"IF SHE DIES, I'll die," are the words 15-year-old Mia Perlman writes in her journal the night her mother is diagnosed with cancer.
For years, sixteen-year-old Hattie's been shuttled between relatives. Tired of being Hattie Here-and-There, she courageously leaves Iowa to prove up on her late uncle's homestead claim in Montana.
Siblings Sun-hee and Tae-yul take turns narrating this story of Japan's occupation of Korea during WWII.
Sixteen-year old Hattie leaves her home in Iowa—where she's been shuttled between relatives—to take over her Uncle Chester's Montana homestead claim. Arriving in Montana, she creates a new family among her fellow homesteaders.
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To Dance is a graphical memoir of Siena Cherson Siegel, a young girl growing up in Puerto Rico who eventually came to New York to study with the School of American Ballet.
Sarah lives in small Ohio town and spends most of her time as a "theater geek" with her best friend, Demi. This summer, everything heats up when they audition (and get into) a summer camp for theater kids.
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A child narrates how a much loved cat, Woogie, brings good luck to her family. When Woogie is lost, its luck may have run out — but the resolution is luckily both satisfying and happy.
Iktomi is a trickster from the Lakota who tricks prairie dogs into becoming his next meal. But Iktomi meets his match when Coyote, another truly wily character, enters the picture.
Who is in the woods? When did he get here? The animals of the forest are wondering how this quiet stranger came to their home. Beautiful, whimsical photos and text complete this winter fantasy of what happens when a snowman arrives in the forest.
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Junior is a basketball-playing, cartoon-drawing teenager living on the Spokane Indian Reservation.