Vivian, Siobhan. Same Difference. Scholastic, Inc./PUSH. 2009. Emily commutes between a suburb where everyone tries to fit in and Philadelphia where everyone wants to be unique. Between these two "worlds" Emily tries to navigate between two sets of friends and struggle to find out who she really is. For more information visit http://www.teenreads.com/reviews/9780545004077.asp -or- http://www.ypulse.com/one-simple-question-siobhan-vivian. 
Griffin, Paul. The Orange Houses. Penguin/Dial Books. 2009. Despite poverty, gang violence, and lack of appropriate supports, three inner-city teens come together and try to beat the odds and succeed in life. Visit http://www.teenreads.com/reviews/9780803733466.asp for more information.
Johnson, Louanne. Muchacho. Random House Children’s Books/Alfred A. Knopf. 2009. Eddie Corazon, an angry juvenile delinquent in an alternative school, is influenced by love, a special teacher, books, and a criminal cousin as he tries to find his true self. For a copy of the student guide visit http://www.louannejohnson.com/files/Student_Guide_Muchacho.pdf. For more information about the book visit, http://www.louannejohnson.com/muchacho_68704.htm.
Magoon, Kekla. The Rock and the River.Aladdin. 2009. In 1968 Chicago, Sam struggles to decide whether to support his father's nonviolent approach to civil rights or his brother, who has joined the Black Panther Party. For more information about the book visit http://books.simonandschuster.com/Rock-and-the-River/Kekla-Magoon/9781416975823.
Napoli, Donna Jo. Alligator Bayou. Random House / Knopf. 2009. Fourteen-year-old Calogero emigrates to Louisiana in 1899, where his tiny Sicilian community faces discrimination and worse in a small town where they’re considered neither black nor white. For more information visit Donna's website at http://www.donnajonapoli.com/.
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