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• Courage to Dream: Tales of Hope in the Holocaust by Neal Shusterman; Andrés Vera Martínez (Illustrator)

  Call Number: GRA SHU

  ISBN: 9780545313476

  Publication Date: 2023-10-31

  This multifaceted tapestry is woven from Jewish folklore and cultural history. Five interlocking narratives explore one common story--the tradition of resistance and uplift
• Swim Team by Johnnie Christmas (Illustrator)

  Call Number: GRA CHR

  ISBN: 9780063056763

  Publication Date: 2022-05-17

  A splashy, contemporary middle grade graphic novel from bestselling comics creator Johnnie Christmas!
  
  Bree can’t wait for her first day at her new middle school, Enith Brigitha, home to the Mighty Manatees—until she’s stuck with the only elective that fits her schedule, the dreaded Swim 101. The thought of swimming makes Bree more than a little queasy, yet she’s forced to dive headfirst into one of her greatest fears. Lucky for her, Etta, an elderly occupant of her apartment building and former swim team captain, is willing to help.
  
  With Etta’s training and a lot of hard work, Bree suddenly finds her swim-crazed community counting on her to turn the school’s failing team around. But that’s easier said than done, especially when their rival, the prestigious Holyoke Prep, has everything they need to leave the Mighty Manatees in their wake.
  
  Can Bree defy the odds and guide her team to a state championship, or have the Manatees swum their last lap—for good?
• The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani; Iacopo Bruno (Illustrator)

  Call Number: (FAN) FIC CHA

  ISBN: 9780062104892

  Publication Date: 2013-05-14

  The first kidnappings happened two hundred years before. Some years it was two boys taken, some years two girls, sometimes one of each. But if at first the choices seemed random, soon the pattern became clear. One was always beautiful and good, the child every parent wanted as their own. The other was homely and odd, an outcast from birth. An opposing pair, plucked from youth and spirited away.
• Turtle Boy by M. Evan Wolkenstein

  Call Number: (REA) WOL

  ISBN: 9780593121573

  Publication Date: 2020-05-05

  A boy who has spent his life living inside a shell discovers the importance of taking chance in this "winner" (Booklist, starred review) of a friendship story that's perfect for fans of Wonder.
  
  Seventh grade is not going well for Will Levine. Kids at school bully him because of his funny-looking chin. And for his bar mitzvah community service project, he's forced to go to the hospital to visit RJ, an older boy struggling with an incurable disease.
  
  At first, the boys don't get along, but then RJ shares his bucket list with Will. Among the things he wants to do: ride a roller coaster; go to a school dance; swim in the ocean. To Will, happiness is hanging out in his room, alone, preferably with the turtles he collects. But as RJ's disease worsens, Will realizes he needs to tackle the bucket list on his new friend's behalf before it's too late. It seems like an impossible mission, way outside Will's comfort zone. But as he completes each task with RJ's guidance, Will learns that life is too short to live in a shell.
• When Stars Are Scattered by Omar Mohammed and Victoria Jamieson

  Call Number: (GRA) JAM

  ISBN: 9780593162583

  Publication Date: 2022-03-08

  Omar and his younger brother, Hassan, have spent most of their lives in Dadaab, a refugee camp in Kenya. Life is hard there: never enough food, achingly dull, and without access to the medical care Omar knows his nonverbal brother needs. So when Omar has the opportunity to go to school, he knows it might be a chance to change their future . . . but it would also mean leaving his brother, the only family member he has left, every day.
  
  Heartbreak, hope, and gentle humor exist together in this graphic novel about a childhood spent waiting, and a young man who is able to create a sense of family and home in the most difficult of settings. It's an intimate, important, unforgettable look at the day-to-day life of a refugee, as told to New York Times Bestselling author/artist Victoria Jamieson by Omar Mohamed, the Somali man who lived the story.
• The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

  Call Number: (HIS) BRA

  ISBN: 9780803740815

  Publication Date: 2015-01-08

  Ten-year-old Ada has never left her one-room apartment. Her mother is too humiliated by Ada’s twisted foot to let her outside. So when her little brother Jamie is shipped out of London to escape the war, Ada doesn’t waste a minute—she sneaks out to join him.
  
  So begins a new adventure of Ada, and for Susan Smith, the woman who is forced to take the two kids in. As Ada teaches herself to ride a pony, learns to read, and watches for German spies, she begins to trust Susan—and Susan begins to love Ada and Jamie. But in the end, will their bond be enough to hold them together through wartime? Or will Ada and her brother fall back into the cruel hands of their mother?
  
  This masterful work of historical fiction is equal parts adventure and a moving tale of family and identity—a classic in the making.