Kids Book Index
Alison Pearce Stevens, illustrated by Matt Huynh
Twelve million years ago, rhinos, elephants, and camels roamed North America. They would gather at nearby watering holes―eating, drinking, and trying not to become someone else’s lunch.
Race to the Bottom of the Earth: Surviving AntarcticaRebecca E. F. BaroneEqual parts adventure and STEM, Rebecca E. F. Barone's Race to the Bottom of the Earth: Surviving Antarctica is a thrilling nonfiction book for young readers chronicling two treacherous, groundbreaking expeditions to the South Pole—and includes eye-catching photos of the Antarctic landscape."Riveting!Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
WorserJennifer ZieglerA bullied 12-year-old boy must find a new normal after his mother has a stroke and his life is turned upside down.William Wyatt Orser, a socially awkward middle schooler, is a wordsmith who, much to his annoyance, acquired the ironically ungrammatical nickname of “Worser" so long ago that few people at school…Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
THE DIRE DAYS OF WILLOWWEEP MANORShaenon K. Garrity, illustrated by Christopher BaldwinNimona meets Paper Girls with a literary twist in this wickedly funny graphic novel about a teenager who is swept up in a strange new universe and must save it from an all-consuming evil in order to return home.One dark and stormy night, Haley sees a stranger drowning in the river.Grades 6–8On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details