Kids Book Index
Nedda Lewers
Parallel stories connect a modern Egyptian American girl with a mission inherited from a tenth-century ancestor. In the present, she struggles with her bicultural identity. Her family legacy is tied to magic and to protecting Ali Baba’s treasure from sorcerers. The book brings together her contemporary questions about who she is and the older magical task passed down to her.
This book appears on 2 reading lists across 1 edition from 2 organizations.
THE BOY AND THE ELEPHANTFreya BlackwoodA lonely boy visits a lot beside his home, where the outlines of the trees become an elephant in his imagination. He regards the elephant as his friend. When the trees that make up its body are marked to be removed, he acts to protect it. Told without words and illustrated in pencil and oil paint, the story joins loneliness, imagined companionship, and concern for trees at its center.Under FiveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
MAX IN THE HOUSE OF SPIES: A TALE OF WORLD WAR IIAdam GidwitzIn 1939 Berlin, Max, a Jewish boy, is sent to England through the Kindertransport and welcomed by the Jewish Montagu family. He remains worried about his parents in Germany and responds to antisemitism at school with a prank. Wanting to help his parents, Max hopes to become a British spy. After an unsuccessful effort to impress an admiral, he is sent to a secret training site, where he must build strength, acquire skills, and solve problems creatively.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Dear Dad: Growing Up with a Parent in Prison—and How We Stayed ConnectedJay Jay Patton, with Kiara ValdezIn this graphic-novel memoir, Jay Jay Patton recounts growing up while her father, Antoine, is in prison. From the time she is nine, his incarceration is part of her life. Patton tells of fighting to remain in contact with him and of developing an app to help them stay connected. Brightly colored comic panels accompany her account of family separation and persistence.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details