The Only Road

The Day of the Pelican

Shark Girl

The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person

Diary of a Witness

The Revolution of Birdie Randolph

Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party

The Education of Ivy Blake

For Charlie, the cold, dark basement is home. Father has kept him locked in there as punishment. Charlie doesn't intend to leave, but when he is accidentally thrust outside, he awakens to the alien surroundings of a world to which he's never before been exposed. Though haunted by hallucinations, fear of the basement, and his father's rage, Charlie must find a way to survive in his new world. He has escaped his past, but his journey has just begun.

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The Only Road

Alexandra Diaz, 2016

The Day of the Pelican

Katherine Paterson, 2009

Shark Girl

Kelly Bingham, 2007

The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person

Frederick Joseph, 2020

Diary of a Witness

Catherine Ryan Hyde, 2009

The Revolution of Birdie Randolph

Brandy Colbert, 2019

Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party

Ying Chang Compestine, 2007

The Education of Ivy Blake

Ellen Airgood, 2015