A Girl Called Boy

Belinda Hurmence. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH), $5.95 (176pp) ISBN 978-0-395-55698-6

Annoyed with her father for constantly bragging about his ancestors, an 11-year-old black girl learns some interesting truths when she is transported back to the year 1853. Ages 8-11. (Oct.)

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