Kids Book Index
Kathy Cannon Wiechman
Leander and Polly are teenage Union soldiers, each carrying a dangerous secret. Leander enlists while underage, while Polly enters the war with her father disguised as his son. They face danger, imprisonment, and the horrors of war as events change both of their lives. Their experiences bring loyalty and courage into conflict with the risks created by secrecy and military service.
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Show and ProveSofia QuinteroShow and Prove takes place in the South Bronx in 1983, amid poverty, drugs, racism, and war in the Middle East. Raymond “Smiles” King and Guillermo “Nike” Vega are among three teenagers trying to understand this world. A coming-of-age story, it also places their concerns during a summer when hip-hop was demonstrating its staying power. The setting is marked by the crack epidemic and AIDS alongside these pressures.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Everything That Makes YouMoriah McStaySet in Memphis, this split-narrative novel follows two versions of teenager Fiona Doyle. In one narrative, Fiona was badly burned in childhood by hot oil from a popcorn machine and has severe facial scars. In the other, Fi is the version of Fiona for whom the accident never occurred. Alternating chapters explore these two paths for the same girl, placing a childhood injury alongside an imagined life without it.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Listen to the MoonMichael MorpurgoMichael Morpurgo’s novel is set during the period of World War I. Alfie lives off England’s coast, while Merry lives in New York City. Merry and her mother travel on the Lusitania to England, where her father is recovering from an injury caused by the war. The journey connects their lives across the Atlantic against the backdrop of the conflict.Twelve to FourteenLexile Text Measure 960LATOS Book Level 5.9On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details