- Jan 14
Malaika's Costume by Nadia L. Hohn - 9/10
Carnival is fast approaching, and Malaika needs a beautiful costume to wear! When her mother, who is working in Canada, is unable to send...
- Jun 22, 2023
Girl of the Southern Sea by Michelle Kadarusman - 8/10
life hasn't been the same since Nia's mother died. As an aspiring writer, it is heartbreaking to watch her little brother going to...
- Jun 2, 2022
Flying Geese by Barabara Haworth-Attard
A series of mishaps and tragedies force Margaret's large family to leave their farm and move to Ontario. As Margaret adjusts to this new...
- May 1, 2022
A Place to Belong by Cynthia Kadohata
A young girl named Hanako is forced to relocate with her family to Japan after World War II. With the journey through Hiroshima to her...
- Apr 17, 2022
The Blackbird Girls by Anne Blankman
Two girls, both displaced by the explosion at the Chernobyl power plant in 1986, form an unlikely friendship that will last them a...
- Jan 12, 2022
Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
When Esperanza's father is killed, she goes from a wealthy land-owner's daughter to a Mexican peasant in California. It is through many...
- Sep 5, 2021
Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed
Amal lives in a small Pakistani village, and school is the highlight of her days. She wants to be a teacher when she is older, and her...
- Jun 13, 2021
Here in the Real World by Sara Pennypacker
Ware, an eleven year-old boy, is staying with his grandmother at her retirement home for the summer. He thought he would hate the place,...
- Mar 7, 2020
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith - 9/10
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is the story of a girl named Francie. It follows Francie through her childhood as she grows up impoverished in...