Collier, Christopher and James, Lincoln Collier.
MY BROTHER SAM IS DEAD.
A family is torn apart during the American Revolution. J/YA

Curtis, Christopher.
THE WATSONS GO TO BIRMINGHAM - 1963.
Life will never be the same after a visit to Alabama in the summer of 1963. J/YA

Gaines, Ernest.
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MISS JANE PITTMAN.
The life of a 110-year-old black woman also chronicles African-American history.  YA

Hamilton, Virginia.
THE HOUSE OF DIES DREAR.
The house held secrets...did it hold danger as well? J

Johnson, Angela.
SONGS OF FAITH
Her parents divorce, her father moves away, her best friend leaves, and her brother stops talking - and Doreen still finds a way. J/YA

Lester, Julius.
OTHELLO: A Retelling.
A story of jealousy, betrayal, unfaithfulness.  J/YA

Lyons, Mary E.
LETTERS FROM A SLAVE GIRL: The Story of Harriet Jacobs.
Hiding out in an attic, Harriet prepares for escape to the North. J/YA

Meyer, Carolyn.
WHITE LILACS.
Back then, Freedomtown was our part of Dillon, Texas; but will the white people take it away? YA

Morrison, Toni.
THE BLUEST EYE.
"A little black girl yearns for the blue eyes of a little white girl...." YA

Myers, Walter Dean.
HOOPS.
Does a disgraced ex-pro basketball player have anything good to offer Lonnie? J/YA

Pinkney, Andrea Davis.
RAVEN IN A DOVE HOUSE.
After tragedy strikes, Nell trusts no one, not even herself. J/YA

Taylor, Mildred.
ROLL OF THUNDER, HEAR MY CRY.
During the 1930s, prejudice and the terror of the Night Riders teach Cassie that nothing can tear her family apart. J/YA

Walker, Alice.
THE COLOR OF PURPLE: A Novel.
Letters tell the story of a life of loss and, ultimately, of forgiveness. YA

Woodson, Jacqueline.
I HADN'T MEANT TO TELL YOU THIS.
Should Marie tell Lena's secrets? J/YA

Asian-American Fiction

Choi, Sook-Nyul.
THE YEAR OF IMPOSSIBLE GOODBYES.
During the Japanese and Russian occupation of North Korea in the 1940s, survive and escape.  J/YA

Dalkey, Kara.
LITTLE SISTER.
Fujiwara uses ancient spirits to save her older sister's life.  YA

Ho, Mingfong.
RICE WITHOUT RAIN.
A Thai peasant girl, who only knows farming, becomes involved in the 1970s' university student uprisings. J/YA

Lee, Marie.
NECESSARY ROUGHNESS.
After moving from Los Angeles to a small town in Minnesota, Chang Jung Kim doesn't fit in anymore.  YA

Lord, Bette.
IN THE YEAR OF THE BOAR AND JACKIE ROBINSON.
Her name is Shirley Temple Wong and she loves baseball. J

Mori, Kyoko.
SHIZUKO'S DAUGHTER.
Although her mother commits suicide when she is twelve, Yuki's appreciation of art and beauty and her own inner strength help her cope with her loss.  J/YA

Namioka, Lensey.
YANG THE YOUNGEST AND HIS TERRIBLE EAR.
Yang may have a terrible ear for music, but he has a great eye for baseball. J

Say, Allen.
THE INN-KEEPER'S APPRENTICE.
"To draw is to discover and to be astonished." - Japanese teacher and cartoonist Noro Shinpei.  J/YA

Tan, Amy.
THE JOY LUCK CLUB.
Cultures and generations clash between four Chinese women and their American-born daughters.  YA

Uchida, Yoshiko.
A JAR OF DREAMS.
What special gift does Aunt Waka give Rinko's family? J

Watkins, Yoko Kawashima.
MY BROTHER, MY SISTER, AND I.
In 1947 Japan, false charges of arson, theft, and murder hinder the search for a missing father.  J/YA

Yep, Laurence.
DRAGON STEEL.
The dragon princess Shimmer and her human friend use magic spirits to free her clan from underwater slavery.  J/YA

Yumoto, Kazumi.
THE FRIENDS.
Kijama and his friends spy on an old man they think is dying; but can he show them how to live? J

Hispanic-American Fiction

Allende, Isabel.
THE HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS.
Chile's Trueba family saga combines love, magic, and pride.  YA

Alvarez, Julia.
HOW THE GARCIA GIRLS LOST THEIR ACCENTS
Emigrating from the Dominican Republic, the four Garcia sisters try to adapt to 1960s New York City.  YA

Cisneros, Sandra.
THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET.
Latina Esperanza is from this neighborhood in Chicago.  Why does she want to leave? YA

Ortiz Cofer, Judith.
AN ISLAND LIKE YOU; Stories of the Barrio.
Twelve stories of a Puerto Rican barrio.  J/YA

Martinez, Victor.
PARROT IN THE OVEN: Mi Vida.
Mexican-American Manny deals with gang pressures and an alcoholic father.   YA

Mohr, Nicholasa.
EL BRONX REMEMBERED.
The South Bronx in the 1940s and 1950s, revealed by Puerto Rican immigrants.   YA

Soto, Gary.
BURIED ONIONS.
Will revenge really help Eddie feel better after his cousins death? YA

Soto, Gary.
SUMMER ON WHEELS.
Imagine a 6-day bike ride from East Los Angeles to Santa Monica. J/YA

Native-American Fiction

Dorris, Michael.
MORNING GIRL.
What was life like before Columbus discovered America? J

Dorris, Michael.
A YELLOW RAFT IN BLUE WATER.
The lives and secrets of three generations of Indian women.  YA

Erdrich, Louise.
TRACKS.
At the center of the tribal storm is Fleur Pillager: witch, lover, wife, mother, avenger. YA

Highwater, Jamake.
ANPAO; An American Indian Odyssey.
Many dangerous adventures mark his search for Ko-Ko-mik-e-is, his greatest love.  J/YA

Hobbs, Will.
BEARSTONE.
He'd grown up without his parents, without schooling, half-wild and alone in the remote Utah canyons.  J/YA

Momaday, N. Scott.
HOUSE MADE OF DAWN.
Home from a foreign war, Abel is torn between two worlds: the old Indian ways and the twentieth century.  YA