Kids Book Index
Scott Simon
Nineteen-year-old Sally Miyake lives in a group home and cannot read, but she pays close attention to what happens around her. She values kindness and honesty and decides to investigate a troubling rise in deaths among the home’s residents. As Sally follows the mystery of the suspicious deaths, her observations become central to understanding what is happening in the place she calls home.
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Show Me a SignAnn Clare LeZotteThe year is 1805, and Mary’s home is Chilmark on Martha’s Vineyard. Many residents are Deaf, and sign language is familiar throughout the community. Because hearing status does not divide the residents, Mary has never regarded her deafness as a disability. A mainland scientist arrives with prejudiced beliefs, kidnaps Mary, and turns her over to a second scientist for research into why people cannot hear. This historical novel draws on the real Deaf community that existed on the island.Twelve to FourteenLexile Text Measure 730LATOS Book Level 5.1On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Into the Streets: A Young Person’s Visual History of Protest in the United StatesMarke BieschkeThis visual history considers resistance and protest in the United States. It describes how discrimination and unjust treatment have led people to express objection and anger, and how people across political and social groups have marched to seek changes in laws and practices. Archival photographs document the subject. Source notes, a bibliography, and an index provide supporting material for this examination of protest as a way people have pursued change.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Superman Smashes the KlanGene Luen YangSet in 1946, this three-part Superman comic follows teenagers Roberta and Tommy Lee after their family moves from Chinatown to central Metropolis, the city where Superman lives. Written by Gene Luen Yang and illustrated by Gurihiru, the series is loosely based on the 1946 Adventures of Superman radio story arc “Clan of the Fiery Cross.” It places a Superman story alongside the Lee family’s move to a new neighborhood.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details