Kids Book Index
Joana Estrela
MILDRED L. BATCHELDER HONOR WINNER School Library Journal Best of the Year BCCB Best of the Year (Blue Ribbon Selection) A beautiful slice-of-life story that is This One Summer meets Ursula K. Le Guin’s Very Far Away from Anywhere Else, told in flashbacks 16-year-old Raquel lives in a small town in Portugal…
Aniana Del Mar Jumps InJasminne MendezBut she and Papi keep her swim practices and meets hidden from Mami, who has never recovered from losing someone she loves to the water years ago.Teacher Favorites — 6th–8th GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Impossible Escape: A True Story of Survival and Heroism in Nazi EuropeSteve SheinkinFrom three-time National Book Award finalist and Newbery Honor author Steve Sheinkin, a true story of two Jewish teenagers racing against time during the Holocaust—one in hiding in Hungary, and the other in Auschwitz, plotting escape.It is 1944.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Houses With a Story: A Dragon’s Den, a Ghostly Mansion, a Library of Lost Books, and 30 More Amazing Places to ExploreSeiji YosidaThe book introduces more than 30 delightfully detailed dwellings and their inhabitants through intricate architectural illustrations with sidebars and descriptions that introduce residents both human and supernatural, from the past, present, and future. (The Batchelder Award Book)Older ReadersOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details