Kids Book Index
Polly Horvath
After their parents are swept away in a tsunami, the four McCready sisters leave their missionary family life to live with Great-Aunt Martha on Pine Island in British Columbia. The sisters must adjust to their new home and to the sudden loss of their parents. Their situation changes again when their aunt dies, leaving them to continue searching for family and stability.
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The Summer We Found the BabyAmy HestDuring World War II, eleven-year-old Julie Sweet and her younger sister Martha find an abandoned baby. Their discovery occurs on the morning a new children’s library is dedicated in Belle Beach, Long Island. The sisters want to keep the baby, but the child’s mother arrives with an unexpected visitor. The novel recounts that summer through three points of view.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Silver ArrowLev GrossmanKate turns eleven feeling bored by her ordinary life, while her younger brother Tom shares the family’s uneventful routine. On her birthday, their mysterious and very wealthy Uncle Herbert arrives with a real train. The steam locomotive carries the siblings into a magical adventure. Kate, who has wished for the kinds of adventures she reads about, is drawn into a journey that involves saving the world.Nine to TwelveLexile Text Measure 740LATOS Book Level 4.9On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Pixie Pushes OnTamara BundySet on a family farm in the American heartland during the 1940s, this novel portrays a young girl whose life changes when her sister contracts polio. Pixie faces painful, complicated lessons in the aftermath of her sister’s illness. Family and friends support her as she adjusts to the upheaval. The book combines this farm-family crisis with moments of humor.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details