Kids Book Index
Nick Lake
Three children are born aboard a space station that circles Earth, traveling at 17,500 miles per hour and completing an orbit every ninety minutes. When they are sent to Earth for the first time, the return is presented as a homecoming, but it does not unfold as they expected. Moon 2 is about 250 miles above Earth.
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Hear the WolvesVictoria ScottTwelve-year-old Sloan, a hunter, and her neighbors must make a harsh journey through the Alaskan wilderness while ravenous wolves pursue them. The story places Sloan in a struggle to travel through a dangerous natural environment, where survival depends on the group’s ability to keep moving despite the threat behind them.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Alexander Hamilton, RevolutionaryMartha BrockenbroughThis biography traces Alexander Hamilton’s life from his birth on a small West Indian island and his orphaning as a teenager to his rise in colonial America. It covers his scholarship, military work, and enduring policy ideas that helped shape the American government. The account also addresses his personal life and his death. Drawing on Hamilton’s own writing, the book includes archival art and new illustrations alongside his story.Twelve to FourteenLexile Text Measure 1000LATOS Book Level 7.8On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
See You in the CosmosJack ChengTold through transcribed recordings made on an iPod, this novel follows Alex Petroski, an astronomy-loving preteen. Alex sets out on a journey to learn more about his late father and records what happens with the hope of sending those notes into space. Traveling with his dog, Carl Sagan, he moves through questions of family, love, hope, and wonder as he seeks a clearer understanding of his father’s life.Twelve to FourteenLexile Text Measure 1120LATOS Book Level 5.4On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details