By: Emily Gravett
Dogs come in many shapes and sizes and with a variety of attitudes - all evident in inspired drawings and limited text. Join the canine walk presented with verve and humor - with a twist of tale (or maybe tail!) at the end.
By: Emily Gravett
It can be scary being very little especially if you're a small mouse with a big list of concerns. Droll humor is used to great effect in both text and illustration as the tiny rodent documents his worries.
House in the desert
By: Luis Alberto Urrea

Thousands of undocumented immigrants yearly scramble across the U.S.-Mexican border and into an area of the Arizona desert known as the Devil's Highway. Many do not make it out alive.

By: Emily Gravett
Tired of the togetherness of his large family, Sunny (a meerkat) sets off to visit his mongoose relations who live far away from the Kalahari Desert. Sunny chronicles his journey on postcards until he returns home and foils a hungry hyena.
By: Dorothy Allison
Bone confronts illegitimacy, poverty, the troubled marriage of her mother and stepfather, and the stigma of being considered "white trash" as she comes of age in South Carolina.
Black and white photo of a woman looking down
By: Sandra Cisneros

Lala Reyes’ grandmother is descended from a family of renowned rebozo, or shawl, makers.

By: Mark Dunn
The people of Nollop are good citizens, but as the use of more and more letters in the alphabet is outlawed, how will its residents communicate?
By: Ernest Gaines
When Jefferson's attorney states, "I would just as soon put a hog in the electric chair as this," disillusioned teacher Grant Wiggins is sent into the penitentiary to help Jefferson gain a sense of dignity and self-esteem before his execution.
By: Kazuo Ishiguro
Only special students are chosen to attend Hailsham, an exclusive boarding school tucked away in the English countryside. The chilling truth of their special nature slowly unfolds as we follow the stories of three former students.

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