Part I. The bully and the outcast
Belle Prater's boy by Ruth White
When Zachary Beaver came to town by Kimberly Willis Holt
Wringer by Jerry Spinelli
One fat summer by Robert Lipsyte
Part II. Racism and bigotry
Roll of thunder, hear my cry by Mildred D. Taylor
The Watsons go to Birmingham, 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
Monster by Walter Dean Myers, illustrated by Christopher Myers
The hate U give by Angie Thomas
Part III. Reality and tough choices
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
The higher power of Lucky by Susan Patron
Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Walk two moons by Sharon Creech
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
The contender by Robert Lipsyte
Part IV. Other cultures and other lands
Julie of the wolves by Jean Craighead George
Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata
American born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang, illustrated by Gene Luen Yang and Lark Pien
Part V. The past and the future
Bud, not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
My brother Sam is dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
The midwife's apprentice by Karen Cushman
Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
The book thief by Markus Zusak
The house of the scorpion by Nancy Farmer
Part VI. This was my life
Bad Boy: a memoir by Walter Dean Myers
Hole in my life by Jack Gantos.
