National Network for Equitable Library Service

Eleven-year-old Valena lives both in the present and the past as she struggles with racism in her daily life and listens to her mother's tales of her family's proud history.

The kids in class call Natalie "Bluish" because her skin is tinted blue from chemotherapy. Though weak, she also wants to be independent.

A deeply moving portrait of a community of early American pioneers in the Nebraska heartland and of the free-spirited girl at its heart.

An ancient prophecy divides two sisters--one good, one evil. Who will prevail?

Omakayas and her family live on the land her people call the Island of the Golden-Breasted Woodpecker.

Charlotte Parkhurst was raised in an orphanage for boys, which suited her just fine. She didn't like playing with dolls, she could hold her own in a fight, and she loved to work in the stable.

An anthology of traditional American Black folktales retold by the African-American woman to win a Newbery Medal and the first children's book author to be awarded a MacArthur Genius Grant.

In 1978, Merle is in her first year at Corcoran School of Art. In 1870, teenage poet Arthur Rimbaud is on the verge of finding his voice.

Maximum Ride and her faithful friends stand ready to face the two greatest threats that humankind has ever known--now combining forces in an unbeatable plot to destroy life as we know it once and f

Set during World War II, two cousins face family secrets and community violence aimed at a refugee from Nazi Germany, raising questions about mob mentality, creativity and survival.

Motherless Olivia and Nellie go to live with their elderly Great-Aunt Minty, who knows little about children, but a lot about her overgrown garden.

When the world's most horrible editor turns up dead, investigator Jon Scieszka has his work cut out for him. The suspect list is long. Very long.

Third Sister in the Tao family, Ailin has watched her two older sisters go through the painful process of having their feet bound.

Igvillu is a little dog with big dreams. One of her favorite dreams is of becoming a sled dog.

Richard picks his nose, until one day he discovers the perils of his habit. When his finger gets stuck up his nose, Richard panics. Then his nose sucks up his arm.