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Emma Otheguy
Eleven-year-old Carolina is an artist whose family circumstances require her to leave Puerto Rico for upstate New York. The move takes her away from her home country. In her new surroundings, friendship offers Carolina hope. A discovery in the backwoods also becomes part of that hopeful change, as she adjusts to the altered circumstances of her family and home.
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Can You Hear the Trees Talking?: Discovering the Hidden Life of the ForestPeter WohllebenThis nonfiction book explores the workings of forests through trees and their relationships with other living things. It explains how trees communicate, breathe, take in water, reproduce, and care for their families. Other subjects include a forest internet, aphids that keep ants as pets, and nature’s water filters. Quizzes, activities, color photographs, sketches, and back matter accompany the explanations. The account is presented by a lifelong forester.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Hawks Kettle, Puffins Wheel: And Other Poems of Birds in FlightSusan Vande GriekThis poetry collection observes twelve kinds of birds as they travel through the air. Each poem focuses on a distinctive pattern of flight and on the words associated with it, including geese that skein, puffins that wheel, crows that mob, and starlings that murmurate. Gouache and digital-media illustrations are paired with the poems. A glossary and notes on each bird in the back matter extend the book’s attention to bird movement and language.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Some Places More than OthersRenée WatsonFor her twelfth birthday, Amara visits Harlem, where her father grew up, stays with Grandpa Earl, and gets to know her cousins. Her mother asks Amara to help repair the twelve-year rift between her father and grandfather. Discovering that her father once wrote and performed poetry, and that Grandpa Earl pushed him toward athletics, makes Amara reconsider her own relationship with her mother. The trip brings family tensions and connections into view.Nine to TwelveLexile Text Measure 750LATOS Book Level 4.6On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details