The Way It Is
Fifteen-year-old Ellen Manery discovers that a small town in the 1960s is not the easiest place for a girl who wants to be a doctor. When she falls in love with an Indian boy life gets even more complicated.
Dazzling Women Designers
Biographies of ten international women who have shaped the world, from architecture to fashion, in this entry in the Women's Hall of Fame Series.
Gladdy's Wake
Passionate politics, obsession, and two terrorist plots over fifty years apart link a family over three generations in New York city.
A Chanukah Noel
Charlotte is a Jewish girl fascinated by the traditions of Christmas in this charming picture book that captures the sharing spirit of both Christmas and Chanukah.
Our Earth
Beautiful portraits and exciting profiles of ten children from around the world doing amazing things to secure the future of their planet.
Restitution
The true story of a Jewish family who faced down Nazis, Communists, and corruption to recover four stolen paintings.
Fearless Female Journalists
Biographies of ten international female journalists who changed the world by reporting on it. Part of the Women's Hall of Fame Series.
The Second Trial
What do you do when your father becomes the enemy of your family? Thirteen-year-old Danny must decide after his father abuses his mother.
Lacey and the African Grandmothers
A young First Nations girl from the Prairie touches lives in Africa after she decides to reach out and help grandmothers who are raising their grandchildren orphaned by AIDS.
thinandbeautiful.com
Maddie finds a dangerous "thinspiration" online after she becomes addicted to pro-anorexia websites and develops an eating disorder.
Violet
A wonderfully original story about acceptance and the beauty of being different, with illustrations that beautifully capture Violet’s off-kilter and colorful world.
Rough Magic
A magical island fights back against the humans who exploit it in this fantasy novel inspired by Shakespeare's The Tempest. "Enthralling" - Booklist.
Song Over Quiet Lake
A magical story of friendship and healing between Lydie Jim, an eighty-two-year-old native Tlingit elder from the Yukon, and Sylvia Hardy, a twenty-something university student with a tragic past.
Maddy's Amazing African Birthday
Maddy's trip to Africa is an experience she will never forget in this true story of a young girl's trip to Tanzania, illustrated with photos.
Home Free
Growing up in the 1960s, twelve-year-old Lee Mets fights against expectations by wanting to be a writer. A finalist for the 2009 ForeWord Book of the Year Awards.
