Kids Book Index
Deborah Wiles
In 1969, two cousins take a road trip across America in order to reach a teenager. Their reason for traveling is to tell him that he has been drafted to fight in Vietnam. Deborah Wiles, identified as a two-time National Book Award finalist, wrote the 480-page book. Scholastic Press published it on 2019-10-01. The book belongs to The Sixties Trilogy.
This book appears on 1 reading list across 1 edition.
Dreams from Many Rivers: A Hispanic History of the United States Told in PoemsMargarita Engle, illustrated by Beatriz Gutiérrez HernándezThis collection of poems presents a Hispanic history of the United States through many voices, reaching from early accounts to contemporary life. Its subjects include Juana Briones, Juan Ponce de León, enslaved people in the eighteenth century, and modern sixth graders. The poems trace Latino experiences and contributions across the nation’s past. Across the book, individual speakers illuminate how these communities shaped the country’s history.Sixth to Eighth GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Survivors of the Holocaust: True Stories of Six Extraordinary ChildrenKath ShackletonThis graphic-memoir collection presents the experiences of six children who survived the Holocaust. Heinz remembers Kristallnacht and later internment in England as an enemy alien. Trude was moved among English homes while her parents were held and killed in concentration camps. Ruth recalls the chances that brought her family from Germany to London, while Martin remembers air raids in England. Suzanne was hidden in rural France, and Arek escaped selection at Auschwitz by changing lines. Digital illustrations use dark colors and sharp forms to convey Nazi brutality and fear.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Dear America: Young Readers’ Edition: The Story of an Undocumented CitizenJose Antonio VargasAdapted from Jose Antonio Vargas’s adult memoir, this book tells Vargas’s own story as an undocumented immigrant. He arrives from the Philippines at twelve to live with his grandparents in the United States, unaware that the move was illegal. When he seeks a learner’s permit, he learns his immigration status and then keeps it secret for almost twenty years. The narrative is framed alongside the undocumented population in the United States.Sixth to Eighth GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details