Kids Book Index
Katherine Arden
Three months after Ollie vanished following a bargain with the smiling man, Coco, Brian, and Phil fear they may never be able to save her. The smiling man had promised them a chance, but they suspect he deceived them. A frightened boy who disappeared from a traveling carnival suddenly appears at the town swimming hole, rambling about what happened, and provides a possible clue to Ollie’s disappearance.
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Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky: The Graphic NovelKwame Mbalia, illustrated by Olivia StephensThis graphic-novel adaptation features a Black boy who uses storytelling to help folk heroes and gods. It transforms the children’s novel that opened the Tristan Strong trilogy into a visual narrative. African and African American characters appear in the book, where storytelling brings its central boy into contact with heroic figures and deities.Kids Favorites — 6th–8th GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Legends of FunlandMelanie FlorenceBuddy is determined to show his older brother that he is no longer a frightened little kid. That wish is set against a rumor that the local theme park is haunted. Buddy has heard the rumor for as long as he can remember. His relationship with his brother and the question of whether the park is haunted establish the book’s premise.Kids Favorites — 6th–8th GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
F.A.R.TPeter BakalianA tween boy known as Furious Popcorn mistakes a manual for a cookbook, then finds a secret guide aimed at parents. The guide is tied to F.A.R.T., or Families Against Rotten Teens, a covert group of parents whose history stretches back to antiquity. His discovery turns his world upside down and sets children against adults in the story.Kids Favorites — 6th–8th GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details