Red Moon at Sharpsburg
When the Civil War breaks out, life in the South is transformed and nothing remains the same. India
Moody must summon the courage she didn’t know she had to plunge into one of the war’s most tragic
and terrifying events—the Battle of Antietam, known in the South as Sharpsburg—in order to get
medicine to her desperately sick father. As she struggles for survival during the Union’s brutal
occupation, India gets an education in love and loss, the senseless devastation of war, and the
triumph of hope in the face of despair.
Prisoner B-3087
Survive. At any cost.
10 concentration camps.
10 different places where you are starved, tortured, and worked mercilessly.
It's something no one could imagine surviving.
But it is what Yanek Gruener has to face.
Ashes
Berlin, 1932. Thirteen-year-old Gabriella Schramm's world is slowly, but steadily, crumbling as Adolf
Hitler rises to power. The only thing that soothes Gabriella is her favorite pastime-reading. But then
her country's tensions rise, the streets fill with soldiers, Gaby's sister's boyfriend raises his arm in a
heil Hitler salute, and a family friend-Albert Einstein-flees the country. And her only solace-her bookscome under attack. Will Gaby have to leave behind the stories-and the life-that she has always
loved?
My Brother Sam is Dead
All his life, Tim Meeker has looked up to his brother Sam. Sam's smart and brave -- and is now a part
of the American Revolution. Not everyone in town wants to be a part of the rebellion. Most are
supporters of the British -- including Tim and Sam's father.
With the war soon raging, Tim know he'll have to make a choice -- between the Revolutionaries and
the Redcoats . . . and between his brother and his father.
One Crazy Summer
In this Newbery Honor novel, New York Times bestselling author Rita Williams-Garcia tells the story
of three sisters who travel to Oakland, California, in 1968 to meet the mother who abandoned them.
Eleven-year-old Delphine is like a mother to her two younger sisters, Vonetta and Fern. She's had to
be, ever since their mother, Cecile, left them seven years ago for a radical new life in California.
When they arrive from Brooklyn to spend the summer with her, Cecile is nothing like they imagined.
While the girls hope to go to Disneyland and meet Tinker Bell, their mother sends them to a day camp
run by the Black Panthers. Unexpectedly, Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern learn much about their family,
their country, and themselves during one truly crazy summer.
The Boy Who Dared
A Newbery Honor Book author has written a powerful and gripping novel about a youth in Nazi
Germany who tells the truth about Hitler
When 16-year-old Helmut Hubner listens to the BBC news on an illegal short-wave radio, he quickly
discovers Germany is lying to the people. But when he tries to expose the truth with leaflets, he's tried
for treason. Sentenced to death and waiting in a jail cell, Helmut's story emerges in a series of
flashbacks that show his growth from a naive child caught up in the patriotism of the times , to a
sensitive and mature young man who thinks for himself.
Goodnight Mr. Tom
London is poised on the brink of World War II. Timid, scrawny Willie Beech--the abused child of a
single mother--is evacuated to the English countryside. At first, he is terrified of everything, of the
country sounds and sights, even of Mr. Tom, the gruff, kindly old man who has taken him in. But
gradually Willie forgets the hate and despair of his past. He learns to love a world he never knew
existed, a world of friendship and affection in which harsh words and daily beatings have no place.
Then a telegram comes. Willie must return to his mother in London. When weeks pass by with no
word from Willie, Mr. Tom sets out for London to look for the young boy he has come to love as a
son.