Kids Book Index
Leila Sales
During World War II, ten-year-old Lottie lives in England, where her best friend is Kitty. A portal sends Lottie to present-day Wisconsin, leaving her to find a way back to her family and Kitty. Across time and place, she confronts the difficulties of friendship and of understanding who she is. The journey also asks Lottie to act with courage as she follows what matters to her.
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This Is the Story of YouBeth KephartSeventeen-year-old Mira Banul lives year-round in a small beach town on a New Jersey barrier island. Mira and her fellow Year-Rounders have faced the particular challenges of island life together. When a devastating superstorm hits, Mira confronts both the force of the storm and the destruction it leaves behind while she is alone. Told in poetic prose, the novel focuses on the impact of a sudden weather disaster on Mira and her island community.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Brown v. Board of Education: A Fight for Simple JusticeSusan Goldman RubinThis narrative history traces the struggle that led to the 1954 Supreme Court decision intended to end segregation in U.S. schools. It follows Thurgood Marshall and colleagues at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund as earlier civil-rights cases built toward Brown v. Board of Education. The book explains that Brown combined five cases, each involving a family whose child attended a segregated school in a different region. Historical photographs accompany its account of the students, parents, lawyers, and legal strategy involved.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Outlaws of Time: The Legend of Sam MiracleN. D. WilsonSam is a foster child with two damaged arms who escapes into dreams. In the first book of the series, he discovers that he can bend and shift time through an ability called time walking. At twelve, Sam faces a frightening transformation in which his arms are replaced by snakes, encounters enemy vultures, and confronts danger involving his sister. Black-and-white drawings accompany this story of time-bending peril.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details