The Gawgon and the Boy
by Lloyd Alexander
(Dutton, 2001)
Spider Sparrow
by Dick King-Smith
(Crown, 2000)
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda
by Tom Angleberger
(Abrams, 2010)
Where the Red Fern Grows
by Wilson Rawls
(Doubleday, 1961)
The Birchbark House
by Louise Erdrich
(Disney/Hyperion, 2002)
The Mzungu Boy
by Meja Mwangi
(Groundwood Books, 2005)
Criss Cross
by Lynne Rae Perkins
(Greenwillow, 2005)
Yankee Girl
by Mary Ann Rodman (FSG, 2004)
The Cricket in Times Square
by George Selden, illustrated by Garth Williams
(Yearling, 1960)
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
by E. L. Konigsburg
(Atheneum, 1967)
The Star of Kazan
by Eva Ibbotson (Dutton, 1999)
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
by Mildred D. Taylor
(Dial, 1976)
Code Talker
by Joseph Bruchac
(Dial, 2005)