Kids Book Index
Karyn Parsons
In 1944, Ella lives in Alcolu, South Carolina, spending time fishing with her friend Henry and cousin Myrna. After visiting her mother in Boston, eleven-year-old Ella returns to South Carolina. She then learns that a schoolmate has been accused of killing two white girls. Her experiences unfold amid family secrets and racial injustice in the Jim Crow South.
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A Good Kind of TroubleLisa Moore RaméeTwelve-year-old Shayla prefers to follow rules and avoid attracting attention. At her more diverse middle school, she is hurt when other Black students think she believes herself superior to them. A verdict in the police shooting of a Black man leaves her upset, while her older sister Hana joins protests. Inspired by Hana and angered by injustice, Shayla begins a black-armband movement at school and faces opposition from the administration as friendships and new romantic feelings change around her.Twelve to FourteenLexile Text Measure 720LATOS Book Level 4.5On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Elon Musk: A Mission to Save the WorldAnna Crowley ReddingThis biography follows Elon Musk from a childhood marked by bullying to his work as an entrepreneur. It presents curiosity and inventiveness as qualities that shaped his path toward becoming a polymath. The account connects him with SpaceX and Tesla, placing his career in the context of his frequently headline-making public profile. Archival photographs and endnotes accompany this portrait of a figure associated with space exploration and electric cars.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Infinite Hope: A Black Artist's Journey from World War II to PeaceAshley BryanAshley Bryan recounts his World War II service as a Black soldier in the segregated U.S. Army. Assigned to a service unit, he worked as a stevedore in Boston before being sent overseas. During the invasion of Normandy and the movement across France, he and other Black soldiers cleared beach mines and unloaded supplies. At the war’s end, he was responsible for bringing his unit home amid continuing segregation on transport ships. Bryan carried art supplies in his gas mask and drew whenever possible as he endured war and racism.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details