Kids Book Index
Abbey Lee Nash
Swimming is Tess’s refuge, and her hopes for a scholarship depend on how she performs in the pool. A diagnosis of epilepsy changes those plans, leading to doctor visits, missed practices, and a summer away from the lifeguard chair she had expected to hold. Tess must also navigate a distant best friend and the arrival of Charlie, who takes the lifeguard position.
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Chronically DoloresMaya Van WagenenDolores is coping with severe symptoms from a chronic bladder condition, interstitial cystitis. The disease is not life-threatening, but it disrupts her life. She meets Terpsichore Berkenbosch-Jones, an autistic girl who is also an outsider and is homeschooled by an overprotective mother. After a difficult beginning, the girls form a tentative partnership and growing friendship as Dolores tries to regain an old friendship and adjust to high school.Twelve to FourteenLexile Text Measure HL640LATOS Book Level 4.7On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
On a Wing and a TearCynthia Leitich SmithAfter an injured Great-Grandfather Bat asks for help, Charlie Halfmoon, his grandson Ray, and Ray’s friend Mel take him on the road. Their destination is the Great Ball Game, where Birds face Mammals. The trip brings a legendary bat, two friends, and a contest together in a journey that carries both mystery and danger.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
BrownstoneSamuel TeerAt fifteen, Almudena spends a summer meeting her Guatemalan father, Xavier. He expects her to live in his neglected brownstone and help restore it, while she tries to understand his rapid Spanish despite not speaking the language. In his Latin American neighborhood, she meets residents whose lives include pleasures and hardships, as well as firm views about how a young Latina should speak, dress, and act. The experience asks Almudena to navigate family, culture, and her own place in a new community.Twelve to FourteenLexile Text Measure 361LATOS Book Level 2.6On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details