Zane and the Hurricane
by Rodman Philbrick | 
Ninth Ward
by Jewell Parker Rhodes | 
Wolf Hollow
by Lauren Wolk | 
The Night Diary
by Veera Hiranandani | 
Paperboy
by Vince Vawter | 
In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse
by Joseph M. Marshall III | 
The Search for Belle Prater
by Ruth White | 
Zebra Forest
by Adina Rishe Gewirtz | 
Saint Louis Armstrong Beach
by Brenda Woods | 
The Secret of Nightingale Wood
by Lucy Strange | 
The Skylarks' War
by Hilary Mckay | 
The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow
by Katherine Woodfine |
The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl
by Stacy McAnulty | 
All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook
by Leslie Connor |
Nowhere Boy
by Katherine Marsh | 
Alone on a Wide Wide Sea
by Michael Morpurgo |
It Ain't So Awful, Falafel
by Firoozeh Dumas |
Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story
by Nora Raleigh Baskin |
Train I Ride
by Paul Mosier | 
The Thing About Georgie
by Lisa Graff |
Armani Curtis can think about only one thing: her tenth birthday. All her friends are coming to her party, her mama is making a big cake, and she has a good feeling about a certain wrapped box. Turning ten is a big deal to Armani. It means she's older, wiser, more responsible. But when Hurricane Katrina hits the Lower Nines of New Orleans, Armani realizes that being ten means being brave, watching loved ones die, and mustering all her strength to help her family weather the storm.