Kids Book Index
Lev Grossman
Kate turns eleven feeling bored by her ordinary life, while her younger brother Tom shares the family’s uneventful routine. On her birthday, their mysterious and very wealthy Uncle Herbert arrives with a real train. The steam locomotive carries the siblings into a magical adventure. Kate, who has wished for the kinds of adventures she reads about, is drawn into a journey that involves saving the world.
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Isaiah Dunn Is My HeroKelly J. BaptistAfter his father dies, ten-year-old Isaiah Dunn lives with his mother and younger sister Charlie in a motel, a situation he keeps from his best friend. His mother is grieving, drinking, and has lost her job. Isaiah finds his father’s notebooks, filled with poems and short stories that imagine Isaiah as a superhero, and begins writing poems himself. As he hopes to help his family find an apartment, Isaiah also forms a friendship with Angel, a classmate who once bullied him.Nine to TwelveLexile Text Measure 700LATOS Book Level 4.3On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
RiceHongcheng Yu, illustrated by Hongcheng YuDetailed paintings show a full year of rice cultivation in the mountainous Yunnan province. The book traces the work that produces the grains people eat, including farmers weeding fields at midday. It identifies rice grains as “Gu” in China. Back matter accompanies the visual account of farming, fields, and the process through which rice is cultivated over the course of a year.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Smartest Kid in the UniverseChris GrabensteinAfter eating jellybeans, a boy becomes a genius. Elsewhere in the story, three seventh graders encounter an unusual science experiment and search for buried treasure. Their efforts are tied to saving their middle school from demolition. The book brings together a sudden change in one boy’s abilities, a strange experiment, a treasure hunt, and a group’s attempt to protect its school.Nine to TwelveLexile Text Measure 640LATOS Book Level 4.7On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details