Kids Book Index
Marsh, Katherine
*A National Book Award Finalist*From the author of Nowhere Boy - called “a resistance novel for our times” by The New York Times - comes a brilliant middle-grade survival story that traces a harrowing family secret back to the Holodomor, a terrible famine that devastated Soviet Ukraine in the 1930s.Thirteen-year-old Matthew is…
The Cricket WarPhạm, Thọ, and Sandra McTavishA gripping story of a boy’s escape from Communist Vietnam by boat, based on the author’s own experience.It’s 1980, and 12-year-old Tho Pham lives with his family in South Vietnam.Fiction for ChildrenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
When Impossible HappensDe Suza, JaneA poignant story of life in India during the pandemic that mixes loss, hope, and even a mystery solved by imaginative, lively, almost-nine-year-old Swara.When the pandemic hits and India goes into lockdown, high-spirited Swara keeps up her daily chats with her just-as-imaginative grandmother, Pitter Paati, through video calls.Fiction for ChildrenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Museum of Lost and FoundSales, LeilaAn abandoned museum holds secrets to mending a broken friendship.Fiction for ChildrenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details