Kids Book Index
Alex Gino
Ten-year-old George knows she is a girl but has not told anyone. When her fourth-grade class stages Charlotte’s Web, she tries out for Charlotte, hoping the role will help her mother understand her identity. George confides in her friend Kelly, who is cast as Charlotte. Together, they arrange for George to perform the part in the second production, while George also tells her mother and older brother.
This book appears on 3 reading lists across 1 edition from 3 organizations.
The Red Bicycle: The Extraordinary Story of One Ordinary BicycleJude IsabellaThis nonfiction picture book traces one red bicycle through several lives. Leo rides it to school, soccer practice, and other places until he outgrows it. After it is donated to an organization that provides bicycles in Africa, it travels from North America to Ghana and then Burkina Faso. Alisetta uses it for trips to her family’s fields and to market. Later, a repair group converts the bicycle into a clinic ambulance, which Haridata rides between villages while volunteering for the clinic.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Sitting Bull: Lakota Warrior and Defender of His PeopleS.D. Nelson, illustrated by S.D. NelsonTold in a fictionalized first-person voice, this account depicts the life of Hunkpapa Lakota leader Sitting Bull. It contrasts his early life and Lakota traditions with the disruption caused by United States troops. Sitting Bull becomes a warrior and leader who works to protect his people and resists government efforts to move the Lakota and Sioux onto reservations. The narrative also addresses broken promises, treaty rights, and the consequences of government pressure on his people.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Gone Crazy in AlabamaRita Williams-GarciaDuring the summer of 1969, sisters Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern travel by bus to rural Alabama to stay with their grandmother Big Ma and great-grandmother Ma Charles. Delphine tries to look after her younger sisters, while Vonetta enjoys attention from Ma Charles and Aunt Miss Trotter. The older sisters have not spoken for years, and Vonetta carries their messages and insults between them.Nine to TwelveLexile Text Measure 740LATOS Book Level 4.5On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details