Kids Book Index
R. A. Spratt
Friday Barnes is an eleven-year-old detective whose observation and reasoning help her investigate a series of mysteries at her private boarding school. Cases include vanished homework, stolen lemon tarts, and reports of a yeti near the school swamp. As crime and odd incidents appear around campus, Friday applies her unusual skills to solve the puzzles she encounters.
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The Seventh WishKate MessnerTwelve-year-old Charlie feels uncertain about how to win her family’s attention. While ice-fishing, she encounters a floppy, scaly talking fish that offers to grant a wish if she lets it go free. Her wishes turn her hopes into disorder, while she learns that her older sister has developed a heroin addiction. The story combines a wish-making premise with a family’s difficult confrontation with addiction.Nine to TwelveLexile Text Measure 720LATOS Book Level 4.4On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Mask That SangSusan CurrieCass and her mother have often been without a permanent home. After Cass’s grandmother dies, the pair inherit a house—one that becomes the first home they can call their own. In it, they discover an Iroquois healing mask. The mask reveals information about their heritage, linking Cass and her mother to a grandmother Cass had never known. The story brings home, loss, family history, and cultural heritage together.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Full of BeansJennifer L. HolmIn 1934 Key West during the Great Depression, Beans Curry spends his days caring for his baby brother and roaming town with his gang, including for marbles matches against rivals. A New Dealer arrives with plans to remake Key West as a vacation destination, and local adults take on cleanup and painting work. Beans needs money at home and accepts night work from a liquor runner, pulling fire alarms to distract people from illegal shipments. The job seems easy until his conscience changes his view of it.Nine to TwelveLexile Text Measure 490LATOS Book Level 3.8On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details