Kids Book Index
Karla Arenas Valenti
Eleven-year-old Clara is drawn into a dangerous game of Lotería involving Life and Death. Marked for la Lotería without realizing it, she must try to rescue her cousin from Las Pozas. The story moves through cobbled streets and jacaranda trees before the game reaches Clara, with black-and-white illustrations accompanying her struggle against its dangers.
This book appears on 2 reading lists across 1 edition from 2 organizations.
Crossing the StreamElizabeth-Irene BaitieIn Ghana, twelve-year-old Ato and his friends start an organic garden because they hope to earn access to a bird sanctuary. Their effort brings them into conflict with a religious leader who works against their community. Ato has also heard claims that a woman is a witch, and his mother warns him to stay away from the old couch on her porch.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
BordersThomas KingA Blackfoot boy and his mother drive from their home on a Blackfoot reserve in Alberta to visit his older sister in Salt Lake City. At the Canada–United States border, officials demand that they identify as either Canadian or American. His mother answers Blackfoot and refuses to choose either national label. Denied entry in both directions, they spend several days in the space between the borders, sleeping in their car and passing time at the duty-free shop. Their journey centers on identity, family, and resistance.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Luna Howls at the MoonKristin O’Donnell TubbLuna wants to become an official therapy dog through Therapy Dogs Worldwide and is close to earning her fifty-visit pin. Children who visit her are placed in a therapy group, disrupting Luna’s usual routine. The children have different emotional needs: Beatrice feels angry, Caleb is restless, Amelia carries fear, and Hector is quiet. Luna is being trained to understand and help people with their emotions while keeping the group safe.Nine to TwelveLexile Text Measure 600LATOS Book Level 3.9On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details