Kids Book Index
Crystal Allen
Isaiah “Ice” Abernathy has always been close to his older brother, Seth, and hopes to make the most of their remaining time together before Seth leaves for college. After Seth is injured in a car crash and sustains a brain injury, Ice confronts grim predictions about his brother’s recovery. Determined to help, he devises his own ways to support Seth as their family faces the consequences of the accident.
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The World DividedPiper by Caela CarterEleven-year-old Piper is preparing to take part in an Academic Decathlon. At the same time, she resists her mother’s plan to stop the injections Piper has received for precocious puberty. Piper is portrayed as someone with little time to grow up, until circumstances force the issue. The story centers on her conflict with her mother and the changes connected to her treatment and growing older.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Songbird and the Rambutan TreeLucille AbendanonSet in Batavia in the Dutch East Indies during 1942, this novel follows Emmy, who has stopped singing after a tragedy in her family. Her father wants to send her to a singing school in England as war nears, but Emmy wants to remain with her friend Bakti. When the Japanese army invades, her life is transformed and she is interned in Tjideng prison camp.Twelve to FourteenLexile Text Measure 690LATOS Book Level 4.4On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Bite by Bite: American History through Feasts, Foods, and Side DishesMarc Aronson, Paul Freedman, illustrated by Toni D. Chambers, Frederick Douglass Opie, Amanda Palacios, Tatum Willis, David ZhengBite by Bite uses food to explore U.S. history and the cultures that have shaped American cuisine. It identifies gumbo and chop suey as American foods while considering how eating can reflect origin, migration, culture, and living traditions. The illustrated nonfiction book presents connections between food and the country’s diverse cultural history, including how people move from place to place.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details