Kids Book Index
Jennifer A. Nielsen
Chaya Lindner is a Jewish teenager in Nazi-occupied Poland, where her identity puts her at risk of death or deportation to camps. Her sister is taken away, her younger brother vanishes, and her parents nearly lose hope. Determined to act, Chaya works with the rebellion and its leaders. Through her experience, the book depicts Jewish resistance during World War II, particularly in the Warsaw ghetto.
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Tangled PlanetKate BlairAfter four hundred years of travel, the starship Venture reaches Beta Earth, an uninhabited planet intended for human settlement. Seventeen-year-old engineer Ursa and her crewmates must leave the ship that has served as their home for centuries and begin colonizing their destination. The novel follows a group of people in the distant future as they make the difficult transition from life aboard a spacecraft to building a home on a new world.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Votes for Women!: American Suffragists and the Battle for the BallotWinifred ConklingThis account traces the long United States campaign for women’s suffrage, starting in 1848 and ending with the 1920 ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment. It follows an almost eighty-year struggle in which women marched, protested, and at times broke the law while seeking the vote. Archival photographs accompany the history of the movement and its fight for equal rights.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
S.T.A.G.S.M. A. BennettGreer MacDonald transfers to Aidan the Great School, known as S.T.A.G.S., as its scholarship student. At first, the school’s admired inner circle, called the Medievals, largely ignores or ridicules her. Greer is then unexpectedly invited to spend a weekend with the students who lead her class. As the visit unfolds, she gradually discovers that the invitation conceals something evil. The novel follows an outsider navigating a prestigious school and an increasingly threatening social group.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details