Kids Book Index
Diane Magras
In medieval Scotland, twelve-year-old Drest has been raised by her father and older brothers to join their war-band. When knights from Faintree Castle capture her family, Drest escapes and plans a rescue. Traveling with a wounded knight named Emerick and a healer’s son, Tig, she proposes trading Emerick for one of her relatives, while learning unsettling things about both families.
This book appears on 2 reading lists across 1 edition from 2 organizations.
The Season of Styx MaloneKekla MagoonCaleb and his older brother Bobby Gene live in a small Indiana town, where their father wants their family to remain safe and ordinary. They meet Styx Malone, an older African American boy living with a nearby foster family, whose plans draw them beyond their usual routines. Together they begin a sequence of escalating trades, starting with fireworks and ending with a motorbike, until the deals become dangerous and illegal.Nine to TwelveLexile Text Measure 510LATOS Book Level 3.4On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Small SpacesKatherine ArdenAfter a tragic loss, eleven-year-old Ollie finds comfort in reading. One night she reads an old book about a man who made a bargain with the devil; the next day, her class visits a local farm with a history that resembles its story. When the bus breaks down on a dark road, mist, missing cell service, ghost rumors, and a threatening driver leave Ollie and two classmates fleeing in fear.Fiction for ChildrenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Winnie’s Great WarLindsay Mattick, Josh Greenhut, illustrated by Sophie BlackallCole asks for a new bedtime story, and his mother tells him more about Winnie, the bear who later inspired Winnie-the-Pooh. The story begins when an orphaned cub is taken in by a hunter’s child and then adopted by Canadian veterinarian Henry Colebourn as he heads toward World War I service. Winnie travels by ship, where she gets along with horses and rats, and later brings companionship to people behind the lines in Europe. When war becomes too dangerous, Colebourn arranges for her to live at the London Zoo, where she meets Christopher Robin Milne.Fiction for ChildrenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details