90 MILES TO HAVANA by Enrique Flores-Galbis, Roaring Brook, August 2010, 296p., ISBN: 978-1-59643-168-3

ALCHEMY AND MEGGY SWANN by Karen Cushman, Clarion, April 2010, 176p., ISBN: 978-0-5472-3184-6

ASK ME NO QUESTIONS by Marina Budhos, Atheneum, February 2006, ISBN: 1-4169-0351-2

B FOR BUSTER by Iain Lawrence, Random House/Delacorte, June 2004, ISBN: 0-385-73086-1; ISBN Library: 0-385-90108-9

BEFORE WE WERE FREE by Julia Alvarez, Knopf, August 2002

BETWEEN SHADES OF GRAY by Ruta Sepetys, Philomel, March 2011, 312p., ISBN: 978-0-399-25412-3

THE BIG BURN by Jeanette Ingold, Harcourt, June 2002

BLACK DUCK by Janet Taylor Lisle, Philomel Sleuth, May 2006, ISBN: 0-399-23963-4

BLIZZARD'S WAKE by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Simon & Schuster/Atheneum, October 2002, ISBN 0-689-85220-7

BUG BOY by Eric Luper, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, August 2009, 256p., ISBN: 978-0-374-31000-4

BURN MY HEART by Beverley Naidoo, HarperCollins/Amistad, December 2008, 201p., ISBN: 978-0-06-143297-2; Libr. ISBN: 978-0-06-413297-2

CHAINS by Laurie Halse Anderson, Simon & Schuster, October 2008, 314p., ISBN: 1-4169-0585-5

CORAM BOY by Jamila Gavin, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, October 2001

A CORNER OF THE UNIVERSE by Ann Martin, Scholastic Press, October 2002

CRISPIN: THE CROSS OF LEAD by Avi, Hyperion, June 2002

CRISPIN: AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD by Avi, Hyperion, September 2006, ISBN: 0-7868-5152-X

CROSSING STONES by Helen Frost, FSG/Frances Foster Books, October 2009, 184p., ISBN: 978-0-374-31653-2

CROWS AND CARDS by Joseph Helgerson, Houghton Mifflin, April 2009, 344p., ISBN: 978-0-618-88395-0

THE CRYING ROCKS by Janet Taylor Lisle, Simon & Schuster/Atheneum, October 2003, ISBN 0-689-03014-2

DANIEL HALF HUMAN AND THE GOOD NAZI by David Chotjewitz, translated by Doris Orgel, Simon & Schuster/Atheneum/Richard Jackson, October 2004, ISBN: 0-689-85747-0 

DAY OF TEARS: A NOVEL IN DIALOGUE by Julius Lester, Hyperion/Jump at the Sun, April, 2005, ISBN: 0-7868-0490-4

THE DIVINE WIND: A LOVE STORY by Gary Disher, Arthur Levine Books/Scholastic, May 2002

DROP CITY by T. Coraghessan Boyle, Viking Press, March 2003  

A DROWNED MAIDEN'S HAIR by Laura Amy Schlitz

ELIJAH OF BUXTON by Christopher Paul Curtis, Scholastic Press, October 2007, ISBN: 978-0-439-02344-3

FAIR WEATHER by Richard Peck, Dial Books, October 2001 

FALLEN ANGELS by Walter Dean Myers, Scholastic, 1988  

FLIGHT OF THE FISHERBIRD by Nora Martin, Bloomsbury, May 2003 (1-58234-814-6)  

FLYGIRL by Sherri L. Smith, Putnam, January 2009, 288p., ISBN: 978-0-399-24709-5

FORGE by Laurie Halse Anderson, Atheneum, October 2010, 304p., ISBN: 978-1-4169-6144-5

FORGED IN THE FIRE by Ann Turnbull, Candlewick Press, April 2007, ISBN: 0-7636-3144-3 

FULL SERVICE by Will Weaver, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, October 2005, ISBN: 0-374-32485-9

GIRL IN A CAGE by Jane Yolen and Robert J. Harris, Philomel/Putnam, September 2002

A GOOD HORSE by Jane Smiley, Knopf, October 2010, 256p., ISBN: 978-0-375-86229-8; Libr. ISBN: 978-0-375-96228-8  

GREETINGS FROM PLANET EARTH by Barbara Kerley, Scholastic Press, April 2007, ISBN: 0-439-80203-2

GUARDIAN by Julius Lester, Harper/Amistad, October 2008, 130p. ISBN: 978-0-06-155890-0; Libr. ISBN: 978-0-06-155891-7

HARLEM SUMMER by Walter Dean Myers, Scholastic Press, March 2007, ISBN: 0-439-36843-8   

A HEART DIVIDED by Cherie Bennett and Jeff Gottesfeld, Random House/Delacorte, March 2004, ISBN: 0-385-32749-8; 0-385-90039-2

THE HEARTS OF HORSES by Molly Gloss, Houghton Mifflin, November 2007, ISBN: 0-618-79990-7

HOW I FOUND THE STRONG: A CIVIL WAR STORY by Margaret McMullan, Houghton Mifflin, April 2004, ISBN: 0-618-35008-X

HURRICANE SONG by Paul Volponi, Viking, June 2008, ISBN: 978-0-670-06160-0 

AN INNOCENT SOLDIER by Josef Holub, translated by Michael Hofmann, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books, October 2005, ISBN: 0-439-62771-0

KALEIDOSCOPE EYES by Jen Bryant, Knopf, May 2009, 272p., ISBN: 978-0-375-84048-7

THE KITE RIDER by Geraldine McCaughrean, HarperCollins, June 2002

THE LAND by Mildred D. Taylor, Phyllis Fogelman Books, September 2001  

THE LIBERATION OF GABRIEL KING by K.L. Going, Putnam, June 2005, ISBN: 0-399-23991-X  

LIZZIE BRIGHT AND THE BUCKMINSTER BOY by Gary D. Schmidt, Clarion Books, May 2004, ISBN 0-618-43929-3 

THE LOUD SILENCE OF FRANCINE GREEN by Karen Cushman, Clarion, August 2006, ISBN: 0-618-50455-9

A MILLION SHADES OF GRAY by Cynthia Kadohata, Atheneum, January 2010, 224p., ISBN: 978-1-4169-1883-7 

MOSQUE by David Macaulay, Houghton Mifflin, October 2003, ISBN 0-618-24034-9  

NO SHAME, NO FEAR by Ann Turnbull, Candlewick Press, October 2004, ISBN: 0-7636-2505-1 

A NORTHERN LIGHT by Jennifer Donnelly, Harcourt, April 2003

ON THE WINGS OF HEROES by Richard Peck, Dial, March 2007, ISBN: 0-8037-3081-6

ONE CRAZY SUMMER by Rita Williams-Garcia, Harper Amistad, January 2010, 224p., ISBN: 978-0-06-076088-5; Libr. ISBN: 978-0-06-076089-2

OUR ONLY MAY AMELIA (Newbery Honor book) by Jennifer L. Holm. HarperCollins, 1999. 247 pages. $15.95. ISBN: 0-06-027822-6; Lib. ISBN: 0-06-028354-8 

THE OUTCASTS OF 19 SCHUYLER PLACE by E.L. Konigsburg, Simon & Schuster/Atheneum, February 2004, ISBN 0-689-86636-4

PIRATES! by Celia Rees, Bloomsbury, October 2003, ISBN 1-58234-816-2

PURPLE HEART by Patricia McCormick, HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray, September 2009, 198p., ISBN: 978-0-06-173090-0 

RALEIGH'S PAGE by Alan Armstrong, Random House, September 2007, ISBN: 978-0-375-83319-9; Libr.ISBN: 978-0-375-93319-6

RED KAYAK by Priscilla Cummings, Penguin Group/Dutton Children's Books, September 2004, Ages 10-14, ISBN: 0-525-47317-3 

REVOLUTION IS NOT A DINNER PARTY by Ying Chang Compestine, Henry Holt, August 2007, ISBN: 0-8050-8207-7; Audio edition on CD by Listening Library, ISBN: 0739356321

RETURN TO SENDER by Julia Alvarez, Knopf, January 2009, 325p., ISBN: 978-0-375-85838-3 

RINGSIDE, 1925: VIEWS FROM THE SCOPES TRIAL by Jen Bryant, Knopf, February 2008, ISBN: 0-375-84074-8; LIBR ISBN: 0-375-94047-2  

THE RIVER BETWEEN US by Richard Peck, Penguin Putnam/Dial, September 2003, ISBN 0-8037-2735-6

THE ROCK AND THE RIVER by Kekla Magoon, Aladdin, January 2009, 290p., ISBN: 978-1-4169-7582-3

ROOSTER by Beth Nixon Weaver, Winslow Press , May 2001

SAMMY AND JULIANA IN HOLLYWOOD by Benjamin Alire Saenz, Cinco Puntos Press, August 2004, ISBN: 0-938317-81-4 

SEARCH OF THE MOON KING'S DAUGHTER by Linda Holeman

A SEASON OF GIFTS by Richard Peck, Dial, September 2009, 176p., ISBN: 978-0-8037-3082-3

SONNY'S WAR by Valerie Hobbs, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, September 2002

SUNRISE OVER FALLUJAH by Walter Dean Myers, Scholastic, May 2008, ISBN: 0439916240

THE TEACHER'S FUNERAL: A COMEDY IN THREE PARTS by Richard Peck, Dial, October 2004, ISBN: 0-8037-2736-4

THIS MEANS WAR! by Ellen Wittlinger, Simon & Schuster, April 2010, 224p., ISBN: 978-1-4169-7101-6

THE TRIALS OF KATE HOPE by Wick Downing, Houghton Mifflin, April 2008, 329 p., ISBN: 978-0-618-89133-7

TROUBLE by by Gary D. Schmidt, Clarion, April 2008. ISBN: 978-0-618-92766-1

THE TROUBLE BEGINS by Linda Himelblau, Random House/Delacorte, November 2005, ISBN: 0-385-73273-2, Lib ISBN: 0-385-90288-3

THE TRUE ADVENTURES OF CHARLEY DARWIN by Carolyn Meyer, Harcourt, January 2009, 272p., ISBN: 978-0-15-206194-4

A TRUE AND FAITHFUL NARRATIVE by Katherine Sturtevant, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, May 2006, ISBN: 0-374-37809-6

UNCOMMON FAITH by Trudy Krisher, Holiday House, October 2003, ISBN 0-8234-1791-3  

THE WEDNESDAY WARS by Gary D. Schmidt, Clarion, June 2007, ISBN: 0-618-72483-4

WHEN YOU REACH ME by Rebecca Stead, Random House/Wendy Lamb Books, July 2009, 208p., ISBN: 978-0-385-73742-5; Libr. ISBN: 978-0-385-90664-7

WITCH CHILD by Celia Rees, Candlewick, July (Friday the Thirteenth) 2001

WITNESS by Karen Hesse, Scholastic Press, September 2001 

THE YEAR OF THE HANGMAN by Gary Blackwood, Dutton, September 2002