Kids Book Index
Matt Faulkner, illustrated by Matt Faulkner
My Nest of Silence is a 384-page book by Matt Faulkner, published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers in 2023. Mari and her family are required to live in a relocation center. This happens after a government decision judges Japanese Americans as not sufficiently American. The account concerns a family’s forced relocation under that government action.
This book appears on 1 reading list across 1 edition.
Three Sisters: A NovelHeather MorrisThree Slovakian sisters—Livia, Magda, and Cibi—survive years of imprisonment at Auschwitz, a Nazi death camp. They remain together while facing starvation, exhausting labor, and the cruelty of guards. Their shared ordeal is defined by the effort to endure the conditions of the camp and stay connected to one another. The novel centers the sisters’ experience of survival during the Holocaust.Ninth to Twelfth GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Rima’s Rebellion: Courage in a Time of TyrannyMargarita EngleSet in 1920s Cuba, this free-verse novel follows Rima, a multiracial girl who is illegitimate and shunned. As women from varied backgrounds organize voting clubs to seek suffrage and equality, Rima confronts people who do not support equal rights for everyone. She fights for laws intended to protect and empower women. Historical back matter accompanies this story of exclusion, political action, and women’s rights.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee (Young Readers Adaptation)David TreuerAdapted from an adult nonfiction book, this young readers edition considers Native American resilience and reinvention. It addresses the long-standing belief, dating from the late nineteenth century, that Native American civilization had been erased from the United States. The book instead centers Native American life and continuing presence, using that history to examine how ideas about disappearance have shaped public understanding.Ninth to Twelfth GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details