Kids Book Index
Jean Reidy, illustrated by Lucy Cummins
Sylvie is a graphic memoir about a young artist living in a French school, where her father is the principal. Her joyful childhood there gives her the means to make art and choose a life direction beyond other people’s expectations. The book portrays her pursuit of art and a self-directed path through cartoon-like artwork. Jean Reidy wrote this 352-page book.
This book appears on 2 reading lists across 2 editions from 2 organizations.
The Antiracist KidTiffany Jewell, illustrated by Nicole MilesThe Antiracist Kid introduces racism and antiracism, including systemic racism and tools for opposing it. It asks readers to consider identity, reflect on themselves, and examine questions of power and bias. The book connects this work to equity, justice, and activism, inviting readers to become advocates for change. Bold spot illustrations and extensive back matter accompany the text as additional material.Twelve to FourteenOn one of the same reading listsView book details
Lolo’s LightLiz Garton ScanlonTwelve-year-old Millie babysits a neighbor’s infant, then learns the next morning that the baby died overnight. The loss leaves her confronting guilt alongside grief. The novel follows Millie through the connected experiences of loss, responsibility, and acceptance, presenting a coming-of-age story centered on the difficult aftermath of a devastating event and the emotions that follow it.Twelve to FourteenOn one of the same reading listsView book details
Temple Alley SummerSachiko KashiwabaIn Masuda, Japan, Kazu sees a girl in white leave his family’s altar room at night. The next day, his classmates behave as if Akari has always been part of their class. Kazu learns that his home once stood on the site of a return-to-life temple and that his family protects a statuette believed to restore the dead to life. After discovering that Akari died as a child forty years earlier, Kazu becomes her friend. When a neighbor steals the statuette, Kazu tries to help Akari use her remaining time to finish a story she began before she died.Twelve to FourteenLexile Text Measure 620LATOS Book Level 4.5On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details