Kids Book Index
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In 1925, Ida leaves her family’s Colorado farm and boards in town so she can go to high school. Her hope of an education conflicts with tradition. As she adjusts to town life, Ida makes friends and encounters electricity, telephones, films, and other unfamiliar parts of the 1920s. The book also includes a glossary of period slang and additional back matter.
This book appears on 1 reading list across 1 edition.
This Boy: The Early Lives of John Lennon & Paul McCartneyIlene CooperThis book examines the early years of John Lennon and Paul McCartney, looking at the forces that shaped Lennon-McCartney. Its account is set against 1950s England and includes both favorable and difficult aspects of their formative influences. It presents Lennon and McCartney as young people formed by those influences. Archival photographs and endnotes supplement the narrative and document the era described.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinnSally J. PlaAfter wildfires force an evacuation from her father’s home, neurodivergent Maudie settles in a small California town. Surfing gives her a way to express herself, but she is also carrying the difficult question of whether to tell her dad about physical and emotional abuse at her mother’s house. During a summer with her father, Maudie searches for the courage to share her secret.Twelve to FourteenLexile Text Measure 669LATOS Book Level 4.3On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Song of UsKate FussnerSeventh graders Olivia and Eden meet through Poetry Club and fall in love. Olivia writes poetry, while Eden hopes to become a musician. Eden is not out and sets rules for their relationship: they should not call each other or let others know they are together. Jealousy and Olivia’s words eventually push Eden away as both girls face peer pressure and difficult issues with parents.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details