Kids Book Index
Avi
Newbery Medalist Avi delivers a stark, unflinching account of the boys of a tiny Polish village during the Great War who are determined to prove themselves with a simple dare that spins disastrously out of control.
The Not-So-Boring Letters of Private NobodyMatthew LandisA trio of seventh graders become one another's first friends as they discover the secrets of a Civil War soldier in this middle grade novel for fans of Gordon Korman and Gary Schmidt Twelve-year-old Oliver Prichard is obsessed with the Civil War.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Mary Shelley: The Strange True Tale of Frankenstein’s CreatorCatherine ReefOn the 200th anniversary of the publication of Frankenstein, comes a riveting biography of its author, Mary Shelley, whose life reads like a dark gothic novel, filled with scandal, death, drama, and one of the strangest love stories in literary history.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Cruel PrinceHolly BlackA mortal girl defies a cruel faerie prince to survive court intrigues and looming war.Twelve to FourteenLexile HL760LATOS 5.3On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details