Kids Book Index
Nicola Davies
A young girl is forced to leave the familiar world she knows and becomes a refugee. She recounts an arduous journey shaped by the pain of war, while the narrative also holds onto hope. Colorful, childlike illustrations accompany the starkly realistic account. The book presents both the disruption of forced displacement and the emotional toll of conflict through the girl’s experience.
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Cardboard KingdomChad SellOver one summer, sixteen neighborhood children make costumes from cardboard and scraps, adopting identities such as superheroes, knights, robots, and monsters. Their shared imaginative play includes mock backyard battles and stories told from different children’s points of view. The graphic novel moves between the fantasy world they create and their daily lives as they build costumes and navigate family drama, peer conflicts, and social hierarchies. The cast includes children with different ethnicities, body sizes, and gender identities.Nine to TwelveLexile Text Measure GN150LATOS Book Level 2.4On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The House with Chicken LegsSophie AndersonMarinka lives with her grandmother, a Yaga who guides the newly dead toward the afterlife. Their magical, self-directed house travels from place to place around the world, and it can play games with Marinka. Yet Marinka wants a human friend with whom she can talk and share secrets. Drawing on Baba Yaga tales, the novel combines a wandering home, family duties, and Marinka’s wish for companionship.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Dollar KidsJennifer Richard JacobsonLowen’s family buys a house for one dollar in a struggling small town trying to attract new families for its school and sports teams. The move is meant to offer the family a fresh start, but it brings another set of problems. Lowen, a twelve-year-old comic-book artist, is still grieving the shooting death of his friend Abe. The story follows the family’s arrival in town and Lowen’s response to loss and change. Occasional comic-strip illustrations appear in the book.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details