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The Game of Silence

by Erdrich, Louise

Nine-year-old Omakayas, of the Ojibwa tribe, moves west with her family in 1849.

My Kindergarten

by Wells, Rosemary

Everyday Emily and her kindergarten classmates learn something new from Miss Cribbage.

I Live in Brooklyn

by Takabayashi, Mari

Six-year-old Michelle, who lives in Brooklyn, New York, describes some of the daily activities she, her family, and friends engage in during the different seas...

Don't Cramp My Style

Stories about That Time of the Month

by Fraustino, Lisa Rowe

Whether your cycle is regular or random, you prefer chocolate or chips, you break out or stay zit-free, your period is an indelible fact of life.... Finally, a...

Olive's Ocean

by Henkes, Kevin

On a summer visit to her grandmother's cottage by the ocean, twelve-year-old Martha gains perspective on the death of a classmate, on her relationship with her...

Mahalia

by Horniman, Joanne

When his girlfriend leaves him and their five-month-old baby, seventeen-year-old Matt struggles to make a life for himself and Mahalia, the daughter he adores.

New Year Be Coming!

A Gullah Year

by Boling, Katharine

Verses written in the Gullah dialect of the southeastern seacoast describe the months of the year and activities that characterize each.

Hanging On to Max

by Bechard, Margaret

When his girlfriend decides to give their baby away, seventeen-year-old Sam is determined to keep him and raise him alone.

Stopping to Home

by Wait, Lea

In 1806, orphaned eleven-year-old Abigail and her little brother Seth find a home with the young Widow Chase in the seaport of Wiscasset, Maine, and help her d...

Grover G. Graham and Me

by Quattlebaum, Mary

In his eighth foster home since the death of his great-grandmother, eleven-year-old Ben becomes very attached to a baby living with the same family and worries...