Ruby on the Outside

Consider the Octopus

The Breakup Bible

I Am More Than My Hair: A Young Girl's Journey with Alopecia

Things You Can't Say

What We Saw

November Blues

Becoming Kareem: Growing Up On and Off the Court

From the critically acclaimed author of Anything But Typical comes a touching look at the days leading up to the tragic events of September 11, 2001 and how that day impacted the lives of four middle schoolers.

Ask anyone: September 11, 2001, was serene and lovely, a perfect day — until a plane struck the World Trade Center.

But right now it is a few days earlier, and four kids in different parts of the country are going about their lives. Sergio, who lives in Brooklyn, is struggling to come to terms with the absentee father he hates and the grandmother he loves. Will’s father is gone, too, killed in a car accident that has left the family reeling. Nadira has never before felt uncomfortable about being Muslim, but at her new school she’s getting funny looks because of the head scarf she wears. Amy is starting a new school in a new city and missing her mom, who has to fly to New York on business.

These four don’t know one another, but their lives are about to intersect in ways they never could have imagined. Award-winning author Nora Raleigh Baskin weaves together their stories into an unforgettable novel about that seemingly perfect September day — the day our world changed forever.

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Ruby on the Outside

Nora Raleigh Baskin, 2015

Consider the Octopus

Nora Raleigh Baskin, 2022

The Breakup Bible

Melissa Kantor, 2007

I Am More Than My Hair: A Young Girl's Journey with Alopecia

Atira Alexander, 2023

Things You Can't Say

Jenn Bishop, 2020

What We Saw

Aaron Hartzler, Mary Downing Hahn, 2022

November Blues

Sharon M. Draper, 2007

Becoming Kareem: Growing Up On and Off the Court

Raymond Obstfeld, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, 2017