The Bake Shop Ghost

Jacqueline K. Ogburn (Houghton Mifflin, c2005)
Shelf Number: EASY/OGB

Miss Cora Lee Merriweather haunts her bake shop after her death, until the newest shop owner, Annie Washington, makes a deal with her.

Blackberry Stew

Isabell Monk ( Carolrhoda Books, c2005)
Shelf Number: EASY/MON

When her Grandpa Jack dies, Hope remembers the time she went with him to pick blackberries, and she realizes that he will continue to live in her and in her memories.

Destiny's Gift

Natasha Tarpley (Lee & Low, c2004)
Shelf Number: EASY/TAR

Destiny's favorite place in the world is Mrs. Wade's bookstore, so when she finds out it may close she stirs the community to help out, then works on a special gift of her own to encourage Mrs. Wade

Freedom on the Menu: the Greensboro Sit-ins

Carole Boston Weatherford (Dial Books for Young Readers, c2005)
Shelf Number: EASY/WEA

When four courageous black teens sat down at a lunch counter in the segregated South of 1960, the reverberations were felt both far beyond and close to home.

Friend on Freedom River

Gloria Whelan (Sleeping Bear Press, c2004)
Shelf Number: EASY/WHE

Louis relies upon his father's words of wisdom when a runaway slave and her two children come looking for safe passage.

Got to Dance

Mary-Claire Helldorfer (Doubleday Book for Young Readers, c2004)
Shelf Number: EASY/HEL

It's a hot summer day in the city--and with her Momma off to work, and big brother off to day camp, a little girl of this joyous story has the summertime blues. Her remedy: dancing--and lots of it.