The Only Road

Little Hero Boy LCPL Anthony Aguirre

On the Wings of Heroes

Nya's Long Walk: A Step at a Time

Signs of Survival: A Memoir of the Holocaust

We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport

Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad

Dear Pope Francis: The Pope Answers Letters from Children Around the World

Rose Lee Carter

Rose Lee Carter, a 13-year-old African-American girl, dreams of life beyond the Mississippi cotton fields during the summer of 1955. Her world is rocked when a 14-year-old African-American boy, Emmett Till, is killed for allegedly whistling at a white woman. A powerful middle-grade debut perfect for readers who enjoyed The Watsons Go to Birmingham and Brown Girl Dreaming.

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The Only Road

Alexandra Diaz, 2016

Little Hero Boy LCPL Anthony Aguirre

Christina Salinas Castillo, 2023

On the Wings of Heroes

Richard Peck, 2007

Nya's Long Walk: A Step at a Time

Linda Sue Park, Brian Pinkney, 2019

Signs of Survival: A Memoir of the Holocaust

Renee Hartman, Joshua Greene, 2021

We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport

Deborah Hopkinson, 2020

Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad

Kadir Nelson, Ellen Levine, 2007

Dear Pope Francis: The Pope Answers Letters from Children Around the World

Pope Francis, 2016