Kids Book Index
Don Brown
A graphic novel chronicling the immediate aftermath and rippling effects of September 11, 2001. The consequences of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York City, both political and personal, were vast, and continue to reverberate today.
View from Pagoda HillMichaela MacCollSet in the late 1800s, here is the story of Ning, a Chinese American girl who struggles to find her place in the world when she is forced to leave her home in Shanghai to go live in America with a father she barely knows.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Law and Justice Separate No More: The Long Road to Brown v. Board of EducationLawrence GoldstoneCritically acclaimed author Lawrence Goldstone offers an affecting portrait of the road to the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case, which significantly shaped the United States and effectively ended segregation.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
It All Begins with Jelly BeansNova WeetmanTwo girls form an unlikely friendship during their shared time in the school nurse’s office in this heartfelt middle grade novel for fans of Save Me a Seat and Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus.Meg spends her days hoping no one thinks too hard about why she wears the same…Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details