Kids Book Index
Cao Wenxuan
A 2023 Batchelder Honor BookFrom acclaimed Chinese author Cao Wenxuan, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, comes a compelling family saga spanning fifty years and three generations.Ah-Mei and her French grandmother, Nainai, share a rare bond.
Seen and Unseen: What Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams’s Photographs Reveal about the Japanese American IncarcerationElizabeth PartridgeThis important work of nonfiction features powerful images of the Japanese American incarceration captured by three photographers—Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams—along with firsthand accounts of this grave moment in history.Three months after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered the incarceration of all Japanese and…Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Bluest SkyChristina Diaz GonzalezA boy must choose between his homeland and a new future amid Cuba's turmoil.Twelve to FourteenLexile 650LATOS 4.2On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Exploring Civil Rights: The Movement: 1955Nel YomtovKey events of the Civil Rights Movement will be brought to life in this exciting and informative new series.The year 1955 saw a range of events that brought attention to the civil rights movement.Sixth to Eighth GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details