Kids Book Index
Margarita Engle
In this poetic memoir, which won the Pura Belpré Author Award, was a YALSA Nonfiction Finalist, and was named a Walter Dean Myers Award Honoree, acclaimed author Margarita Engle tells of growing up as a child of two cultures during the Cold War.
The Thing about JellyfishAli BenjaminA girl seeks the truth behind her friend's death, suspecting a jellyfish sting.Nine to TwelveLexile 740LATOS 5On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam WarSteve SheinkinIt was the height of the Cold War, and the government would do anything to stop the spread of communism―with or without the consent of the American people.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Enormous Smallness: A Story of E. E. CummingsMatthew BurgessEnormous Smallness is a nonfiction picture book about the poet E.E. cummings. Here E.E.'s life is presented in a way that will make children curious about him and will lead them to play with words and ask plenty of questions as well.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details