Kids Book Index
S. E. Durrant
Ira and Zac are siblings who have spent long enough in foster care to know its routines, yet they are uprooted once more. Sent to Skilly House, a London children’s home, they look for a lasting place in which to belong. The story is told through Ira’s diaries, following the brothers as their circumstances begin to shift and they search for an unexpected family.
This book appears on 1 reading list across 1 edition.
The WonderlingMira Bartók, illustrated by Mira BartókArthur, also called Number Thirteen, is a shy, foxlike foundling with one ear who longs to belong. He escapes a cruel orphanage with other human-animal creatures and begins a search for his origins and future. Along the way, he is aided by his gift for song and by true friends. Pencil illustrations accompany this story of a foundling seeking where he came from and where he belongs.Nine to TwelveLexile Text Measure 820LATOS Book Level 5.6On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Flowers for SarajevoJohn McCutcheonSet in Sarajevo in 1992 during the Balkan War, this fictional story follows Drasko, whose father is serving as a soldier and who sells flowers in the marketplace. A mortar attack kills people waiting to buy bread. In the days afterward, a cellist returns to the damaged square to play in remembrance. Drasko witnesses how the music gives a diverse crowd a way to share grief, hope, and a wish for healing.Nine to TwelveLexile Text Measure 570LATOS Book Level 3.7On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Lost in Outer Space: The Incredible Journey of Apollo 13 (Lost series)Tod OlsonThis nonfiction account recounts the Apollo 13 lunar mission. On April 13, 1970, an explosion tears through Jim Lovell’s spacecraft while it is two hundred thousand miles from Earth. The mission’s crisis nearly becomes a disaster. Black-and-white archival photographs accompany the account, while a glossary and source notes add supporting material. The book presents the events as a true story of a space mission that becomes endangered far from Earth.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details