Kids Book Index
Jorge Aguirre, Andrés Vera Martínez
Sixth grader Pablo discovers that his school locker opens onto a realm of monsters. When a vengeful Aztec goddess threatens his middle school, Pablo works with a small group of friends to save it. Presented as a graphic novel, the story combines a school setting, a hidden portal, monstrous encounters, and mythology as Pablo and his friends confront the danger.
This book appears on 1 reading list across 1 edition.
The Luminous Life of Lucy LandryAnna Rose Johnson, map by Emily Faith JohnsonIn 1912, eleven-year-old Lucy Landry loses her guardian shortly after her father dies in a shipwreck. An Ojibwe family living in a lighthouse on a tiny Lake Superior island offers to foster Lucy, who is Ojibwe and French American and afraid of water. The Martin children resent her arrival, while Lucy tries so hard to help that she sometimes makes mistakes. She copes by inventing personas and stories about her father. Lucy is especially focused on his tale of a message in a bottle about a ruby necklace lost in a capsized boat.Twelve to FourteenWord Count 49286On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Summer She Went MissingChelsea IchasoWhen Audrey vanishes, her brother and her best friend Paige search for her. Their efforts bring a series of false leads, while Paige uncovers a secret in Audrey’s room. The disappearance follows a summer when Audrey had seemed unlike herself, and Paige had begun receiving attention from Audrey’s brother, Dylan. The search gradually turns toward what Audrey may have been hiding.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Mountain of Fire: The Eruption and Survivors of Mount St. HelensRebecca E. F. BaroneThis narrative nonfiction account examines the May 18, 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. It tells of people who died, people who survived, and those who tried to raise the alarm. For two months beforehand, scientists in Washington State recognized signs that an earthquake was imminent. The volcano’s power and destruction exceeded predictions. Back matter accompanies the account of the eruption and the people affected by it.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details