April and the Dragon Lady by Lensey Namioka YFIC NAM
Feeling confined by the traditional family attitudes of her grandmother, a teenager fights for her independence. (Chinese American)

Danger Zone by David Klass YFIC KLA
When he joins a basketball team that will represent the United States in an international tournament, Jimmy Doyle makes some unexpected discoveries about prejudice, racism and politics. (African American)

Dangerous Skies by Suzanne Staples YFIC STA
This heartbreaking story of betrayal and hypocrisy is centered around two friends growing up on Virginia's Eastern Shore: Buck Smith, descended from settlers who came from England in the 1700, and Tunes Smith, descended from their slaves. (Race Relations)

A Girl Named Disaster by Nancy Farmer YFIC FAR
While journeying to Zimbabwe, young Nhamo struggles to escape drowning and starvation. (African)

Hang a Thousand Trees With Ribbons by Ann Rinaldi YFIC RIN
A fictionalized biography of Phyllis Wheatley. (African American)

I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This by Jacqueline Woodson YFIC WOO
Marie, the only black girl in the eighth grade willing to befriend her white classmate Lena, discovers that Lena's father is doing horrible things to her. (African American)

March Toward the Thunder by Bruchac, Joseph FIC BRU
Louis Nollette, a fifteen-year-old Abenaki Indian, joins the Irish Brigade in 1864 to fight for the Union in the Civil War. (Native American)

Shizuko's Daughter by Kyoko Mori FIC MOR
After her mother's suicide, Yuki spends years living with her distant father and his resentful new wife (Japanese)

Sweetgrass Basket by Carvell, Marlene YFIC CAR
Upon the death of their mother, Mattie and Sarah, two Mohawk sisters, are sent to the Carlisle Industrial School for Indians. Set at the turn of the 20th century, what follows is the poignant, haunting story of the sisters’ experience. (Native American)

Sword: A Novel by Chen, Da YFIC CHE
Fifteen-year-old Miu Miu , who has been secretly trained in martial arts, steps forward to kill the emperor who murdered her father. She has many near-misses, including once when she nearly killed her betrothed in a Kung Fu match. There are fantastical elements and a look at traditional Chinese folkways. (China)

The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 by Christopher Curtis YFIC CUR
An African American family from Michigan is drastically changed after they go to visit Grandma in Alabama in the summer of 1963. (African American)

The Well: David's Story by Mildred D. Taylor JFIC TAY
Set in Mississippi in the early 1900s. Young David Logan's family generously shares their well water with both white and black neighbors in an atmosphere of potential racial violence. (African American)

With Every Drop of Blood by James Lincoln Collier JFIC COL
While trying to transport food to Virginia during the Civil War, 14 year-old Johnny is captured by a black Union soldier. (African American)

Year of Impossible Goodbyes by Sook Nyul Choi JFIC CHO
A young Korean girl survives the Japanese and Russian occupation of North Korea during the 1940s, to later escape to freedom in South Korea. (Korean)