Kids Book Index
Peter Bakalian
A 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.
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Ghosts Come RisingAdam PerrySet in mid-nineteenth-century America, this story takes place during the spread of Spiritualism, a movement whose followers believed the living could communicate with the dead. Twelve-year-old Liza Carroll and her younger brother stay at a frightening Spiritualist commune. There, they look for answers while trying to keep a secret hidden. Ghostly black-and-white photographs accompany the historical tale.Kids Favorites — 6th–8th GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Little Bad Book #1Magnus Myst, illustrated by Thomas HussungThis interactive book places the reader inside its story through puzzles, riddles, and funny but eerie tales. Its narrator addresses the reader directly and invites them to help with mischief, even suggesting they be bad or evil. The book combines problem-solving activities with a plot in which the reader has an active role rather than remaining only an observer.Kids Favorites — 6th–8th GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
An Atlas of Lost KingdomsEmily Hawkins, illustrated by Lauren BaldoAn Atlas of Lost Kingdoms travels around the world through lost kingdoms, phantom islands, and legendary continents that explorers once sought but are now considered mythical. Maps and illustrations introduce familiar and lesser-known places, including Atlantis, El Dorado, the Seven Cities of Gold, Hy-Brasil, and Zerzura. It considers the long history of people imagining and searching for elusive worlds across centuries and places.Kids Favorites — 6th–8th GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details