Kids Book Index
Jennifer A. Nielsen
Twelve-year-old Atlas Wade has climbed mountains since his mother died, trying to escape his memories of her. He joins his father on an expedition to Mount Everest, where an avalanche leaves members of the party stranded. Atlas, Maddie, and the injured Sherpa Chodak continue into dangerous conditions in search of survivors. Their journey is shadowed by the possibility that a Nazi spy is among them.
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The Lost Women of ScienceMelina Gerosa Bellows and Katie Hafner, illustrated by Karyn LeeThis collection tells the stories of ten women scientists whose work and lives were overlooked in historical accounts. Their contributions include conducting experiments, identifying diseases, and deciphering codes that affected World War II. Drawing on the Lost Women of Science podcast, the book presents these STEM pioneers through illustrated sketches, photographs, and accounts of their achievements and the barriers they faced.Third to Eighth GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
It's About Time!: Big Ideas That Changed the World #6 (A Nonfiction Graphic Novel)Don Brown, illustrated by Don BrownAlbert Einstein guides this graphic nonfiction exploration of time and the ways people measure it. Beginning with ancient stone circles and pyramids, it moves through sundials, hourglasses, early timepieces, watches, standardized time, and atomic clocks. The book considers why the calendar has twelve months and the day has twenty-four hours, as well as Greenwich Mean Time, Deep Time, and the role of time in smartphone GPS satellites.Third to Eighth GradeLexile Text Measure GN940LOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Outsider Kids: A Parachute Kids Graphic Novel (Parachute Kids #2)Betty C. Tang, illustrated by Betty C. TangAfter spending seven months alone as undocumented immigrants, the Lin siblings have begun to establish lives in California. Their hard-won stability is put at risk when a privileged cousin enters the picture. This companion graphic novel follows the three siblings as they face a threat to the happiness and security they have managed to build in their new home.Third to Eighth GradeLexile Text Measure HL190LATOS Book Level 2.4On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details