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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
by Mildred D. Taylor; frontispiece by Jerry Pinkney
A black family living in Mississippi during the Depression of the 1930s is faced with prejudice and discrimination which its children do not understand.
View on CountyCatLa telarana de Carlota
by E.B. White; dibujos de Garth Williams
Wilbur the pig is desolate when he discovers that he is destined to be the farmer's Christmas dinner until his spider friend, Charlotte, decides to help him.
View on CountyCatHoyos
by Louis Sachar; traducción de Elena Abós
As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself.
View on CountyCatBecause of Winn-Dixie
by Kate DiCamillo
Ten-year-old India Opal Buloni describes her first summer in the town of Naomi, Florida, and all the good things that happen to her because of her big ugly dog Winn-Dixie.
View on CountyCatBud, Not Buddy
by Christopher Paul Curtis
Ten-year-old Bud, a motherless boy living in Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression, escapes a bad foster home and sets out in search of the man he believes to be his father--the renowned bandleader, H.E. Calloway of Grand Rapids.
View on CountyCatHoles
by Louis Sachar
As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself.
View on CountyCatOne Crazy Summer
by Rita Williams-Garcia
Delphine, Vonetta and Fern are sent to California to spend the summer of 1968 with their estranged mother. The girls learn about the Black Panthers, revolution, their mom and themselves.
View on CountyCatTheodore Boone Kid Lawyer
by John Grisham
In Strattenburg there are many lawyers and thirteen-year-old Theo Boone thinks he's one of them. His inside knowledge of the justice system means trouble when Theo is the only one who can prevent a murderer from going free.
View on CountyCatThe City of Ember
by Jeanne DuPrau
In the year 241, twelve-year-old Lina trades jobs on Assignment Day to be a Messenger to run to new places in her decaying but beloved city, perhaps even to glimpse Unknown Regions.
View on CountyCatJoey Pigza Swallowed the Key
by Jack Gantos
To the constant disappointment of his mother and his teachers, Joey has trouble paying attention or controlling his mood swings when his prescription meds wear off and he starts getting worked up and acting wired.
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