Kids Book Index
Fiona Wood
Dan Cereill is overwhelmed by his family’s changed finances, a move, and the difficulties of starting at a new school. At home, his mother’s wedding-cake business is failing, while his father has recently come out as gay. Dan also has a strong crush on Estelle, the girl next door, and tries to cheer his mother. The story follows him as he tries to understand what it means to be good.
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Welcome to New Zealand: A Nature JournalSandra MorrisThis book explains how to create a detailed nature journal through close observation of the surrounding environment. It focuses on noticing what is present outdoors and recording those discoveries, with the idea extending to observations made in a reader’s own backyard. Mixed-media illustrations accompany the guidance, showing an approach to documenting the natural world through looking carefully, making notes, and keeping a journal.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
BeastkeeperCat HellisenAfter Sarah’s mother leaves, Sarah and her depressed father go to stay with grandparents she has never met in an old castle. There, Sarah discovers a family history of curses, revenge, and transformations. Her grandfather is held as a beast, while other relatives have been changed into animals or become bound by spells. Sarah learns that the curse reaches her as well: when she first falls in love, she will become a beast unless she can find a lasting way to end it.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Six of CrowsLeigh BardugoSix of Crows is a fantasy novel by Leigh Bardugo about Kaz, a seventeen-year-old who leads a gang of outcasts toward a distant island. Their aim is to seize a scientist responsible for making a drug that might devastate humanity. The novel also follows a crew of thieves and uses several characters’ third-person viewpoints. Its setting includes Ketterdam, a city loosely inspired by Amsterdam during the Dutch Republic.Twelve to FourteenLexile Text Measure HL790LATOS Book Level 5.5On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details