Kids Book Index
Deborah Noyes
How did Little Women the beloved literary classic and inspiration for Greta Gerwig's acclaimed feature film adaptationcome to be? This stunning biography explores the unique family and unusual circumstances of literary icon Louisa May Alcott.
BurnPatrick NessOn a cold Sunday evening in early 1957, Sarah Dewhurst waited with her father in the parking lot of the Chevron gas station for the dragon he'd hired to help on the farm...Sarah Dewhurst and her father, outcasts in their little town of Frome, Washington, are forced to hire a dragon to…Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Blood and Germs: The Civil War Battle against Wounds and DiseaseGail JarrowThe science and grisly history of U.S. Civil War medicine, using actual medical cases and first-person accounts by soldiers, doctors, and nurses, is explored in this fascinating nonfiction book for young readers.The Civil War took the lives of hundreds of thousands of Americans and left countless others with disabling wounds and chronic…Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Above All ElseDana Alison LevyIn a novel as riveting, irresistible, and heartbreaking as Into Thin Air, teen climbing prodigies Rose and Tate attempt to summitand surviveMount Everest.Rose Keller and Tate Russo have been climbing for years, training in harsh weather and traveling all over the world.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details