Kids Book Index
Rebecca Behrens
Thirteen-year-old Hannah Steele takes her first substantial babysitting job for her neighbors Zoe and Oscar on Pelling, a small island near Seattle. A major earthquake lasts four minutes, damages the house, cuts the power, and leaves cell service unavailable. Hannah is stranded with the two children and must take charge after the crisis overturns the safety she had always felt on the island.
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One Speck of TruthCaela CarterTwelve-year-old Alma wants to understand what happened when her father died, but the adults around her refuse to give her the answers she seeks. With her patient best friend beside her, Alma searches graveyards in hopes of uncovering the truth. Her questions connect her father’s death with a larger need to understand her family history and her own past.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Moon WithinAida SalazarEleven-year-old Celi thinks about changes in her body as she approaches womanhood. Her mother wants her to take part in a moon ceremony, an ancestral Mexica practice reclaimed by Mima and her community. Celi says she will not participate. Alongside this conflict, she experiences a first attraction to a boy and sees her best friend explore being genderfluid. The novel is told in verse with black-and-white spot illustrations.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Distance Between Me and the Cherry TreePaola PerettiIn Italy, ten-year-old Mafalda learns that a genetic illness will cause her to lose her eyesight. She keeps this news from her family and friends while trying to maintain an ordinary life. As the prospect of blindness becomes immediate, Mafalda needs the help of people close to her to hold on to what matters most. The novel is set against her efforts to live with the changing reality of her vision.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details