Hope Was Here

By: Joan Bauer
When 16-year-old Hope and the aunt who has raised her move from Brooklyn to Mulhoney, Wisconsin, to work as waitress and cook in the Welcome Stairways diner, they become involved with the diner owner's political campaign to oust the town's corrupt mayor.

Rules of the Road

By: Joan Bauer
Meet Jenna Boller, star employee at Gladstone Shoe Store in Chicago. Standing a gawky 5'11'' at 16 years old, Jenna is the kind of girl most likely to stand out in the crowd — for all the wrong reasons.

Backwater

By: Joan Bauer
Every Breedlove is a lawyer or soon will be, except Ivy Breedlove, who wants to be a historian, and her supposedly crazy Aunt Josephine who disappeared years ago.

Our Eleanor: A Scrapbook Look at Eleanor Roosevelt's Life

By: Candace Fleming
The life and times of Eleanor Roosevelt are presented chronologically as though one is examining a scrapbook. Much like the approach the author uses for other historical figures, this look at Eleanor is almost intimate, certainly thorough, and compelling.

George Washington, Spymaster

By: Thomas Allen
Espionage played an important role in defeating the British, as is demonstrated in this cleverly-formatted, intriguing book.

Mary Lincoln's Dressmaker

By: Becky Rutberg
Primary sources are used to relate the life of an enslaved woman who achieved freedom to become Mary Todd Lincoln's highly esteemed dressmaker and friend.

First Daughter: White House Rules

By: Mitali Perkins
Sameera, adopted daughter of a U.S. President, continues to adjust to her new life in the White House — as she confronts very contemporary issues.

Jack: The Early Years of John F. Kennedy

By: Ilene Cooper
We know a lot about Kennedy's political career and untimely death, but little has been written for younger readers about his childhood. Kennedy was both a sickly child and a mischievous one.

Across Five Aprils

By: Irene Hunt
The sons of one family fight on different sides while the youngest tries to make sense of the war.

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