Kids Book Index
Eoin Colfer, Andrew Donkin
Sami lives with his grandfather in a village on the Indian Ocean, where they fish for a living. As the ocean rises, their catches shrink. In northern Canada, warming temperatures melt the ice, leaving polar bears with less food and bringing them into town. Yuki is determined to help the bears as environmental change threatens both children’s homes and lives.
This book appears on 2 reading lists across 1 edition from 2 organizations.
Race against Death: The Greatest POW Rescue of World War II (True Stories in Focus series)Deborah HopkinsonThis nonfiction account traces American and Filipino soldiers and medical personnel from the attack on Pearl Harbor through the Bataan Death March and imprisonment in camps in the Philippines. Drawing chiefly on firsthand testimony, it follows events in chronological order and returns to the same voices across chapters. Photographs, maps, and drawings by soldiers and prisoners accompany the narrative. The book also addresses the violence of the Japanese occupation and recounts the January 1945 rescue, including the roles of Filipino resistance fighters and local farmers.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Luna RancheraRodrigo MorlesinLuna and Ranchera are a canine mother-and-daughter singing act whose fame reaches around the world. Their story begins when Luna is struggling to feed her pups and steals from nearby ranchers. While escaping another theft, she hides on top of a beehive. The tale is set in a Nuevo Wild West populated by desert animals, cowboys, and cowgirls.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Good DifferentMeg Eden KuyattSelah, thirteen, navigates middle school while trying to follow her own rules for seeming normal. She keeps her feelings inside through the school day until they build up and she hides in a bathroom stall to calm down. Selah later learns that she is on the autism spectrum. Told in free-verse poems, the book follows her self-discovery and her growing understanding of her difference.Twelve to FourteenLexile Text Measure 800LATOS Book Level 5.1On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details