Kids Book Index
Winifred Conkling
The fascinating, little-known story of how two brilliant female physicists’ groundbreaking discoveries led to the creation of the atomic bomb. In 1934, Ir�ne Curie, working with her husband and fellow scientist, Frederic Joliot, made a discovery that would change the world: artificial radioactivity.
Lucky FewKathryn OrmsbeeIn the tradition of Me and Earl and the Dying Girl comes a hilarious, madcap, and quirky debut novel about a group of oddball teens struggling to find themselves when facing their own mortality.The life of homeschooler Stevie Hart gets all shook up when she meets a strange boy, Max, who survived…Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Naked ’76Kevin BrooksLondon, 1976: A summer of creation, destruction, and blistering heat. Lili Garcia stands at the edge of London’s growling punk scene, playing bass with Naked, one of city’s wildest bands.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Still Life with TornadoA. S. KingA heartbreaking and mindbending story of a talented teenage artist's awakening to the brokenness of her family from acclaimed Printz award-winner A.S. King.Sixteen-year-old Sarah can't draw.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details