Kids Book Index
Sachiko Kashiwaba; translated by Avery Fischer Udagawa, illustrated by Miho Satake
"Kashiwaba's novel is indeed transporting. . . . She could be at her grandma’s house in Nagano now, instead of trudging through a forest in search of a town that might not even exist.
The ExperimentRebecca SteadThe Experiment is a middle-grade science-fiction novel about Nathan, a sixth-grader who believes his family is part of an alien experiment on Earth; when participants begin disappearing, he questions what he has been told about his identity and purpose.Grades 3–5ATOS 4.2AR interest MG 4–8On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Winter of the DollhouseLaura Amy SchlitzEleven-year-old Tiphany, an elderly woman, and a captive antique doll named Gretel become entangled through the secrets of a long-neglected dollhouse.Fiction for ChildrenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Zuzu SecretMiriam ChernickIt’s summer, and Josie and Abe’s family just moved to a new town.Fiction for ChildrenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details