A Sky Full of Stars

The Day of the Pelican

The Only Road

X: A Novel

The Education of Ivy Blake

Little Hero Boy LCPL Anthony Aguirre

On the Wings of Heroes

Upside Down in the Middle of Nowhere

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 Education of Ivy Blake

Ellen Airgood, 2015

Little Hero Boy LCPL Anthony Aguirre

Christina Salinas Castillo, 2023

On the Wings of Heroes

Richard Peck, 2007

Upside Down in the Middle of Nowhere

Julie T. Lamana, 2014