Multi-cultural

AFRICAN-AMERICAN

• Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor (age 9-13)
• Once Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia (age 10+)
• The Legend of Bass Reeves: Being the True and Fictional Account of the Most Valiant Marshals in the West by Gary Paulsen (age 12+)
• Flygirl by Sherri L. Smith (age 13+)

NATIVE AMERICAN

• Toughboy and Sister by Kirkpatrick Hill (age 9-12)
• Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell (age 9-12)
• Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George (age 12+)
• Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie; illustrated by Ellen Forney (age 12+, mature content)

ASIAN-AMERICAN

• Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston (age 11+)

HISPANIC

JEWISH

• Rabbi Rocketpower and the Mystery of the Missing Menorahs by Rabbi Susan Abramson (Rabbi Rocketpower Series, age 7-10)
• Number the Stars by Lois Lowry (age 8-12)
• The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne (age 10+)
• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (age 12+)
• Annexed by Sharon Dogar (age 13+, mature content)
• Briar Rose by Jane Yolen (age 13+)
• Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene (13+)

MUSLIM

WESTERN EUROPE

• The Midwife’s Apprentice by Karen Cushman (age 8-12)
• Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman (age 8-12)
• Annexed by Sharon Dogar (age 13+, mature content)
• Betsy and the Emperor by Staton Rabin (age 13+)
• Aurelia by Anne Osterlund (age 13+)
• Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly (age 14+, mature content)

EASTERN EUROPE

• Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys (age 13+, mature content)

AFRICA

• Akimbo and the Elephants by Alexander McCall Smith (Akimbo Series, age 7-12)
• The Ear, the Eye and the Arm by Nancy Farmer (age 11+)
• Out of Shadows by Jason Wallace (age 13+, mature content)

MIDDLE EAST

JAPAN

• The Friendship Doll by Kirby Larson (age 8+)
• Heart of a Samurai by Margi Preus (age 10+)

NORTHERN ASIA

• Year of Impossible Goodbyes by Sook Nyul Choi (age 11+)

CENTRAL ASIA (TIBET, INDIA, ETC)

• Peak by Roland Smith (age 12+)

SOUTHEAST ASIA

• Elephant Run by Roland Smith (age 10+)

CENTRAL AMERICA

• The King’s Fifth by Scott O’Dell (age 10+)

SOUTH AMERICA

OCEANIA

INTEGRATED CULTURES

• Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal: A Worldwide Cinderella by Paul Fleischman; illustrated by Julie Paschkis (age 5-9)