Moonshine by Benton, Justin 

BTSB Prebound(Calkins Creek, 2019)

BTSB #: 111679 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
Lexile: 780

Genres: Historical Fiction Family Life

Subjects: Illicit distilling - Fiction Father-son relationship Prohibition - Fiction Great Depression, 1929-1939 - Fiction Gangsters - Fiction

Summary: During the Great Depression, thirteen-year-old Cub helps his father distill and sell moonshine, despite Prohibition. The boy begins to question his father's lifestyle. When his father becomes involved with some gangsters, Cub must race against time to save his father's life and their future.

Year we sailed the sun by Nelson, Theresa 

BTSB Prebound(Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2015)

BTSB #: 670656 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-12   
AR: 5.6 MG RC: 7.3 6-8 Lexile: 940

Genres: General Fiction

Subjects: Orphanages - Fiction Orphans - Fiction Nuns - Fiction Behavior - Fiction Siblings - Fiction Gangsters - Fiction St. Louis (Mo.) - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: In St. Louis, Missouri, in 1911, orphaned eleven-year-old Julia Delaney rails against countless disappointments and the nun's strict rules at the House of Mercy, especially after her sister Mary turns fourteen and must leave, but she, her family, and best friend get tangled up with a gangster and a decade-old mystery.