Kids Book Index
Jess Redman
Eleven-year-old Wunder Ellis keeps a journal called The Miraculous, where he records events he considers extraordinary. After his newborn sister dies at eight days old, he abandons the journal and stops believing in miracles. Wunder later meets Faye, a bold girl carrying losses of her own. Together they visit an abandoned house near a cemetery and encounter an older woman who asks for their help.
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Today Badir and the BeaverShannon StewartDuring Ramadan, Badir and his brother Anis take an evening walk as they wait for iftar. Ramadan is described as a time for fasting and attention to good deeds. Badir, recently arrived in Canada from Tunisia, joins friends in trying to save a beaver in a Vancouver park. The book brings together his new surroundings, his brother, and the effort to help the animal.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Boy Who Touched the Stars/El niño que alcanzó las estrellasJosé M. HernándezJosé M. Hernández’s story begins with a boy who looks through his window at stars in blue, yellow, and white. The son of Mexican migrant farm workers, he pursues a lifelong goal of becoming a U.S. astronaut. Presented in both English and Spanish, the book follows his path from a childhood fascination with the night sky to spaceflight.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