Kids Book Index
Yehudi Mercado
In 1980s Brooklyn, Wax is a young DJ whose turntable work accidentally summons a UFO. The craft transports him, his family, his best friend, and his current crush to Discopia, a planet ruled by robots. The comic mixes hip-hop, science fiction, and kung fu as Wax and his group confront their sudden trip to this robot-dominated world far from home.
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Strongheart: Wonder Dog of the Silver ScreenCandace FlemingBased on a true story set in the silent-film era, Strongheart follows Etzel, a German police dog acquired by director Larry Trimble. Renamed Strongheart, he gradually learns to trust and becomes a natural performer in films. After accusations that he attacked a girl, the dog must use his acting ability to prove his innocence. The story traces his transformation from a trained police dog to a silent-movie star in the 1920s.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Crash: The Great Depression and the Fall and Rise of AmericaMarc FavreauThis nonfiction account examines the Great Depression through the experiences of prominent figures and everyday Americans. It explains factors that led to the economic crisis and traces its effects on life in the United States during the 1930s, including hardship and political change. Archival photographs, documents, and other primary-source material accompany the account. A timeline, glossary, source notes, bibliography, and selected primary sources provide further historical context.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Seeing into Tomorrow: Haiku by Richard WrightRichard Wright/biography by Nina…The book brings together twelve haiku Richard Wright wrote in the last year of his life with Nina Crews’s photocollage art. The poems attend to nature and everyday sounds. Crews’s images show African American boys in places such as fields, forests, docks, and porches, creating visual settings that reflect the poems’ observations of childhood and the outdoors.All readersOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details