Kids Book Index
Eugene Yelchin
An Association of Jewish Libraries Sydney Taylor Honor WinnerWith a masterful mix of comic timing and disarming poignancy, Newbery Honoree Eugene Yelchin offers a memoir of growing up in Cold War Russia.Drama, family secrets, and a KGB spy in his own kitchen!
While I Was AwayWaka T. BrownA girl navigates identity and belonging in 1980s Japan, caught between two cultures.Twelve to FourteenLexile 800LATOS 5.1On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Being Clem (Finding Langston trilogy)Lesa Cline-RansomeBut when his family receives news that his father has died in the infamous Port Chicago disaster, everything begins to fall apart.Nine to TwelveLexile 900LATOS 4.8On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Great Stink: How Joseph Bazalgette Solved London's Poop Pollution ProblemColleen PaeffA Robert F. Sibert Honor Book! Discover the true story about the determined engineer who fixed London’s pollution problem in this funny, accessible nonfiction picture book featuring engaging art from the illustrator of Queen Victoria’s Bathing Machine.It’s the summer of 1858, and London’s River Thames STINKS.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details