Historical Fiction

Mia Tang has a lot of secrets. Number 1: She lives in a motel, not a big house. Every day, while her immigrant parents clean the rooms, ten-year-old Mia manages the front desk of the Calivista Motel and tends to its guests. Number 2: Her parents hide immigrants. And if the mean motel owner, Mr. Yao, finds out they've been letting them stay in the empty rooms for free, the Tangs will be doomed. Number 3: She wants to be a writer. But how can she when her mom thinks she should stick to math because English is not her first language? It will take all of Mia's courage, kindness, and hard work to get through this year. Will she be able to hold on to her job, help the immigrants and guests, escape Mr. Yao, and go for her dreams?

*Also try the sequel, Three Keys*

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Ten-year-old Ada has never left her one-room apartment. Her mother is too humiliated by Ada's twisted foot to let her outside. So when her little brother Jamie is shipped out of London to escape the war, Ada doesn't waste a minute--she sneaks out to join him.

So begins a new adventure for Ada, and for Susan Smith, the woman who is forced to take the two kids in. As Ada teaches herself to ride a pony, learns to read, and watches for German spies, she begins to trust Susan--and Susan begins to love Ada and Jamie. But in the end, will their bond be enough to hold them together through wartime? Or will Ada and her brother fall back into the cruel hands of their mother?

*Also try the sequel, The War I Finally Won*

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This Newbery Award-winning novel tells the story of 10-year-old Bud, a motherless boy living in Flint Michigan during the difficult times of the Great Depression. Bud decides to escape his terrible foster home, and he sets out in search of the man he believes to be his father . . . the renowned bandleader, H.E. Calloway of Grand Rapids!

*Also by Christopher Paul Curtis: The Mighty Miss Malone, The Watsons Go to Birmingham, The Journey of Little Charlie, Elijah of Buxton, and The Madman of Piney Woods*

Available as an eBook and audiobook through the Lynbrook Public Library. Click HERE for Access & Info!