Kids Book Index
Cameron Chittock, Amanda Castillo
Alidade is a Mapmaker who, with Lewis and Blue, plans to restore magic beyond the Valley. The group also wants to learn what happened to the Memris, guardians who vanished when the Night Coats took power. They meet Cado, a boy who leads them to his hidden Mountain village, where not everyone welcomes a Mapmaker or a Memri, as hidden dangers close in.
This book appears on 1 reading list across 1 edition.
The Dog KnightJeremy Whitley, illustrated by Bre Indigo with colors by Melissa CapriglioneFrankie is a nonbinary middle schooler and drummer preparing for a band-concert solo. After saving a dog from bullies, Frankie is offered the role of Dog Knight. The position involves defending a magical agreement between dogs and humans, but Frankie must show they are worthy of it. The story follows Frankie as an ordinary school life takes an unexpected turn toward this new responsibility.Kids Favorites — 6th–8th GradeLexile Text Measure HL400LATOS Book Level 2.8On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
My Selma: True Stories of a Southern Childhood at the Height of the Civil Rights MovementWillie Mae BrownSet in Selma, Alabama, this account looks at Willie Mae Brown’s childhood as the civil rights movement and the campaign for voting rights unfolded around her. It includes life within and beyond the Brown family home, alongside events connected with the 1965 march over the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Brown describes growing up Black in Selma and recalls attending church with her mother to hear Martin Luther King Jr. speak.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Punch Up!Zachary Sterling, illustrated by Zachary SterlingPitch is an orphan determined to leave his current surroundings for the city, where he hopes to enter the Wide Plains Fighting Tournament. He secretly wants training from Sonny Chan, an older competitor who is still involved in the contest. Reaching the city brings a new danger, since some of its people intend to harm him. The book presents this journey as an all-ages adventure in a shonen manga style.Kids Favorites — 6th–8th GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details