Criss cross by Perkins, Lynne Rae 

Paperback(Greenwillow Books/HarperTrophy, 2008)

BTSB #: 709526 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 5.5 MG+RC: 5.4 6-8 Lexile: 820 F&P: W

Genres: General Fiction

Subjects: Identity (Psychology) - Fiction Nineteen sixties - Fiction

Summary: Teenagers in a small town experience new thoughts and feelings, question their identities, connect, and disconnect as they search for the meaning of life and love.

Yard war by Kitchings, Taylor 

Paperback(Wendy Lamb Books, 2015)

BTSB #: 521438 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.8 MG RC: 4.7 6-8 Lexile: 770 F&P: V

Genres:

Subjects: Racism - Fiction Race relations - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Football - Fiction Neighbors - Fiction Family life - Mississippi - Fiction Nineteen sixties - Fiction Jackson (Miss.) - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: Twelve-year-old Trip Westbrook lives in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1964 and discovers the underlying racism in his family and neighborhood when he invites his maid's son Dee to play football in the yard.