Kids Book Index
Katherine Arden
After a tragic loss, eleven-year-old Ollie finds comfort in reading. One night she reads an old book about a man who made a bargain with the devil; the next day, her class visits a local farm with a history that resembles its story. When the bus breaks down on a dark road, mist, missing cell service, ghost rumors, and a threatening driver leave Ollie and two classmates fleeing in fear.
This book appears on 2 reading lists across 1 edition from 2 organizations.
March Forward, Girl: From Young Warrior to Little Rock NineMelba Pattillo BealsIn this memoir, Melba Pattillo Beals recounts her childhood and the experiences that shaped her activism. Growing up under Jim Crow laws in the South, she confronted rules that treated Black people as lesser and often felt unsafe beyond her home and neighborhood. Beals describes painful violence against members of her community as well as the support she received from family. As a teenager, she became one of the Little Rock Nine, who enrolled at Little Rock Central High School in 1957.Historical People, Places, and EventsOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Assassination of Brangwain SpurgeM.T. Anderson, Eugene YelchinElfin historian Brangwain Spurge is catapulted into goblin territory with a peace offering for its dark lord, but he has also been sent to spy. Goblin archivist Werfel hosts Brangwain as an emissary. Although both care about history and culture, each has been shaped by propaganda from their own kingdom, and they view the other’s world very differently. Their mission moves from uneasy diplomacy toward possible war.Twelve to FourteenLexile Text Measure 760LATOS Book Level 5.3On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Snow LaneJosie AngeliniIn Massachusetts during the mid-1980s, Annie Bianchi is the youngest of nine children in a Catholic household. Bright and creative, she attends a gifted class while struggling with dyslexia and has a school friend, Jordan, who is her lab partner. Annie recognizes that her teenage sister Fay physically abuses and is cruel to their sister Nora, and she knows her mother is often overwhelmed. From Annie’s viewpoint, the book discloses larger truths through small details and occasional dramatic moments in her daily life.Fiction for ChildrenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details