Kids Book Index
Irena Kobald
In 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.
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Blackbird FlyErin Entrada KellyTwelve-year-old Analyn “Apple” Yengko feels different from her classmates in southern Louisiana. After she is put on a list of the school’s ugliest girls and her friends turn against her, music becomes a source of comfort. Apple and her mother moved from the Philippines to the United States, and Apple struggles with the Filipino culture she once found embarrassing. She secretly learns guitar and befriends Evan, who takes an interest in that part of her life.Nine to TwelveLexile Text Measure 660LATOS Book Level 4.3On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Mad about MonkeysOwen DaveyThis illustrated nonfiction book surveys more than 250 monkey species from around the world. It ranges from the small pygmy marmoset to the much larger mandrill. The book looks at where monkeys come from, how they travel through trees, and why they may fight or play with one another. Facts and illustrations introduce the variety of monkeys and aspects of their behavior.Middle ReadersLexile Text Measure AD1050LATOS Book Level 7.2On 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