The Counterfeit Family Tree of Vee Crawford-Wong by Tam
Holland
“When Vee Crawford-Wong’s history teacher assigns an essay
on his family history, Vee knows he’s in trouble. His parents—Chinese-born dad
and Texas-bred Mom—are mysteriously and stubbornly close-lipped about his
ancestors. So, he makes it all up and turns in the assignment. And then
everything falls apart.”—Goodreads
Face-Off by Michael Betcherman
“Seventeen-year-old Alex Petrovic is surprised when he
discovers that he has a twin brother he never knew about. This meeting with his
brother uncovers family secrets that involve a civil war that tore apart their
home country. Two war criminals from this conflict escape and Alex hopes to
bring them to justice.”—WorldCat
Graffiti Knight by Karen Bass
“After a childhood cut short by war and the harsh strictures
of Nazi Germany, sixteen-year-old Wilm is finally tasting freedom. In spite of
the scars World War II has left on his hometown, Leipzig, and in spite of the
oppressive new Soviet regime, Wilm is finding his own voice. It’s dangerous, of
course, to be sneaking out at night to leave messages on police buildings. But
it’s exciting, too, and Wilm feels justified, considering his family’s
suffering. Until one mission goes too far, and Wilm finds he’s endangered the
very people he most wants to protect.”—Goodreads
In Darkness by Nick Lake
“In the aftermath of the Haitian earthquake,
fifteen-year-old Shorty, a poor gang member from the slums of Site Soleil, is
trapped in the rubble of a ruined hospital, and as he grows weaker he has
visions and memories of his life of violence, his lost twin sister, and of
Toussaint L'Ouverture, who liberated Haiti from French rule in the
1804.”—WorldCat
My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece by Annabel Pitcher
“With his family still grieving over his sister's death in a
terrorist bombing five years earlier, twelve-year-old Jamie is far more
interested in his cat, Roger, his birthday Spiderman T-shirt, and keeping his
new Muslim friend Sunya a secret from his father.”—WorldCat
One Plus One Equals Blue by MJ Auch
“Twelve year-old Basil knows he’s special—he’s been
associating numbers with colors since he was a kid. His gift (or curse) has
turned him into somewhat of a loner, but his world begins to change when he
meets Tenzie, the new girl in school who has similar freakisms. She, too, has
synesthesia (a condition in which one type of stimulation evokes the sensation
of another). At first, Basil is somewhat annoyed with Tenzie’s pushiness, but
after Basil’s estranged mother returns, his life is turned upside down . . .
and Tenzie may be the only person to help him put it back together again.”—Goodreads
Paper Daughter by Jeanette Ingold
“When
her father, a respected journalist in Seattle, is killed in a hit-and-run
accident, Maggie Chen, a high school intern at her father's newspaper, searches
for clues to the mysterious circumstances surrounding his death, an
investigation that forces her to confront her ethnicity and a family she never
knew. Includes historical notes on Chinese immigration to the United States, 'paper sons,' and the Exclusion Era laws.”—WorldCat
Soldier Dog by Sam Angus
"It's 1917. In the trenches of France, miles from home,
Stanley is a boy fighting a man's war. He is a dog handler, whose dog must be
so loyal that he will cross no-man's-land alone under heavy fire to return to
Stanley's side, carrying a message that could save countless lives. But this
journey is fraught with danger, and only the bravest will survive. As the
fighting escalates and Stanley experiences the true horror of war, he
comes to realize that the loyalty of his dog is the only thing he can rely
on."—WorldCat
Soldier Doll by Jennifer Gold
"When
Elizabeth spots an antique doll dressed in a soldier's uniform at a local
garage sale, she thinks that it might be a good last-minute birthday gift for
her dad, who's about to ship out to Afghanistan. But is it more special? Could
it be the very soldier doll that inspired a famous poem written during World
War I? In finding the doll, Elizabeth has become the latest link in a chain of
love and loss that began in England during World War I, when a young woman
gave the doll to her fiancé before he left to join the fighting in
Europe.”—WorldCat
Unspeakable by Caroline Pignat
"On her first voyage as a stewardess aboard the Empress
of Ireland, Ellie is drawn to the solitary fire stoker who stands by the ship's
rail late at night, often writing in a journal. Jim. Ellie finds it hard to
think of his name now. After their wonderful time in Quebec City, that awful
night happened. The screams, the bodies, the frigid waters-- she tries hard to
tell herself that he survived, but it's hard to believe when so many
didn't. So when Wyatt Steele, journalist at The New York Times asks her for her
story, Ellie refuses. But when he shows her Jim's journal, she jumps at the
chance to be able to read it herself, to find some trace of the man she had
fallen in love with, or perhaps a clue to what happened to him. There's only
one catch: she will have to tell her story to Steele and he'll "pay"
her by giving her the journal, one page at a time."—WorldCat