Seabrooke, Brenda. THE BRIDGES OF SUMMER.
While spending the summer on the South Carolina sea island owned by her grandmother, Zarrah becomes the "princess" she has always believed herself to be.

Pullman, Philip. THE BROKEN BRIDGE.
Painter Ginny knows who she is--a half orphaned only child--or is she?

Naidoc, Beverley. CHAIN OF FIRE.
When her village is forced to relocate, Naledi joins the fight against apartheid.

Wilkinson, Brenda. DEFINITELY COOL.
Roxanne leaves her neighborhood elementary shcool for an upscale junior high.

Woodson, Jacqueline. THE DEAR ONE.
Feni tries hard to adjust to her mother's houseguest, Rebecca, a pregnant fifteen-year-old. Myers,

Walter Dean. FALLEN ANGELS.
Richie spends a devastating year in Vietnam.

Williams-Garcia, Rita. FAST TALK ON A SLOW TRACK.
Denzel finds he's getting tired of "getting over" after a summer of selling candy door-to-door.

Woodson, Jacqueline. MAIZON AT BLUE HILL.
As one of only five black students at her new boarding school, Maizon wonders where she fits in.

Rowlands, Avril. MILK AND HONEY.
The Vincent family finds it hard to reconcile themselves to the differences between Jamaica and London.

Paulsen, Gary. NIGHTJOHN.
Learning to read could cost slaves Sarry and her teacher, Nightjohn, their lives.

Taylor, Mildred D. THE ROAD TO MEMPHIS.
In rural 1940's Mississippi, Cassie helps a friend escape a white man's violent revenge.

Myers, Walter Dean. SOMEWHERE IN THE DARKNESS.
Jimmy's father escapes from prison to take him on a cross-country trip filled with personal history.

Armstrong, Jennifer. STEAL AWAY.
Two girls, one white and an orphan, one black and a slave, run away from a southern farm to make the difficult journey north.

Johnson, Angela. TONING THE SWEEP.
Emily's grandmother may have cancer, but she is as full of life as when she first moved to the desert 25 years before.

Thomas, Joyce Carol. WHEN THE NIGHTINGALE SINGS.
A gospel Cinderella story.

Brown, Kay. WILLY'S SUMMER DREAM.
Tutoring from Katherine helps "slow" Willy gain confidence during one hot Brooklyn summer.

Rinaldi, Ann. WOLF BY THE EARS.
Is Thomas Jefferson really Harriet's father?