Number the Stars by Lois Lowry 

Lily’s Crossing by Patricia Giff 

Dovey Coe by Frances Dowell 

Shades of Gray by Carolyn Reeder         

Blue Willow by Doris Gates 

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor 

The Indian in the Cupboard  by Lynne Banks 

Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell

Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief by Wendelin Van Draanen 

Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli 

Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls 

Shiloh by Phyllis  Naylor 

A Long Way From Chicago by Richard Peck 

The Cay by Theodore Taylor 

Running Out of Time by Margaret Haddix 

In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Bette Bao Lord 

A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park