Sharon M. Draper
2) Blended
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Piano-prodigy Isabella, eleven, whose black father and white mother struggle to share custody, never feels whole, especially as racial tensions affect her school, her parents both become engaged, and she and her stepbrother are stopped by police.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Because she loves horses but is scared of them, Melody wants to conquer her fears, so she hopes a summer camp will be the place to welcome someone with cerebral palsy who wants to learn to ride.
5) Copper sun
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Two fifteen-year-old girls--one a slave and the other an indentured servant--escape their Carolina plantation and try to make their way to Fort Moses, Florida, a Spanish colony that gives sanctuary to slaves.
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
In 1957, Sylvia Patterson's life--that of a normal African American teenager--is disrupted by the impending integration of Little Rock's Central High when she is selected to be one of the first black students to attend the previously all white school. Includes author's note and related websites.
10) Panic
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
As rehearsals begin for the ballet version of Peter Pan, the teenaged members of an Ohio dance troupe lose their focus when one of their own goes missing.
11) November blues
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
A teenaged boy's death in a hazing accident has lasting effects on his pregnant girlfriend and his guilt-ridden cousin, who gives up a promising music career to play football during his senior year in high school.