Kids Book Index
Keely Hutton
During World War I, thirteen-year-old Thomas is a coal miner whose older brother has disappeared while serving in the English army. Hoping to find him, Thomas lies about his age and joins the Claykickers, a specialized tunnel-digging unit working beneath the Allied front. His search for his brother takes him into a dangerous underground wartime mission rather than onto an open battlefield.
This book appears on 2 reading lists across 1 edition from 2 organizations.
HeroineMindy McGinnisMickey is a talented softball catcher whose senior season is disrupted after a car accident sends her and her best friend Carolina to the hospital. Prescribed OxyContin, Mickey runs out of the medication early and obtains more through another student. Her use escalates to heroin, and she tries to hide it from her family while stealing money for drugs and struggling on the field. The novel traces her path into opioid addiction.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
AlliesAlan GratzSet on D-Day during World War II, this novel follows people experiencing the Allied invasion of German-occupied France. Dee, a young American soldier, approaches the French coast by boat with his fellow soldiers, frightened by what lies ahead. In France, Samira works as a spy attempting to disrupt the German army. Other viewpoints include an American soldier whose family escaped Germany and French civilians living through the invasion.Nine to TwelveLexile Text Measure 870LATOS Book Level 5.6On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
ShoutLaurie Halse AndersonIn this poetry memoir, Laurie Halse Anderson recounts her life from childhood through adulthood. The poems introduce her family life in the 1970s and address the sexual assault she experienced at thirteen, as well as the silence surrounding women and their bodies. Anderson writes about subsequent drug and alcohol use, competitive swimming, a year in Denmark as an exchange student, and encounters with readers affected by sexual assault. The memoir also reflects on her parents’ deaths and her family history.Fourteen and OlderLexile Text Measure 1080LATOS Book Level 7.5On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details