The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
by John Boyne | 
Hattie Big Sky
by Kirby Larson | 
Never Fall Down
by Patricia McCormick | 
So far from the Bamboo Grove
by Yoko Kawashima Watkins | 
The Seventh Most Important Thing
by Shelley Pearsall | 
Carry Me Home
by Sandra Kring | 
Words in the Dust
by Trent Reedy | 
Incantation
by Alice Hoffman | 
The Color of My Words
by Lynn Joseph | 
Nobody's Slave
by Tim Vicary |
Now
by Morris Gleitzman | 
Miss Spitfire
by Sarah Miller |
The Weight of Our Sky
by Hanna Alkaf |
No Crystal Stair
by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson | 
Newes from the Dead
by Mary Hooper | 
The Red Umbrella
by Christina Diaz Gonzalez | 
Lucky Strikes
by Louis Bayard | 
The Queen of Palmyra
by Minrose Gwin | 
The Well of Sacrifice
by Chris Eboch | 
Crossing the Tracks
by Barbara Stuber |
Hattie Owen enjoys peaceful Millerton summertimes with houses nodding in the heavy air, being in charge of Miss Hagerty's breakfast tray at her parents' boardinghouse, and drinking lemonade on the porch after supper. Yet this year, it's different -- Hattie's uncle Adam is coming home. Returning from a Chicago school that's just closed and whose existence is kept quiet by adult family members, Adam is a 21-year-old man with a child's mind, having a knack for talking quickly, a savant-like ability for remembering weekdays, and a passion for I Love Lucy. Hattie and Adam wind up spending precious time together -- including a visit to the recently arrived carnival with Hattie's new friend, Leila -- which makes her feel soulfully connected to her uncle, especially when he declares that she's one of the people who can lift the corners of our universe. But when Hattie takes Adam on the Ferris wheel one night, it sets off dramatic events that lead Hattie's family to strengthen its bonds and changes her life's outlook forever.