A Single Shard.
Linda Sue Park.
Clarion, 2001. (Korean)

Afterlife.
Gary Soto.
Harcourt, Inc., 2003. (Mexican American)

Beautiful Warrior: The Legend of the Nun's Kung Fu.
Emily Arnold McCully.
Arthur A. Levine Books, 1998. (Chinese)

Becoming Joe DiMaggio.
Maria Testa.
Candlewick Press, 2002. (Italian)

Begging for Change.
Sharon Flake.
Jump at the Sun, 2003. (African American)

Behind You.
Jacqueline Woodson.
Putnam Publishing, 2004. (African American)

Beyond the Western Sea: Book One: The Escape From Home.

Trophy, 1997. (Irish)

Bud, Not Buddy.
Christopher Paul Curtis.
Delacorte, 1999. (African American)

Candle in the Wind.
Maureen Wartski.
Ballantine Books, 1995. (Japanese-American)

Charlotte in Giverny.
Joan MacPhail Knight.
Chronicle Books, 2000. (Franco-American)

Chill Wind.
Janet McDonald.
Foster Frances Books, 2002. (African American)

Chu Ju’s House.
Gloria Whelan.
Harper Collins, 2004. (Chinese)

Color My Words.
Lynn Joseph.
Harper Collins Pub., 2000. (Dominican)

Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue.
Julius Lester.
Jump at the Sun, 2005. (African American)

Days of Jubilee: the End of Slavery in the United States.
Pat and Frederick McKissack.
Scholastic Inc., 2003. (African Amer.can)

Double Dutch.
Sharon M. Draper.
Atheneum, 2002. (African American)

Dream Bearer.
Walter Dean Myers.
Amistad, 2003. (African American)

Dreaming of America: An Ellis Island Story.
Eve Bunting.
Bridgewater Books, 1999. (Irish American)

Escaping To America.
Rosalyn Schanzer.
Harper, 2000. (Polish)(Jewish)

F Is For Fabuloso.
Marie G. Lee.
Avon, 1999. (Korean American)

Family/Familia.
Diane Gonzales Bertrand. Translated by Julia Mercedes Castilla. Illustrated by Pauline Rodriguez Howard.
Arte Publico, 1999. (Mexican American)

First Part Last.
Angela Johnson.
Simon & Schuster, 2003. (African American)

Fortune’s Bones: the Manumission Requiem.
Marilyn Nelson.
Front Street, 2004. (African American)

Freedom Summer.
Deborah Wiles.
Atheneum, 2001. (African American)

From the Bellybutton of the Moon, and Other Summer Poems = Del ombligo de la luna, y otros poemas de verano.
Francisco X Alarcón. Illustrated by Maya Christina Gonzalez.
Children’s Book Press, 1998. (Mexican American)

Golden Tales: Myths, Legends and Folktales from Latin America.
Lulu Delacre.
Scholastic, 1996. (Latino)(Native American)

Group of One.
Rachna Gilmore.
Henry Holt, 2001. (Canadian)(East Indian)

Hana’s Suitcase.
Karen Levine.
Albert Whitman & Company, 2003. (Jewish)(Czech)

Handbook for Boys.
Walter Dean Myers.
Harper Collins, 2002. (African American)

Harvesting Hope: The Story Of Cesar Chavez.
Kathleen Krull.
2003. (Hispanic)

Here in Harlem.
Walter Dean Myers.
Holiday House, 2004. (African American)

Homeless Bird.
Gloria Whelan.
HarperCollins, 2000. (Indian)

Honeysuckle House.
Andrea Cheng.
Front Street, 2004. (Chinese American)

Hoop Girlz.
Lucy Jane Bledsoe.
Holiday House, 2002. (Multi cultural)

How I Became an American.
Karin Gundishch.
Front Street Cricket Books, 2002. (German American)

I’m Sorry, Almira Ann.
Jane Kurtz.
Holt, 1999. (European American)

In The Shade Of The Nispero Tree.
Carmen T. Bernier-Grand.
Orchard, 1999. (Puerto Rican)

Indian Shoes.
Cynthia Leitich Smith.
Harper, 2002. (Native American)

Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World.
Mildred Pitts Walter.
Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. (African American)

Kira-Kira.
Cynthia Kadohata.
Atheneum Pub., 2004. (Japanese American)

Lacrosse: The National Game of the Iroquois.
Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith.
Holiday House, 1998. (Native American)

Legend of Buddy Bush.
Shelia P. Moses.
Margaret K. Mcelderry Books., 2004. (African American)

Librarian of Basra: A True Story From Iraq.
Jeanette Winter.
Harcourt Inc., 2005. (Iraqi)

Little Cricket.
Jacqueline M. Brown.
Hyperion, 2004. (Southeast Asian-American)

Locomotion.
Jacqueline Woodson.
Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers, 2004. (African American)

Lost Village of Central Park.
Hope Lourie Killcoyne.
Silver Moon Press, 1999. (Irish)(African American)

Milkweed.
Jerry Spinelli.
Alfred A. Knopf, 2003. (Jewish)(Polish)

Mississippi Morning.
Ruth Vander Zee.
WB Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2004. (African American)

Money Hungry.
Sharon Flake.
Hyperion Books for Children, 2003. (African American)

Mud City.
Deborah Ellis.
Groundwood Bks, 2003. (Afghanistani)

Muhammad.
Demi.
Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2003. (Muslim)(Saudi Arabian)

My Diary From Here to There = Mi Diario de Aqui Hasta Alla.
Amanda Irma Perez.
Children’s Books, 2002. (Mexican American)

My Name Was Hussein.
Khristo Kyuchukov.
Boyd Milles Press, 2004. (Muslim)(Eastern European)

Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales.
Nelson Mandela.
W.W. Norton & Co., Inc., 2002. (African)

Nory Ryan’s Song.
Patricia Reilly Giff.
Doubleday, 2002. (Irish)

Numbering All the Bones.
Ann Rinaldi.
Scholastic, 2002. (African American)

Ola's Wake.
B.J. Stone.
Holt, 2000. (European American)

On the Wings of Eagles: Ethiopi.
Jeffrey Schrier.
Millbrook Press, 1998. (Jewish)(Ethiopian)

Orphan of Ellis Island: A Time-Travel Adventure.
Elvira Woodruff.
Apple Scholastic, 1997. (Italian American)

Other Side of Truth.
Beverly Naidoo.
Amistad Press, 2003. (Nigerian)

Out of Bounds: Seven Stories of Conflict and Hope.
Beverly Naidoo.
Harper Collins, 2003. (South African)

Parrot in the Oven: Mi Vida Victor Martinez.
Harper Collins Publishers, (Mexican American)
1997

Parvana’s Journey.
Deborah Ellis.
Groundwood Publishers Group West, 2002. (Afghanistani)

Pick & Shovel Poet: The Journeys Of Pascal D’Angelo.
Jim Murphy.
Clarion, 2000. (Italian American)

Red Rose Box.
Brenda Woods.
Putnam Publishing, 2002. (African American)

Remember: The Journey to School Integration.
Toni Morrison.
Houghton Mifflin, 2004. (African American)

Rodzina.
Karen Cushman.
Clarion, 2003. (Polish)

Romiette and Julio.
Sharon M. Draper.
Atheneum Publishers, 1999. (African American)(Hispanic)

Saladin: Noble Prince of Islam.
Diane Stanley.
Harper Collins, 2002. (Middle Eastern)

Shadows of Ghadames.
Joelle Stolz.
Delacorte, 2004. (Muslim)(Middle Eastern)(Libyan)

Shutting out the Sky.
Deborah Hopkinson.
Scholastic, 2003. (Immigrants)

Silk Umbrellas.
Carolyn Marsden.
Candlewick Press, 2004. (Thailand)

Sing for Your Father, Su Phan.
Stella Pevsner and Fay Tang.
Clarion Books, 1997. (Vietnamese)

Six Million Paper Clips: The Making of a Children’s Holocaust Memorial.
Peter W. Schroeder.
Kar-Ben Publishers, 2005. (Jewish)

Talkin’ About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman.
Nikki Grimes.
Orchard Books, 2002. (African American)

Talking Drums.
Veronique Tadjo.
Bloomsbury Usa, 2004. (African)

The Battle of Jericho.
Sharon M. Draper.
Atheneum Publishers, 2003. (African American)

The Breadwinner.
Deborah Ellis.
Groundwood Books, 2001. (Afghanistani)

The Conch Bearer.
Chitra Divakaruni.
Roaring Press Books, 2003. (Indian)

The River between Us.
Richard Peck.
Dial Books, 2003. (Race Relations)

The Skin I’m In.
Sharon Flake.
Hyperion Books for Children, 1999. (African American)

The Storyteller’s Beads.
Jane Kurtz.
Harcourt, 1998. (Ethiopian)

The Upside Down Boy.
Juan Felipe Herrera.
Children’s Books Press, 2000. (Hispanic American)

Thura’s Diary.
Thura Al-Windawi.
Viking-Penguin Inc., 2004. (Iraqi)

Touching Spirit Bear.
Ben Mikaelsen.
Harper Collins, 2001. (Native American)

Trapped Between the Lash and the Gun.
Arvella Whitmore.
Penguin, 2001. (African American)

Trino’s Choice.
Diane Gonzales Bertrand.
Sagebrush Education Resources, 1999. (Mexican American)

Trouble don't last.
Shelley Pearsall.
Knopf, 2002. (African American)

Twists and Turns.
Janet McDonald.
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003. (African American)

Uptown.
Brian Collier.
Holt, 2002. (African American)

Wake up Our Souls: A Celebration of Black American Artists.
Tonya Bolden.
Harry N. Abrams Inc., 2004. (African American)

Warriors.
Joseph Bruchac and Ron Mahoney.
Lerner Publishers Group, 2003. (Native American)

When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson.
Pam Munoz Ryan.
Scholastic, 2002. (African American)

Who Am I Without Him?: Short Stories About Girls and the Boys in Their Lives.
Sharon Flake.
Jump at the Sun, 2004. (African American)

Year of Miss Agnes.
Kirkpatrick Hill.
Aladdin, 2002. (Nathapascan Indians/Alaska)

Yellow Star: The Legend of King Christian X of Denmark.
Carmen Deedy.
Peachtree Publishers, 2000. (Jewish)(Danish)

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