Tearjerkers . . .

Summer of the Monkeys, Wilson Rawls

A Child Called "It", Dave Pelzer

Don't Let Me Die

Touching Spirit Bear, Ben Mikaelson

Make Lemonade, Virginia Euwer Wolff

If You Come Softly, Jacqueline Woodson

The Lottery Rose, Irene Hunt

The Man Who Loved Clowns, June Rae Wood

A Day No Pigs Would Die, Robert Newton Peck

Freak the Mighty, Rodman Philbrick