by Tracey E. Fern (2009)
In fifteenth-century Florence, Italy, a contest is held to design a magnificent dome for the town's cathedral, but when Pippo the Fool claims he will win the contest, everyone laughs at him. Based on a true story.
Yoko Kawashima Watkins
Living as refugees in Japan in 1947 while trying to locate their missing father, thirteen-year-old Yoko and her older brother and sister must endure a bad fire, injury, and false charges of arson, theft, and murder.
Sibyl Hancock
Relates the events of the 1846 Easter eve when the white settlers of Fredericksburg, Texas, made a treaty, still commemorated annually, with the neighboring Apache and Comanche tribes.
Edith Baer
Continues the story of Eva, a young Jewish girl living in Nazi Germany where she and her parents experience increasing tensions in daily life while considering possibilities of escape.
Andre Norton
When his position at court is usurped by his half brother, a young Egyptian nobleman seeks to regain his standing through military victories against the enemy.