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Bauer, A. C. E.
No Castles Here
Eleven-year-old Augie dreams of escaping his run-down neighborhood, but things start to turn around with help from a Big Brother, a music teacher, and a mysterious bookstore owner. When his school is in trouble, he pulls the community together to save it.
270 p. 2007
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Belton, Sandra
The Tallest Tree
When a group of young African-American children learn about Paul Robeson from one of the neighborhood elders, they decide to reclaim the town theater in order to celebrate Robeson's life.
154 p. 2008
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Cameron, Ann
Gloria Rising
A chance meeting with a woman astronaut encourages Gloria to try to be her best self, even with her difficult fourth-grade teacher, Mrs. Yardley.
98 p. 2002
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Cameron, Ann
More Stories Huey Tells
Huey, his older brother Julian, and their family and friends plant a garden, play basketball, try to get Huey's father to stop smoking, learn about the universe, and more.
118 p. 1997
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Christopher, Matt
The Basket Counts
Talent and long practice improves Mel's value on the basketball's team starting lineup but how can he surmount the prejudice of a white teammate who conspires to keep him in the background.
84 p. 2009
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Codell, Esme Raji
Vive La Paris
Fifth-grader Paris learns some lessons about dealing with bullies of all kinds as she wonders how to stop a classmate from beating up her brother at school and as she learns about the Holocaust from her piano teacher, Mrs. Rosen.
210 p. 2006
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Codell, Esme Raji, 1968-
Vive La Paris
Fifth-grader Paris learns some lessons about dealing with bullies of all kinds as she wonders how to stop a classmate from beating up her brother at school and as she learns about the Holocaust from her piano teacher, Mrs. Rosen.
210 p. 2006
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Curtis, Christopher Paul
Mr. Chickee's Funny Money
Flint Future Detective Club members Steven Carter, his friend Russell, and Russell's huge dog Zoopy solve the mystery of a quadrillion-dollar bill with the image of James Brown on it.
151 p. 2005
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Curtis, Christopher Paul
The Watsons Go to Birmingham-- 1963
The ordinary interactions and everyday routines of the Watson family are drastically changed after they go to visit Grandma in Alabama in the summer of 1963.
210 p. 1995
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DeGross, Monalisa
Donavan's Double Trouble
Fourth-grader Donavan is sensitive about the problems he has understanding math. His troubles get worse when his favorite uncle, a former high school basketball star, returns from National Guard duty an amputee.
180 p. 2008
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Draper, Sharon M.
Sassy : Little Sister is Not My Name
Fashion-savvy Sassy does not like being the smallest student in her fourth-grade class, until a family emergency calls for a pint-sized hero.
102 p. 2009
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Elliott, Zetta
Bird
Bird, an artistic young African American boy, expresses himself through drawing as he struggles to understand his older brother's drug addiction and death, while a family friend, Uncle Son, provides guidance and understanding.
2008
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Emerson, Kevin
Carlos is Gonna Get it
Recounts the events that occur at the end of seventh grade, when a group of friends plan to trick Carlos, an annoying problem student who says he is visited by aliens, while they are on a field trip in the mountains of New Hampshire.
291 p. 2008
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English, Karen
Francie
When the sixteen-year-old boy whom she tutors in reading is accused of attempting to murder a white man, Francie gets herself in serious trouble for her efforts at friendship.
204 p. 2008
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English, Karen
Nikki and Deja Birthday Blues
As her eighth birthday approaches, Deja's biggest concern is whether her father will attend her party, until her aunt is called away on business and a classmate schedules a just because party on the same afternoon.
92 p. 2009
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Fenner, Carol
Yolonda's Genius
After moving from Chicago to Grand River, Michigan, 5th grader Yolonda, big and strong for her age, is determined to prove that her younger brother is not a slow learner but a true musical genius.
211 p. 1995
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Flake, Sharon
The Broken Bike Boy and the Queen of 33rd Street
10-year-old Queen, a spoiled and conceited African American girl who is disliked by most of her classmates, learns a lesson about friendship from an unlikely "knight in shining armor."
2007
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Flood, Pansie Hart
Sometimey Friend
When her mother goes to Florida, 10-year-old Sylvia stays behind in South Carolina. She fails to make new friends at school and realizes that her newly-discovered great-grandmother and best friend, Miz Lula Maye, might be the problem.
124 p. 2005
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Fox, Paula
How Many Miles to Babylon?
10-year-old James, doted on by his 3 aunts, is haunted by the fact that he doesn't know where his mother is. One day he skips school to go to his secret place, a deserted house. What follows is a roller-coaster-like adventure story through the streets of New York City.
104 p. 2005
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Green, Debra
Maya Made Over
Maya, an African-American girl, wants to change her image from that of a geek to something more fashionable.
136 p. 2007
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