Kids Book Index
Kashmira Sheth
Anoop, a thirteen-year-old South Asian Indian American Sikh, is a brother, son, grandson, friend, middle school student, and developing writer. The free-verse novel follows him through a year marked by change and growth. At school, two boys target him because of his religion, and he considers whether the teachings of his faith can help him respond to their threats.
This book appears on 2 reading lists across 1 edition from 2 organizations.
Bite by Bite: American History through Feasts, Foods, and Side DishesMarc Aronson, Paul Freedman, illustrated by Toni D. Chambers, Frederick Douglass Opie, Amanda Palacios, Tatum Willis, David ZhengBite by Bite uses food to explore U.S. history and the cultures that have shaped American cuisine. It identifies gumbo and chop suey as American foods while considering how eating can reflect origin, migration, culture, and living traditions. The illustrated nonfiction book presents connections between food and the country’s diverse cultural history, including how people move from place to place.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Lost at Windy River: A True Story of SurvivalTrina RathgeberIn northern Canada in 1944, thirteen-year-old Ilse Schweder, a Cree girl, travels by dogsled with her siblings along her family’s trapline. When rapidly changing weather brings whiteout conditions, Ilse becomes separated and lost on the tundra. An experienced outdoorswoman, she survives alone for nine days before reaching help, though the experience leaves her with frostbite and other trauma. The true story is presented as a graphic novel with thought bubbles, text boxes, illustrations, and sidebars about Indigenous culture.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Impossible Creatures (#1)Katherine Rundell, illustrated by Ashley MacKenzieMal lives in the Archipelago, where the Glimourie Tree’s magic sustains humans and creatures such as unicorns and griffins. In the human world, Christopher discovers that his grandfather guards a portal between the worlds, a role Christopher will inherit. A baby griffin leads Christopher to Mal, who is fleeing a killer. Together they return to the Archipelago, where weakening magic has put magical creatures at risk. Their escape becomes a mission to save the tree and restore Mal’s hidden knowledge as the Immortal charged with tending it.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details