Kids Book Index
Rosanne Parr
Vega, a young orca learning to find salmon for her family, leaves her pod to bury her stillborn sister. Her younger brother Deneb follows, and a tsunami separates the two from their family and alters the surrounding seascape. Vega must lead him through dangerous waters as they try to reunite with the pod. The novel also includes information about orcas and their habitats.
This book appears on 1 reading list across 1 edition.
Construction PeopleLee Bennett HopkinsThis poetry anthology opens at an active construction site with an architect and her daughter imagining a project on blueprint paper. Workers then arrive with backhoes, dump trucks, cement mixers, and other large machines. Fourteen established poets contribute odes to the people and equipment involved in raising a skyscraper. Color illustrations accompany the poems about the work of constructing the building.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Maurice and His Dictionary: A True StoryCary FaganBased on the experience of the author’s father, Maurice, this story begins when the Nazi army invades Belgium in 1940. Maurice is twelve, and he and his family flee, never returning to Brussels, where he was born. As the family escapes the Nazis and later settles in an internment camp in Jamaica, Maurice continues pursuing an education. An English dictionary he keeps throughout his life becomes part of this refugee family’s story. Illustrations use a muted palette.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
A Wolf for a SpellKarah SuttonZima, a wolf taught since puppyhood to fear humans and witches, encounters Baba Yaga after her family is threatened. A switching spell leaves Zima in Baba Yaga’s body and the witch gone into the woods. Nadya, a village girl seeking the witch’s help, meets Zima and finds they share an enemy. With danger approaching, Zima works to unite wolves, witches, and villagers against an evil that threatens the forest. The forest’s rules demand a favor in return for every favor.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details