Kids Book Index
Susan Vaught
Footer Davis Probably Is Crazy, a children’s novel by Susan Vaught, presents Footer through several details she gives about herself. She owns a BB gun she calls Louise and is frightened by walruses. Footer’s mother has bipolar disorder, a fact Footer insists should not be treated as an especially big deal. The novel received the 2016 Edgar Award for Best Juvenile.
This book appears on 1 reading list across 1 edition.
Paper ThingsJennifer Richard JacobsonEleven-year-old Ari and her nineteen-year-old brother Gage leave the home of their legal guardian after Gage says he has found them an apartment. Instead, they become homeless, moving among friends’ homes and sometimes staying in a shelter. Ari keeps their situation secret because she does not want to betray her brother. As she tries to keep up at school, her insecurity grows. Gage attempts to find work and housing despite the obstacles created by not having a current address.Nine to TwelveLexile Text Measure 830LATOS Book Level 5.4On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
United States Encyclopedia: America’s People, Places, and EventsJulie Beer, Mark H. Bockenhauer, Stephan F. Canha, Michelle HarrisUnited States Encyclopedia presents all fifty states through entries on their people, cultural sites, and histories. Photographs, maps, a timeline, and reproductions of historical documents accompany the state-by-state information. The volume brings together geographic reference material with accounts of people and places, giving each state a dedicated entry and connecting cultural landmarks to historical background. A range of visual and document-based materials appears alongside the text.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
FortCynthia DeFeliceEleven-year-olds Wyatt and Augie spend their summer in a fort they made in the woods. They fish, hunt, cook over a campfire, and sleep outside. When two older boys interfere with the fort and target another boy who cannot defend himself, Wyatt and Augie create Operation Doom. Their response brings unforeseen consequences and changes their summer of friendship and outdoor adventures.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details