Felita
10 best books like Felita (Nicholasa Mohr): Red Glass, The Line Tender, The Face on the Milk Carton, The Undefeated, I Am the Cheese, California Blue, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, Waiting for Normal, The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had, The Only Road
| Author | Laura Resau |
| ISBN | 0385734662 |
ONE NIGHT SOPHIE and her parents are called to a hospital where Pedro, 6-year-old Mexican boy, is recovering from dehydration. Crossing the border into Arizona with a group of Mexicans and a coyote, or guide, Pedro and his parents faced such harsh conditions that the boy is the only survivor. Pedro comes...
| Author | Kate Allen |
| ISBN | 0735231605 |
The Line Tender is the story of Lucy, the daughter of a marine biologist and a rescue diver, and the summer that changes her life. If she ever wants to lift the cloud of grief over her family and community, she must complete the research her late mother began. She must follow the sharks.
Wherever...
The Face on the Milk Carton
The face on the milk carton looks like an ordinary little girl: hair in tight pigtails, a dress with a narrow white collar, a three-year-old who was kidnapped more than twelve years ago from a shopping mall in New Jersey.
As fifteen-year-old Janie Johnson stares at the milk carton, she feels...
| Author | Kwame Alexander |
| ISBN | 1328780961 |
The Newbery Award-winning author of THE CROSSOVER pens an ode to black American triumph and tribulation, with art from a two-time Caldecott Honoree.
Originally performed for ESPN's The Undefeated, this poem is a love letter to black life in the United States. It highlights the unspeakable trauma...
| Author | Robert Cormier |
| ISBN | 0141300515 |
But I keep pedaling, I keep pedaling...
A photograph of Robert Cormier will show you an old man with a kind face, who was born and grew up in a small town of Leominster in Massachusetts which he never left, who graduated from a private catholic school and wrote articles for the local newspaper....
| Author | David Klass |
| ISBN | 0590466895 |
This is a very special little book.It is apparently out of print and has been suggested for young adult audiences. I think the only reason for that limitation is that it is about a young adult. I found this book in our public library's book shop and in reading the summary found that it was about a high school...
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
| Author | Grace Lin |
| ISBN | 0316114278 |
In the valley of Fruitless Mountain, a young girl named Minli spends her days working hard in the fields and her nights listening to her father spin fantastic tales about the Jade Dragon and the Old Man of the Moon. Minli's mother, tired of their poor life, chides him for filling her head with nonsense....
| Author | Leslie Connor |
| ISBN | 0060890886 |
This poignant and joyful novel is filled with meaningful moments and emotional resonance.
Addie is waiting for normal. But Addie's mother has an all-or-nothing approach to life: a food fiesta or an empty pantry, her way or no way.
Addie’s mother is bipolar, and she often neglects...
The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had
| Author | Kristin Levine |
| ISBN | 0399250905 |
The last thing Harry "Dit" Sims expects when Emma Walker comes to town is to become friends. Proper -talking, brainy Emma doesn't play baseball or fish too well, but she sure makes Dit think, especially about the differences between black and white. But soon Dit is thinking about a whole lot more when...
Jaime is sitting on his bed drawing when he hears a scream. Instantly, he knows: Miguel, his cousin and best friend, is dead.
Everyone in Jaime’s small town in Guatemala knows someone who has been killed by the Alphas, a powerful gang that’s known for violence and drug trafficking. Anyone...
| Author | Richie Tankersley Cusick |
| ISBN | 0671887432 |
BOOK DROP
It was after hours. Kathleen was preparing to close the library when somebody returned five grisly books about death. One was slashed. All were overdue. Then Kathleen found the bookmark with the deadly warning.
Now people close to her are falling victim to tragic accidents....
| Author | Christopher Pike |
| ISBN | 0743424239 |
HE MAY HAVE PHOTOGRAPHED A MURDER. Herb just wanted to photograph the cheerleaders in the school showers. He planted his camera high in the corner where no one could see it, and rigged it to a special homemade timer. He did that Thursday night, and he hoped that by Friday night he would have an exciting roll...
