In the country of Queens by Best, Cari 

BTSB Prebound(Farrar Straus Giroux, 2017)

BTSB #: 117149 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
Lexile: 970

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Shyness - Fiction Family life - New York (State) - New York - Fiction Death - Fiction Queens (New York, N.Y.) - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: In 1961, shy and overprotected eleven-year-old Shirley Alice Burns must begin speaking up if she is to do what she wants, including talking about her beloved, deceased father.

Long ride by Budhos, Marina Tamar 

BTSB Prebound(Wendy Lamb Books, 2019)

BTSB #: 166646 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 3.9 MG RC: 4.3 3-5 Lexile: 590 HL

Genres: Multicultural

Subjects: School integration - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Junior high schools - Fiction School stories Race relations - Fiction Racially mixed people - Fiction Queens (New York, N.Y.) - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: In New York in 1971, Jamila and Josie are bused across Queens where they try to fit in at a new, integrated junior high school while their best friend, Francesca, tests the limits at a private school.

Long ride by Budhos, Marina Tamar 

Paperback(Yearling, 2021)

BTSB #: 166647 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 3.9 MG Lexile: 590 HL

Genres: Multicultural

Subjects: School integration - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Junior high schools - Fiction School stories Race relations - Fiction Racially mixed people - Fiction Queens (New York, N.Y.) - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: In New York in 1971, Jamila and Josie are bused across Queens where they try to fit in at a new, integrated junior high school while their best friend, Francesca, tests the limits at a private school.

Lucky broken girl by Behar, Ruth 

Paperback(Puffin, 2018)

BTSB #: 102003 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 4.2 MG RC: 4.2 6-8 Lexile: 670 F&P: W

Genres: Multicultural Family Life

Subjects: Fractures - Fiction Family life - New York (State) - New York - Fiction Immigrants - Fiction Cuban Americans - Fiction Neighbors - Fiction Queens (New York, N.Y.) - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: In 1960s New York, fifth-grader Ruthie, a Cuban-Jewish immigrant, must rely on books, art, her family, and friends in her multicultural neighborhood when an accident puts her in a body cast.

Mi buena mala suerte by Behar, Ruth 

PaperbackSPANISH(Vintage Espanol, 2022)

BTSB #: 102023 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   


Genres: Spanish Language Multicultural Family Life

Subjects: Fractures - Fiction Family life - New York (State) - New York - Fiction Immigrants - Fiction Cuban Americans - Fiction Neighbors - Fiction Spanish language - Reading materials Queens (New York, N.Y.) - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: In 1960s New York, fifth-grader Ruthie, a Cuban-Jewish immigrant, must rely on books, art, her family, and friends in her multicultural neighborhood when an accident puts her in a body cast. In Spanish.