National Network for Equitable Library Service

Lacey Little Bird loves spending time with Kahasi, an elder on her reserve who is like a grandmother to her.

Based on real events and real characters!

It's a dangerous time for thirteen-year-old Clara and her family.

When Poppy's supply teacher disdainfully calls her a "bird brain," Poppy turns into an imaginary bird. But the neighborhood cat soon threatens!

After years of being passed around to various relatives, Cassandra Jovanovich has found a home where she feels she belongs.

For ages 8+. The heroine, Gabi, recounts how as a young Jewish girl she lived on a family farm in Eastern Europe during the Second World War.

Meryl's mother was a great bard—a storyteller and musician who sang of life and the world around her. Meet Meryl, already an orphan, who wants to follow in her mother's footsteps.

This hilarious sequel to Jeremy and the Aunties will entertain readers as they follow the antics of the aunties -- weird and wonderful old lady mannequins who come to life and take over the air wav

Peggy is starting to outgrow Notherland, the imaginary world she created as a child, and wants to cut her ties - not knowing it will destroy Notherland completely.

Yeny and her family have escaped from the violence in their mountain village in Colombia to live in the city.

By the prizewinning author of the classics Red is Best, The Bare Naked Book and Big or Little, this chapter book is about a man who spends every day in a school but who cannot read. Mr.

Bernadette continues her adventures with Annie, Keisha, and Megan, aka "The Lunch Bunch".

Thirteen-year-old Jakob’s family has hidden their true identity as Jews and are living as Catholics in Budapest during WWII.

With the potential for cloning already a reality, we all have to face some major ethical questions. Who has a right to determine a person's genetic makeup?

An adventure story based on true events, real characters and legends.