Choosing Courage​ - Peter Collier

A nonfiction book that looks at some of the men and women who were recipients of the Medal of
Honor.

All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook​ - Leslie Connor

11 year old Perry was born and raised by his mom at the Blue River Co-ed Correctional Facility in
Tiny Surprise, Nebraska. His mom is a resident on Cell Block C, and so far Warden Daugherty has
made it possible for them to be together. That is, until a new district attorney discovers the truth - and
Perry is removed from the facility and forced into a foster home. When Perry moves to the 'outside'
world, he feels trapped. Desperate to be reunited with his mother, Perry goes on a quest for answers
about her past crime. As he gets closer to the truth, he will discover that love makes people resilient
no matter where they come from...but can he find a way to tell everyone what home truly means?

Runner​ - Carl Deuker; Thomas Perry

Living with his alcoholic father on a broken-down sailboat on Puget Sound has been hard on 17 year
old Chance Taylor, but when his love of running leads to a high-paying job, he quickly learns that the
money is not worth the risk.

Prisoner B-3087 ​- Alan Gratz; Ruth Gruener; Jack Gruener

​Based on the life of Jack Gruener, this book relates his story of survival from the Nazi occupation of
Krakow, when he was eleven, through a succession of concentration camps, to the final liberation of
Dachau.
 Kid Owner​ - Tim Green
When Ryan learns his estranged father left him the Dallas Cowboys in his will, it is all Ryan can do to
keep his dad's other son from snatching the team away.

The Great Greene Heist ​- Varian Johnson

Jackson Greene has a reputation as a prankster at Maplewood Middle School, but after the last
disaster he is trying to go straight--but when it looks like Keith Sinclair may steal the election for
school president from Jackson's former best friend Gabriela, he assembles a team to make sure
Keith does not succeed.
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Letters to the Lost ​- Brigid Kemmerer

Juliet Young has always written letters to her mother, a world famous photojournalist - even after her
mother's death she leaves letters at her grave. When Declan finds a haunting letter left beside a
grave, he can't resist the urge to write back. Soon, he is sharing his grief with a perfect stranger.
When real life interferes with their secret life of letters, Juliet and Declan discover truths that might
tear them apart.

Amina’s Voice​ - Hena Khan

A Pakistani-American Muslim girl struggles to stay true to her family's vibrant culture while
simultaneously blending in at school after tragedy strikes her community.
 No Slam Dunk​ -Mike Lupica
In Annapolis, Maryland, 7th grader Wes is a good teammate but this basketball season has been
challenging because of his ball hog teammate Dinero, who is determined to steal the spotlight, and
Wes's army veteran father who is suffering from PTSD.

Touching Spirit Bear​ - Ben Mikaelsen

Fifteen-year-old Cole, trying to avoid prison, agrees to participate in a sentencing alternative based
on the Native American Circle Justice, and is sent to a remote Alaskan Island where an encounter
with a huge Spirit Bear changes his life.

Resistance​ - Jennifer A. Nielsen

In 1942, 16 year old Chaya Lindner is a Jewish girl living in Nazi-occupied Poland, a courier who
smuggles food and documents to the isolated Jewish ghettos in southern Poland, depending on her
forged papers and "Aryan" features - but when a mission goes wrong and many of her colleagues are
arrested she finds herself on a journey to Warsaw where an uprising is in the works.

Blue Birds ​- Caroline Starr Rose

As tensions rise between the English settlers and the Native peoples on Roanoke Island,
twelve-year-old Alis forms an impossible friendship with a native girl named Kimi.
 Love and Gelato​ - Jenna Evans Welch
After her mother dies, Lina travels to Italy where she discovers her mother's journal and sets off on an
adventure to unearth her mother's secrets.