Kids Book Index
Susan Hood, with Greg Dawson
A Sydney Taylor Book Award 2023 Middle Grade Notable! A Jewish Book Council Award Middle Grade Finalist! The moving true story of how young Ukrainian Jewish piano prodigies Zhanna (alias “Anna”) and her sister Frina outplayed their pursuers while hiding in plain sight during the Holocaust.
Seeking Freedom: The Untold Story of Fortress Monroe and the Ending of Slavery in AmericaSelene CastrovillaIn this dramatic Civil War story, a courageous enslaved fugitive teams with a cunning Union general to save a Union fort from the Confederates–and triggers the end of slavery in the United States.Historical People, Places, and EventsOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Race of the Century: The Battle to Break the Four-Minute MileNeal BascombHighly acclaimed author Neal Bascomb brings his peerless research and fast-paced narrative style to a young adult adaptation of one of his most successful adult books of all time, The Perfect Mile, an inspiring and moving story of three men racing to achieve the impossible -- the perfect four-minute mile.Scholastic Focus is…Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Alte Zachen/Old ThingsZiggy HanaorSHORTLISTED FOR THE YOTO CARNEGIES MEDAL FOR ILLUSTRATION 2023A beautifully illustrated and presented intergenerational graphic novel that follows eleven-year-old Benji and his elderly grandmother, Bubbe Rosa, as they traverse Brooklyn and Manhattan, gathering the ingredients for a Friday night dinner.Bubbe’s relationship with the city is complex—nothing is quite as she remembered it…Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details