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by Patricia McCormick
Lexile: 660
Genre: Realistic Fiction

Callie has stopped talking. Her family has sent her away to the Sea Pines residential treatment facility to get healthy. But Callie isn't sure she wants the help. Up until now she has handled her pain and anxiety by cutting herself. Will she be able find a healthier way to deal with her problems?

Freedom Walkers

by Russell Freedman
Lexile: 1110
Genre: Informational

Freedom Walkers is the the story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Russell Freedman combines photographs and text to explain the history and the momentum this boycott brought to the Civil Rights Movement.

Terezin: Voices from the Holocaust

by Ruth Thomson
Lexile: 980
Genre: Informational

Between 1941 and 1945, the Nazis turned the small town of Terezin, Czechoslovakia into a Jewish ghetto. Jews from around Europe were rounded up and sent to Terezin. Some remained there, while for others, it was just a stop on their way to a concentration camp. The Nazis used Terezin as a "show" camp to fool people around the world into thinking that Terezin was a model city of Jewish resettlement. Many of the artists who were imprisioned there, secretly drew many pictures of what life was really like. Those pictures were hidden and made public after the war was over.

The Secrets of Alcatraz

by Susan Sloate
Lexile: 1140
Genre: Informational

The criminals that were brought to Alcatraz, also know as "The Rock", were the very worst sort - bank robbers, bootleggers, and murderers, who were too dangerous to be kept in regular prisons. Alcatraz has been the subject of much curiosity over the years due to the famous nature of its prisoners. In this book, you will explore some to the myths and truths about the island and its many prisoners.

I Survived the San Francisco Earthquake, 1906

by Lauren Tarshis
Lexile: ???
Genre: Historical Fiction

Leo is a newsboy in San Francisco. While he doesn't have much money or a home, he has made friends with other newsboys on the streets, and is surviving. Until, one morning, is world is shaken apart. He can only watch as the city he loves crumbles to the ground and begins to burn. How will he survive?

Titantic - Young Surviors

by Allan Zullo
Lexile: ???
Genre: Biography

Here are ten true tales about children who survived the night of April 14, 1912. They were all aboard the Titanic and lived to tell about that frightful night.

City of Orphans

by Avi
Lexile: 570
Genre: Historical Fiction/Mystery

Maks helps support his family by selling newspapers. Willa is living on the streets all by herself. One day when Maks is being chased by Bruno, a member of the Plug Uglies gang, Willa rescues him which leads to a new friendship for Maks and a new beginning for Willa. Maks brings Willa home to his family where he learns that his older sister, Emma, has been arrested. It will be up to Maks to prove her innocence and set her free.