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.
RIF's 60th Anniversary Highlighted Book for 2008. In a dark future where the government forces one boy and one girl from each district to fight to the death on live television, sixteen-year-old Katniss volunteers to take her little sister's place in the games. Armed with her bow and a fierce will to survive, she enters an arena where the rules can change at any moment. But what happens when the thing that might save her life could also start a revolution?
