YB The Shakespeare Stealer by Gary Blackwood
When young Widge's apprenticeship is purchased by a theatrical manager, he finds himself immersed in daily life at The Globe theater. His master wants Widge to illegally copy Shakespeare's newest play, but Widge soon finds his loyalty torn between his rather frightening master and his new friends at The Globe.

YB SOS Titanic by Eve Bunting
This is the fictional tale of Barry O'Neill, a first class passenger on the Titanic, and his interaction with steerage passengers from his hometown in Ireland, told against the historically accurate backdrop of the sinking of the great ship.

YP Jip: His Story by Katherine Paterson
This exciting and moving mystery is set in 1850s Vermont. Jip was the name given to an orphan boy by the overseer of the town poor farm - Jip West because he fell off a "gypsy" wagon on West Hill Road when he was a baby and was left behind. The truth about where Jip came from is eventually revealed; meanwhile Jip learns about human rights, helps his friends, and discovers about the Underground Railroad.

YR Wolf By the Ears by Ann Rinaldi
Harriet Hemings is the daughter of Sally Hemings, one of Thomas Jefferson's slaves. Harriet has grown up with the rumors that she is also the daughter of Thomas Jefferson. She has enjoyed her life at Monticello, but as Harriet approaches her twenty-first birthday she is given a hard choice - flee for her freedom or stay in her happy home but remain a slave.

YW Bat 6 by Virginia E. Wolff
Every year the 6th grade girls from two neighboring towns play a fiercely contested though friendly baseball game. The first game after the end of World War II has an extra edge because of the hurts suffered during the war by two players: Aki, a Japanese American, and Shazam, whose father was killed at Pearl Harbor.