FIC BUN
Bunting, Eve.  Smoky Night. 1st ed. San Diego: Harcourt Brace, c1994.  When the Los Angeles riots break out in the streets of their neighborhood, a young boy and his mother learn the values of getting along with others, no matter what their background or nationality. 2.5

FIC BYA
Byars, Betsy Cromer.  The 18th Emergency. [1st ed.]. New York,: Viking Press, [1973].  When the toughest boy in school swears to kill him, twelve-year-old Mouse finds little help from friends and must prepare for this emergency alone. 3.2

FIC BYA
Byars, Betsy Cromer. Beans on the Roof. New York, N.Y., Delacorte Press, 1988.  As each of the five members of the Bean family tries to write a "roof" poem, they come to realize just how nice it is to be a Bean. 3.8

FIC CHR
Christopher, Matt.  No Arm in Left Field. [1st ed.].Boston, :Little, Brown, [1974].  A poor throwing arm and prejudice from one white boy keep a black junior high student from completely enjoying his position on the baseball team. 3.2

FIC FLE
Fleischman, Paul.  Seedfolks. New York:HarperCollins,c1997.  One by one, a number of people of varying ages and backgrounds transform a trash-filled inner-city lot into a productive and beautiful garden, and, in doing so, the gardeners are themselves transformed. 3.5 to 5

FIC FLE
Fleischman, Sid, 1920-.  McBroom Tells a Lie.  New York : Price Stern Sloan, [1999], c1976. A farmer and his family save their amazing one-acre farm by using a Popcornmobile, frozen sunlight, and lightning bugs. 3.6

FIC FLE
Fleischman, Sid, 1920-.  Mr. Mysterious & Company. Boston : Joy Street Books, [1990], c1962.  The adventures of a family of magicians traveling across the western deserts and plains in the 1880s. 3.5

FIC HAA
Haas, Jessie.  Be Well, Beware.  New York : Greenwillow Books,c1996.  Lily is frightened when her beloved horse Beware gets sick and exhibits peculiar behavior. 2.8

FIC HAA
Haas, Jessie.  A Blue for Beware. New York : Greenwillow Books,c1995.  Lily and her friend Mandy compete against each other in a horse show for the first time. 2.8

FIC HES
Hesse, Karen.  Just Juice. 1st ed. New York : Scholastic Press,1998.  Realizing that her father's lack of work has endangered her family, nine-year-old Juice decides that she must return to school and learn to read in order to help their chances of surviving and keeping their house. 3.5

FIC HES
Hesse, Karen.  Lavender. 1st ed. New York : Holt, 1993.  Codie's favorite aunt is having a baby, Codie has lots of worries: will the baby and her aunt be all right, will Codie's baby quilt be done on time, and will her aunt still have time for her?. 3.5

FIC HES
Hesse, Karen.  The Music of Dolphins. 1st ed. New York : Scholastic Press, c1996.  Using sophisticated computer technology, a fifteen-year-old girl who has been raised by dolphins, records her thoughts about her reintroduction to the human world. 3.5

FIC MacL pap
MacLachlan, Patricia.  Arthur, for the Very First Time. Trophy ed. New York : Harper & Row, 1989, c1980.  Arthur spends a summer with his unconventional aunt and uncle and begins to look at life, his family, and himself differently. 3.5

FIC MAC
MacLachlan, Patricia.  Sarah, Plain and Tall. New York : HarperCollins, c1985.  When their father invites a mail-order bride to come live with them in their prairie home, Caleb and Anna are captivated by their new mother and hope that she will stay. 3.9

FIC MAC
MacLachlan, Patricia.  Skylark. New York : HarperCollins, c1994.  When a drought tests the commitment of a mail-order bride from Maine to her new home on the prairie, her stepchildren hope they will be able to remain a family. 3.3

FIC MIL
Miles, Betty.  The Secret Life of the Underwear Champ. New York : Knopf, c1981. Ten-year-old Larry is "discovered" on the street and asked to appear in a television commercial. Only later does he find out what he is advertising. 3.4

FIC PAU pap.
Paulsen, Gary.  Escape from Fire Mountain. New York, N.Y. : Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers, c1995.  Thirteen-year-old Nikki Roberts rescues two children from a forest fire, but then she must save herself and them from ruthless poachers. 3.9

FIC SAC
Sachar, Louis, 1954-.  Sideways Stories from Wayside School. New York : Morrow Junior Books, [1998], c1978.  Humorous episodes from the classroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside School, which was accidentally built sideways with one classroom on each story. 2.8

FIC SCI
Scieszka, Jon. Tut, Tut. New York, N.Y. : Viking,1996. 3.5

FIC SHR
Shreve, Susan Richards.  The Flunking of Joshua T. Bates. New York : Knopf, 1984.  Driving home from the beach on Labor Day, Joshua receives some shocking news from his mother: he must repeat third grade. 3.2

FIC WAR pap
Warner, Gertrude Chandler, 1890-.  The Boxcar Children.  Niles,Ill. : Whitman, c1977.  Four orphans, two boys and two girls, set up housekeeping in an old boxcar. 2.1 to 4.5

FIC YOL
Yolen, Jane.  Hobby. San Diego : Harcourt Brace, c1996.  Young Merlin is orphaned by a fire and joins a traveling pair of magicians who help him begin to discover his true powers. 3.3