Kids Book Index
Adam Makos
Set in Cologne in 1944, this young readers edition brings together an American gunner, a German gunner, and a civilian whose lives meet violently. Their intersecting paths unfold during wartime. The book includes substantial back matter and draws on original sources, providing material connected to the events and people it presents. It is an adaptation for young adults.
This book appears on 1 reading list across 1 edition.
Code Breaker – Young Readers Edition: Jennifer Doudna and the Race to Understand Our Genetic CodeWalter IsaacsonWritten by Walter Isaacson, this 336-page young readers’ adaptation examines a scientific revolution involving CRISPR, gene editing, and research into the code of life. It presents Jennifer Doudna in connection with efforts to understand genetic code. The book treats CRISPR and gene editing as central to a broader period of scientific change and inquiry into how life is encoded.Ninth to Twelfth GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee (Young Readers Adaptation)David TreuerAdapted from an adult nonfiction book, this young readers edition considers Native American resilience and reinvention. It addresses the long-standing belief, dating from the late nineteenth century, that Native American civilization had been erased from the United States. The book instead centers Native American life and continuing presence, using that history to examine how ideas about disappearance have shaped public understanding.Ninth to Twelfth GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Three Sisters: A NovelHeather MorrisThree Slovakian sisters—Livia, Magda, and Cibi—survive years of imprisonment at Auschwitz, a Nazi death camp. They remain together while facing starvation, exhausting labor, and the cruelty of guards. Their shared ordeal is defined by the effort to endure the conditions of the camp and stay connected to one another. The novel centers the sisters’ experience of survival during the Holocaust.Ninth to Twelfth GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details