Kids Book Index
Robin Stevens
At their boarding school, best friends Hazel Wong and Daisy Wells run a secret detective agency. Their first major investigation begins when their teacher, Miss Bell, is found dead. The two friends must pursue the mystery after a body disappears, trying to solve the case before the killer acts again.
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Full Cicada MoonMarilyn HiltonIn 1969, Mimi relocates with her Japanese mother and Black father to Vermont. As the first Moon landing approaches, she pursues her interest in the space program. Told in free verse, the novel places Mimi's struggle to fit in alongside her decision to stand up for what she believes. Prejudice shapes the new town where she is making a life.Nine to TwelveLexile Text Measure 790LATOS Book Level 5On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Red ButterflyA. L. SonnichsenKara was abandoned as a baby and raised by an American woman in China. At eleven, she spends much of her time in their Tianjin apartment, wondering why she and Mama cannot join Daddy in Montana. Because Kara and her mother differ from those around them in their Chinese neighborhood, they stand apart. A medical emergency draws them into Chinese bureaucracy, leaving Kara's future uncertain.Middle ReadersOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
My Two BlanketsIrena KobaldIn a new country, a young woman learns a new language. She compares her first language to a warm, comforting blanket. As the new language becomes familiar, she comes to have two blankets: one representing her old language and one representing the new. The story uses this comparison to describe finding comfort and friendship in an unfamiliar place.Middle ReadersLexile Text Measure AD480LATOS Book Level 2.3On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details