Chodenko,Gennifer               Al Capone does my shirts                                          CHO j

A twelve-year-old boy named Moose moves to Alcatraz Island in 1935 when guards' families were housed there, and has to contend with his extraordinary new environment in addition to life with his autistic sister.

Freymann-Weyr, Garret                    My Heartbeat                                         FRE YA

As she tries to understand the closeness between her older brother and his best friend, fourteen-year-old Ellen finds her relationship with each of them changing.

Hinton, S.E.                            Tex                                                                  HIN ppb YA

The love between two teenage brothers helps to alleviate the harshness of their usually parentless life as they struggle to grow up.

Hinton, S.E.                            The Outsiders                                                HIN YA

The struggle of three brothers to stay together after their parent's death and their quest for identity among the conflicting values of their adolescent society.

Konigsburg, E.L.                    Silent to the bone                                           KON YA

When he is wrongly accused of gravely injuring his baby half-sister, thirteen-year-old Branwell loses his power of speech and only his friend Connor is able to reach him and uncover the truth about what really happened