Fiction - Social Themes

2021-2021 Texas Bluebonnet Master List 2020 Women Writing the West Willa Award (tied for 1st place) In 1933, what's left of the Turner family--twel...

This "luminescent" (Kirkus Reviews) story of anger and art, loss and redemption will appeal to fans of Lisa Graff's Lost in the Sun and Vince Vawte...

Read the beloved classic that captures the powerful bond between man and man's best friend. This edition also includes a special note to readers fr...

Notable Children's Book, Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) Editors' Choices for Books for Youth, Booklist Notable Books for a Glob...

A girl channels her grief and pain into love and activism in this heartbreaking, heart-mending novel of family, friendship, and community. Iris tr...

Best Friends Forever There are lots of children on Hill Street, but no little girls Betsy's age. So when a new family moves into the house across...

Alcatraz Island in the 1930s isn't the most normal place to grow up, but it's home for Moose Flanagan, his autistic sister, Natalie, and all the ...

In this moving and timeless story, award-winning author L. M. Elliott captures life on the U.S. homefront during World War II, weaving a rich por...

Based on an incredible true story, Carnegie Medal nominee and New York Times–bestselling author Megan Shepherd crafts a harrowing, propulsive gir...

Notes From Your BooksellerHistorical fiction meets supernatural fantasy in this haunting story about twin sisters separated at birth, growing up ...

«No recuerdo. Cuéntamelo todo, Pepito. Cuéntame de Cuba».Cuando la fallida invasión de Bahía de Cochinos en 1961 solidifica el poder de Castro en...

A universal story about speaking, listening and being heard. Margot loves space. Astronauts, the stars, and especially the moon landing. So she ...

On his first train ride, Michael meets a new friend from the “whites only” car—but finds they can hang together for only part of the trip—in the ...

Award-winning author Linda Williams Jackson pulls from her own childhood in the Mississippi Delta to tell the story of Ellis Earl, who dreams of ...

Notes From Your BooksellerEsperanza Rising is an inspiring tale set in the 1930s about a wealthy young girl who is forced to flee Mexico with her...

Read the beloved classic that captures the powerful bond between man and man’s best friend. This edition also includes a special note to readers ...

World War II. Hitler is threatening to take over the world. Eddie Carl thinks America should stop him-it's just plain right. But Eddie's too young ...

Notable Children's Book, Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) Editors' Choices for Books for Youth, Booklist Notable Books for a Glob...

In 1959, the Prince Edward County, Virginia public schools closed. For five years. Back then, it wasn't over a health pandemic, but because county ...

In 1959, the Prince Edward County, Virginia public schools closed. For five years. Back then, it wasn't over a health pandemic, but because county ...

In the summer of 1945, 11-year-old Lily Wagner's daddy takes the "Whites Only" sign off the front door of the family grocery store in quiet Mayfiel...