Bell, William. Forbidden City. Y FIC Bell
Thrilled when his cameraman father invites him along on an assignment in China, seventeen-year-old Alex Jackson does not suspect that they will become part of the great historical events sweeping China in the spring of 1989.

Cottonwood, Joe. Quake!: a novel.  Y PB C
With their parents away at the 1989 World Series, fourteen-year-old Franny, her younger brother, and their cousin try to cope with the frightening events following an earthquake that destroys their home on Loma Prieta mountain.

Dickinson, Peter.  Shadow of a Hero.  Y FIC Dickinson
In 1989, Letta, an English teenager, learns of her heritage from her grandfather, great-grandson of the legendary hero of Varina, as he becomes involved in the nationalistic political struggles in Eastern Europe.

Farmer, Nancy.  A Girl Named Disaster.  Y FIC Farmer
While journeying to Zimbabwe, eleven-year-old Nhamo struggles to escape drowning and starvation and in so doing comes close to the luminous world of the African spirits.

Gripe, Maria.  Agnes Cecilia.   Y FIC Gripe
After experiencing several inexplicable incidents, lonely Nora receives a strangely lifelike doll, which leads her to discover long-hidden secrets about her family.

Kurtz, Jane.  The Storyteller's Beads.  Y FIC Kurtz
During the political strife and famine of the 1980's, two Ethiopian girls, one Christian and the other Jewish and blind, struggle to overcome many difficulties, including their prejudices about each other, as they make the dangerous journey out of Ethiopia.

Lutzeier, Elizabeth. The Wall.   Y FIC Lutzeier
After her mother is killed while trying to escape across the Berlin Wall in April 1989, Hannah and her father become caught up in the movement to change the repressive regime in East Germany.

Paulsen, Gary.  Brian's Winter.  Y FIC Paulsen
Instead of being rescued from a plane crash, as in the author's book Hatchet, this story portrays what would have happened to Brian had hebeen forced to survive a winter in the wilderness with only his survival pack and hatchet.

Peck, Richard.  The Dreadful Future of Blossom Culp.  Y FIC Peck
Blossom, not the most popular member of her freshman class in 1914, travels ahead seventy years, and returns in time to make Halloween a memorable night for her classmates and teachers.

Strasser, Todd.  The Accident.   Y FIC Strasser
After four of his friends leave a beer party and suffer a fatal accident, eighteen-year-old Matt senses something peculiar about the police investigation and suspects a cover-up to hide the identity of who was really responsible for the accident.

Temple, Frances.  Tonight, by Sea : A Novel.  Y FIC Temple
As governmental brutality and poverty become unbearable, Paulie joins with others in her small Haitian village to help her uncle secretly build a boat they will use to try to escape to the United States.

9/3/04