Kids Book Index
Lucy Jane Bledsoe
Twelve-year-old Willa has spent five years in the Alaskan wilderness with her father and twin younger brothers, following their mother’s death. The family lives in a log cabin they built, but Willa decides they cannot remain there. She must use her survival skills to get herself and her brothers away before winter arrives and before their father catches them.
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Dear Sweet PeaJulie MurphyPatricia “Sweet Pea” DiMarco faces her parents’ divorce as seventh grade comes to an end. Rather than separating households in different places, her parents move into nearly identical homes on the same street. Sweet Pea struggles with this unusual arrangement and with changing friendships. She also discovers that she has a talent for giving advice. A letter sets off a chain of events involving Sweet Pea and her family. The novel follows her as she adapts to family change and the social shifts surrounding the end of seventh grade.Twelve to FourteenLexile Text Measure 810LATOS Book Level 5.1On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Dreaming in Code: Ada Byron Lovelace, Computer PioneerEmily Arnold McCullyThis biography follows Ada Byron Lovelace from an unusual childhood through her work with mathematics and early computing ideas. Ada’s mother left her father, the poet Lord Byron, when Ada was an infant and arranged a private education for her. At seventeen, Ada met Charles Babbage and shared his interests in algebra and calculus. Her notes on Babbage’s Analytical Engine recognized possibilities in his mechanical computer. The account also describes chronic illness and difficult family relationships during her life.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Sal & Gabi Break the UniverseCarlos HernandezAfter moving from Connecticut to Miami with his Papi and stepmother, Salvador Vidón attends a progressive arts school where his passion is magic. Sal also has a secret ability: he can bring people and objects from parallel universes into his own. When this power produces a dead chicken in a bully’s locker, he meets Gabi Reál, who is determined to uncover his secret. As Sal becomes closer to Gabi and her family, he also grapples with the loss of his mother and his changing family relationships.Twelve to FourteenLexile Text Measure 700LOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details