Fiction - People & Places

“[A] splendid debut novel. . . . This is masterly storytelling.” —The New York Times   Set in Poland during the Second World War, Anna and the Sw...

In a sensitive and poignant portrayal of the events of the Holocaust, Star of Fear, Star of Hope introduces children to this difficult, but impor...

Winner of the Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction From the mid-1800s to the late 1990s, the education of Indigenous children wa...

In the thirteenth century, Sundiata overcame physical handicaps, social disgrace, and strong opposition to rule the West African trading empire o...

A riveting, unforgettable survival story, poetically told and exquisitely illustrated with rounded scratchboard art, that captures the strength a...

“In 1945 the war ended. The Germans surrendered, and the ghetto was liberated. Out of over a quarter of a million people, about 800 walked out of...

Anikwa and James, twelve years old in 1812, spend their days fishing, trapping, and exploring together in the forests of the Indiana Territory. T...

Una novela juvenil en verso que cuenta la historia de una joven con grandes sueños.   Lula Viramonte anhela ser una persona a la que nadie pueda ...

A New York Times Bestseller, Margi Preus’s Heart of a Samurai is “a terrific biographical novel” (Wall Street Journal), filled with international...

A moving debut middle-grade novel about a girl whose family is relocated to a Japanese internment camp during World War II—and the dog she has to...

From Pura Belpré Honoree Adrianna Cuevas is a sweeping, emotional middle grade historical novel about a twelve-year-old boy who leaves his family...

Newbery Honor Book Dragonwings by Lawrence Yep takes readers on an adventure-filled journey across the world.  Inspired by the story of a Chine...

Return to the American Revolution in this blistering conclusion to the middle grade Seeds of America trilogy.As the Revolutionary War rages on, I...

Told in the words of Isaac, a Choctaw boy who does not survive the Trail of Tears, How I Became a Ghost is a tale of innocence and resilience in ...

Samuel, 13, spends his days in the forest, hunting for food for his family. He has grown up on the frontier of a British colony, America. Far fro...

An award-winning debut novel from a stellar new voice in middle grade fiction.Matt Pin would like to forget: war torn Vietnam, bombs that fell li...

Prairie Lotus is a powerful, touching, multilayered novel about a girl determined to fit in and realize her dreams: getting an education, becomin...

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Emily Windsnap series, Liz Kessler, comes a “brutally honest and totally believable” (Booklist,...

Lizzie and Karl's mother is a zoo keeper; the family has become attached to an orphaned elephant named Marlene, who will be destroyed as a precau...

Notes From Your BooksellerDe niña, Esperanza ha de madurar a pasos agigantados para encarar la adversidad que afecta a su familia y que les oblig...

A child and her family take in refugees during the Korean War in this poignant picture book about courage and what it really means to care for yo...

Acclaimed author Karen Hesse's Newbery Medal-winning novel-in-verse explores the life of fourteen-year-old Billie Jo growing up in the dust bowls o...