Shine by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein
Realistic Fiction
A story about a middle school girl going to a new school and staying kind in difficult circumstances and all types of people after losing her mother and being separated from her friends.
The Journey of Little Charlie by Christopher Paul Curtis
Historical Fiction
A story about an 11 year old white sharecropping boy who learns who to be kind in difficult situations after his father dies and he is separated from his mother.
March Forward Girl by Melba Patillo Beals
Autobiography
The true story about the life from age 4 until 18 of a black girl in Little Rock Arkansas who learns to stay kind in very difficult situations.
The Strangers by Margaret Peterson Haddix
SciFi
A story about three children who must figure out how to help their mother who has disappeared and learn how their father died years ago. They must work together and remember everything they have learned to succeed.
Serafina's Promise by Ann E. Burg
Historical Fiction. written in Verse
One year in the life of a little girl from Haiti before the 2011 earthquake. She dreams of being a doctor but the family doesn't have enough money for food let alone school. She is determined and helpful no matter what but doesn't realize what her dreams cost her family.
Lucky Broken Girl by Ruth Behar
The story of a ten year old girl whose family has just moved to New York City from Cuba and she gets into a car accident where her leg is broken so she is in a body cast for the next 8 months and bedridden for almost a year. You learn about all the other immigrants from other countries that live near her. You learn about her Jewish Grandmother and her move from Russia to Cuba. It is the story of leaving the past while living the present and hoping for the future and being scared and accepting other people when they are different.
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