Kids Book Index
Gennifer Choldenko
In 1900 San Francisco, a plague threatens the city and Chinese immigrants are blamed for it. A doctor’s daughter uncovers the concealed disease and tries to protect the people she loves. As she responds to the danger, she challenges the social expectations around her. The story places a young girl’s efforts to save lives alongside prejudice directed at Chinese immigrants.
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CurrentsJane Petrlik SmolikIn 1854, eleven-year-old Bones is enslaved on a Virginia plantation. After finding her own name in a slave record, she tears out the entry and puts it into a bottle with a carved peach-pit heart made by her long-lost father. The bottle travels across the ocean and reaches two young girls, including Lady Bess Kent and her sister on the Isle of Wight. Its journey connects three girls living different lives.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth, & Harlem’s Greatest BookstoreVaunda Micheaux NelsonTold in the fictionalized voice of Lewis Michaux’s son, this picture book introduces Lewis Michaux and Harlem’s National Memorial African Bookstore. Michaux could not obtain a bank loan because a banker claimed Black people did not read. The store became a gathering place with books by Black authors and other writers of color, alongside readings, rallies, activists, famous visitors, and young readers who returned each week.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Confessions of an Imaginary Friend: A MemoirMichelle Cuevas, illustrated by Michelle CuevasJacques Papier is puzzled when teachers overlook him and other children seem to dislike him. Fleur, his sister, is his closest companion until Jacques learns that he is her imaginary friend rather than an ordinary child. He asks to be released and begins a journey to find out who he can be independently. The novel examines identity, friendship, belonging, and being noticed.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details