Al Capone does my shirts by Gennifer Choldenko - A twelve-year-old boy named Moose moves to Alcatraz Island in 1935 when guards' families were housed there

The birchbark house by Louise Erdrich - Omakayas, a seven-year-old Native American girl of the Ojibwa tribe, lives through the joys of summer and the perils of winter on an island in Lake Superior in 1847

By the Great Horn Spoon! by Sid Fleischman - Jack and the butler stow away on a side-wheeler bound for California where they join the Gold Rush of 1849

Riding freedom by Pam Muñoz Ryan - A fictionalized account of Charley (Charlotte) Parkhurst who ran away from an orphanage, posed as a boy, moved to California, and fooled everyone by her appearance

I survived the bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941 by Lauren Tarshis - Visiting his favorite Hawaiian beach when Japanese forces suddenly attack Pearl Harbor, eleven-year-old Danny Crane struggles through the smoke, destruction, and chaos to make his way home

Little house in the big woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder - A year on the life of two young girls growing up on the Wisconsin frontier, as they help their mother with the daily chores, enjoy their father’s stories and singing, and share special occasions