Fever 1793​ - Laurie Halse Anderson

Matilda Cook struggles on her own in Philadelphia during the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793.

New Kid ​- Jerry Craft (illustrator)

New Kid is a timely, honest graphic novel about starting over at a new school where diversity is low
and the struggle to fit in is real, from award-winning author-illustrator Jerry Craft.

Blended​ - Sharon M. Draper

Piano-prodigy Isabella, 11, whose black father and white mother struggle to share custody, never
feels whole, especially as racial tensions affect her school, her parents both become engaged, and
she and her stepbrother are stopped by police.

Prisoner B-3087 ​- Alan Gratz; Ruth Gruener; Jack Gruener

​Based on the life of Jack Gruener, this book relates his story of survival from the Nazi occupation of
Krakow, when he was eleven, through a succession of concentration camps, to the final liberation of
Dachau.
 The Magic Misfits​ ​- Neil Patrick Harris and Alec Azam
Six young magicians and illusionists team up to save their small town from a crooked carnival owner
and his goons.

House Arrest​ - K. A. Holt

Timothy, sentenced to house arrest for stealing, keeps a journal into which he documents his fears
and frustrations.

One for the Murphys​ - Lynda Mullaly Hunt

Carley struggles with being open to love after she suffers a betrayal that forces her to move in with a
foster family.

Watchdog​ - Will McIntosh

Orphaned and homeless, fourteen-year-old twins Vick and Tara, who is autistic, go up against a
crime lord and her four-legged robotic army, with help from their robotic dog, Daisy.
 Shackleton's Stowaway​ - Victoria McKernan
This book is a fictionalized account of teenager Perce Blackborow, who slipped quietly aboard the
Endurance, and then found he was in for more than he bargained for when the ship and her crew
were trapped by crushing ice.

Woods Runner​ - Gary Paulsen

Samuel has grown up in the Pennsylvania woods. When his parents are kidnapped, he sets out to
find them, traveling towards the British headquarters in New York City, in the midst of the American
Revolution.

Wolf Hollow​ - Lauren Wolk

12 year old Annabelle must learn to stand up for what's right in the face of a manipulative and violent
bully who targets people Annabelle cares about, including a WWI homeless veteran.

I Am Malala: Young Readers Edition​ - Malala Yousafzai

Since she was 10 years old, Malala Yousafzai has been speaking out about the rights of girls to go to
school. In 2012, the Taliban tried to silence her with a gunshot, but she survived and has become an
advocate for education, peaceful protest, and creating a better world.