Kids Book Index
Mary Winn Heider
"Equal parts screwball comedy, coming-of-age story, and tearjerker-I loved, loved, loved it!" --Varian Johnson, author of The Parker InheritanceWith a madcap sense of humor and a lot of heart (not to mention other body parts), The Mortification of Fovea Munson is Young Frankenstein for today's middle grade audience!
Ana María Reyes Does NOT Live in a CastleHilda Eunice Burgos"With a new sibling (her fourth) on the way and a big piano recital on the horizon, Dominican-American Ana María Reyes tries to win a scholarship to a New York City private school"--Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Thirty Minutes over Oregon: A Japanese Pilot's World War II StoryMarc Tyler NoblemanAn Orbis Pictus Honor Book for Outstanding Nonfiction 2019 In this important and moving true story of reconciliation after war, beautifully illustrated in watercolor, a Japanese pilot bombs the continental U.S. during WWII—the only enemy ever to do so—and comes back 20 years later to apologize.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Orca Scientists (Scientists in the Field series)Kim Perez Valice, photographed by Andy Comins, the Center for Whale Research"Follow the scientists working in the Pacific Northwest to learn about the orca whale population there, as they race to save these remarkable mammals from extinction.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details