Kids Book Index
David Bowles
In an action-packed, fantasy novel, that combines Aztec and Mayan mythology with life in contemporary South Texas and Mexico, 12-year-old twins descend into the Land of the Dead to find their mother. (Belpré Author Honor Book)
First Flight around the World: The Adventures of the American Fliers Who Won the RaceTim GroveA 2016 YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Finalist In 1924 the U.S. Army sent eight young men on a bold attempt to be the first to circumnavigate the globe by flight.Older ReadersOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Lightning QueenLaura ResauNothing exciting happens on the Hill of Dust, in the remote mountains of Mexico in the 1950s. There's no electricity, no plumbing, no cars, just day after day of pasturing goats.Older ReadersOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Child Soldier: When Boys and Girls Are Used in WarJessica Dee Humphreys, Michel ChikwanineChikwanine chronicles the harrowing tale of his kidnapping at age five in the Democratic Republic of Congo, including the horrors of life as a child soldier.Older ReadersOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details