Kids Book Index
Jason Reynolds
Lu is an albino track athlete with confidence, talent, and a distinctive personal style. He believes he can guide Ghost, Patina, Sunny, and their teammates to a championship win. But the race toward that goal proves more complicated than Lu expects. The story centers on his place within a competitive track team, balancing individual drive with the responsibility he feels toward the other runners.
This book appears on 2 reading lists across 1 edition from 2 organizations.
You Go FirstErin Entrada KellyCharlotte Lockard and Ben Boxer are online friends who know each other through a Scrabble game, though more than a thousand miles separate them. Charlotte lives near Philadelphia and wants to become a geologist; she keeps a collection of rocks in her room. Ben lives in the small Louisiana town of Lanester. Over the course of a week, the two friends’ lives intersect unexpectedly as both try to navigate the upheaval and challenges of middle school.Nine to TwelveLexile Text Measure 640LATOS Book Level 4.7On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black BoyTony MedinaTony Medina presents thirteen tanka, with each poem paired with work by a different artist. Together, the poems offer thirteen glimpses of Black boys and young men in ordinary life: dressing for Sunday, hurrying to a bus, and imagining adulthood as teachers. The collection centers daily experiences and growth, using brief poetic observations and varied artwork to show multiple views of Black boyhood across childhood and adulthood in familiar settings.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Lucky Enough (Fred Bowen Sports Story series)Fred BowenThirteen-year-old Trey makes the Ravens baseball travel team after finding a piece of rare sea glass on his grandmother’s beach. He treats the sea glass as a lucky charm and grows increasingly attached to superstitious routines. Trey avoids the foul line, taps the corners of home plate when batting, and chooses the same bat each time. His teammates tease him and respond with sarcasm as he continues these rituals.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details