Kids Book Index
Eve Yohalem
In 1663, twelve-year-old Petra stows away on a Dutch merchant ship sailing for Batavia in the East Indies. She has fled her abusive father, but being discovered aboard the vessel becomes the start of further adventures. The story follows Petra’s journey from a secret passage on the ship into an uncertain voyage across the sea.
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Chocolate: Sweet Science & Dark Secrets of the World’s Favorite TreatKay FrydenborgChocolate examines the history and production of chocolate through the Amazon rain forest, Mesoamerica, and Spanish conquistadores. It addresses exploitation and sustainable farming as parts of chocolate’s often troubling history. Photographs illustrate the subject, while resources provide further material. Recipes are included alongside the historical, environmental, and economic aspects of a food whose story links cultivation, colonial history, and modern farming practices.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Everything That Makes YouMoriah McStaySet in Memphis, this split-narrative novel follows two versions of teenager Fiona Doyle. In one narrative, Fiona was badly burned in childhood by hot oil from a popcorn machine and has severe facial scars. In the other, Fi is the version of Fiona for whom the accident never occurred. Alternating chapters explore these two paths for the same girl, placing a childhood injury alongside an imagined life without it.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Catch You Later, TraitorAviIn 1951 Brooklyn, twelve-year-old Pete Collison enjoys detective stories and radio crime dramas. An FBI agent comes to his home and accuses Pete’s father of being a Communist, drawing Pete into a real-life mystery during the Red Scare. While coping with hostility at school, Pete tries to uncover his family’s secrets. Details about radio programs and the Dodgers-Giants rivalry frame his search through the uncertain boundary between truth and fiction.Twelve to FourteenLexile Text Measure 550LATOS Book Level 4On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details