RIF's 60th Anniversary Highlighted Book for 1977. The story of two children, Jesse Aarons and Leslie Burke, who become friends. Jesse was lonely and angry until he meets Leslie.
RIF's 60th Anniversary Highlighted Book for 1999. Stanley Yelnats has terrible luck because of a curse traced back to his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather. After being unjustly convicted of stealing a pair of athletic shoes, he is sent to a detention center, Camp Green Lake.
Ivy and Bean are as different as night and day and are sure they could never be friends. But they find out that they share a love of adventure after Bean plays a trick on her sister, Nancy, and Ivy comes to the rescue. The first in a series of books about the experiences the girls share.
RIF's 60th Anniversary Highlighted Book for 2002. Esperanza thought she'd always live with her family on their ranch in Mexico - she'd always have fancy dresses, a beautiful home, and servants. But a sudden tragedy forces Esperanza and Mama to flee to California during the Great Depression, and to settle in a camp for Mexican farm workers.