KDL Recommends

Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School for Wizards and Witches.

A distinguished African-American poet recalls the anguish of her Arkansas childhood and her adolescence in northern slums.

The tragic story of the friendship between two migrant workers, George and mentally retarded Lenny, and their dream of owning a farm.

A feisty young boy fakes his own death to escape his abusive father and heads off down the Mississippi River with his newfound friend Jim, a runaway slave.

The explosion of racial hate and violence in a small Alabama town is viewed by a young girl whose father defends a black man accused of rape.

A fifteen-year-old drug user chronicles her daily struggle to escape the pull of the drug world.

A traumatic event near the end of the summer has a devastating effect on Melinda’s freshman year in high school.

A totalitarian regime has ordered all books to be destroyed, but one of the book burners suddenly realizes their merit, in a chilling novel of a frightening near-future world.

An inmate of a mental institution tries to find the freedom and independence denied him in the outside world.

Billy Pilgrim survives capture by the Gemans in World War II, the Dresden bombings, and the struggle for financial success only to be kidnapped in a flying saucer and taken to the planet Tralfamadore.

Jess Aarons gains the strength to cope with unexpected tragedy by going to a secret kingdom in the woods invented by Leslie Burke, a newcomer to his rural Virginia community.

In a thought-provoking coming-of-age novel, Charlie struggles to cope with complex world of high school as he deals with the confusions of sex and love, the temptations of drugs, and the pain of losing a close friend and a favorite aunt.

Junie B. Jones just can’t help getting into all kinds of scrapes. She does her best, but life just has so many interesting possibilities, which often land her in trouble with the teacher and her parents. No matter how mixed-up things get, one thing’s for sure — you’ll have a good laugh reading about Junie’s adventures in kindergarten and first grade.