-year old house through eminent domain, Louise needs to come up with a way to save it--a Civil War diary linking the house to the Underground Railroad, and a hidden treasure, seem to offer her family the best chance of saving their home. 2016 IL:3-6