The Higher Power of Lucky

Susan Patron

Illustrated by Matt Phelan

Twits

Roald Dahl

Inkheart

Cornelia Funke

1. Inkheart
2. Inkspell
3. Inkdeath

The Invention of Hugo Cabret

Brian Selznick

Catherine, Called Birdy

Karen Cushman

The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain

Peter Sis

Tells the story of Peter Sis growing up inside the Communist Iron Curtain in Prague, Czechoslovakia.

Henry's Freedom Box

Ellen Levine

Illustrated by Kadir Nelson

Henry was a slave, and in order to become free, he mails himself to Philadelphia.