Kids Book Index
Fred Bowen
Kris comes from a family that loves sports and wants to score like his older brother. Instead, his new coach assigns him the role of the team’s sixth man, leaving him off the starting lineup and waiting on the bench. As Kris tries to understand his place on the team, he faces a question that matters to him: can he still feel important without being a starting player?
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I’m Gonna Paint: Ralph Fasanella, Artist of the PeopleAnne BroylesThis picture-book biography follows folk artist and labor organizer Ralph Fasanella. After discovering his aptitude for painting almost by chance, Fasanella leaves his labor-union job and turns to depicting working-class lives in his art. The illustrations echo the exuberant qualities of his paintings and include reproductions of his work. Back matter adds context to the account of an artist whose life joined creative work with labor organizing.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Julia and the SharkKiran Millwood HargraveTen-year-old Julia spends the summer on Unst in Shetland, Scotland, while her father automates a lighthouse and her scientist mother searches for a Greenland shark. Her mother believes the long-lived, slow-moving sharks could aid dementia treatment research. Homesick at first, Julia makes a local friend named Kin. As funding disappears and no shark is found, her mother’s fixation intensifies, bringing strain to the family and revealing that her mother is experiencing a serious mental-health crisis.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Oliver’s Great Big UniverseJorge Cham, illustrated by Jorge ChamEleven-year-old Oliver hopes to become an astrophysicist and keeps a diary-style account of what he learns about the universe. He receives help from Dr. Howard, a scientist who inspires him. As Oliver tries to make sense of cosmic mysteries, he also has to handle middle school. The book uses greyscale illustrations drawn in a cartoon style as part of the telling.Nine to TwelveLexile Text Measure 740LATOS Book Level 4.7On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details