Kids Book Index
Frances O’Roark Dowell
A kid filled with rage, suspended from the football team for unsportsmanlike conduct, and his father, newly home from the war in Afghanistan, reckon with the injuries they’ve caused to others and themselves in this unflinching middle grade novel in verse about love and forgiveness.Hazard’s a military kid, best known for his…
The Year the Maps ChangedDanielle BinksA girl navigates family upheaval and a divided town amidst a refugee crisis.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Underground Fire: Hope, Sacrifice, and Courage in the Cherry Mine DisasterSally M. Walker, maps, diagrams by Rita CsizmadiaA historic mine fire traps hundreds of men underground in a gripping work of narrative nonfiction meticulously researched and told by a master of the genre.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Hazel Hill Is Gonna Win This OneMaggie HorneSeventh grader Hazel Hill is too busy for friends.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details