Multicultural (Many of these could also be classified as historical fiction.)
Abdel-Gattah, Randa -- Does My Head Look Big in This? L850 (368 pages)
Australian 11th-grader Amal is smart, funny, outspoken, a good student, and a loyal friend. She is also a devout Muslim who decides to wear the hijab, or head covering, full-time. (Some mature subject matter. I haven't read it yet.)
Angelou, Maya – I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings L1070 (mature content)
Banks, Lynne Reid – One More River L780
Barrett – Lilies of the Field L770
Carter - The Education of Little Tree L890 pp.216
Frankle, Viktor – Man’s Search for Meaning (mature, philosophical, subject matter)
Gardiner, John Reynolds – Stone Fox L550
George, Jean Craighead - Water Sky L730
Hicylimaz, Gaye – Against the Storm
Ho, Minfong – The Clay Marble
Ho, Minfong – Rice Without Rain
Houston, Jeanne Wakatsuki– Farewell to Manzanar L1040 p203
Jiang, Ji-Li – Red Scarf Girl L780 pp.285
Kadohata, Cynthia -- Weedflower RL 5.3 (Japanese Internment)
Levitan, Sonia – The Return
Namioka, Lensey - The Coming of the Bear and others L690-830
Potok, Chiam – The Chosen L970
Richter, Conrad – The Light in the Forest L870
Sebestyen, Ouida – Not Words By Heart L750 (We'll read this in class.)
Taylor, Mildred D. – any of the longer novels except Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry L920 pp276
Ten Boom, Corrie – The Hiding Place L900
Uris, Leon -- Exodus L920 (for a mature reader mainly because of length)
Wiesel, Elie – Night L590
Zusak, Markus -- The Book Thief L730 (for a mature reader, mainly because of a difficult story structure and impact of the story)
