Yum! Mmmm! Que Rico!: America's Sproutings by Pat Mora

From blueberries to vanilla, indigenous foods of the Americas are celebrated in this collection of haiku, which also includes information about each food's origins.

Where I Live by Ellen Spinelli

In a series of poems, Diana writes about her life, both before and after her father loses his job and she and her family move far away to live with Grandpa Joe.

What To Do About Alice? by Barbara Kerley

Unconventional in many ways and troublesome in others, young Alice Lee Roosevelt made a name for herself in the White House while living there with her family and president father.

We Are The Ship: The Story Of Negro League Baseball by Kadir Nelson

Chronicles the glory years of Negro League baseball in the early 1900s, including the sacrifices that the players made to live out their dreams and play the game they loved.

Two-Minute Drill by Mike Lupcia

Brainy Scott, a great kicker who otherwise struggles with football, and star quarterback Chris, who has dyslexia, team up to help each other succeed in both football and school.

Surprises According To Humphrey by Betty G. Birney

While continuing to help his classmates solve their problems, Humphrey, pet hamster of Longfellow School's Room 26, faces many surprises, like rolling in a hamster ball, a substitute janitor who might be an alien, and the possibility of Mrs. Brisbane retiring.

Someone Named Eva by Joan M. Wolf

From her home in Lidice, Czechoslovakia, in 1942, eleven-year-old Milada is taken with other blond, blue-eyed children to a school in Poland to be trained as "proper Germans" for adoption by German families, but all the while she remembers her true name and history.