Kids Book Index
J. H. Diehl
When Alice’s father leaves home, she stays with her troubled mother and withdraws to an old Renaissance tent in the backyard, hoping he will return. Trying to preserve one unchanged part of summer, she aims to earn a place on her swim team’s record board in freestyle. She also meets Harriet, a new friend devoted to the science fair, who thinks Alice’s stronger stroke is backstroke.
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Endurance: My Year in Space and How I Got ThereScott Kelly, with Margaret Lazarus DeanScott Kelly recounts his path from being an indifferent student to becoming an astronaut. He describes spending an entire year aboard the International Space Station and the journey that led him there. Color and black-and-white photographs accompany the account, with back matter adding context to his experiences. The book centers on Kelly’s personal route to spaceflight and his year living in orbit.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
SquirmCarl HiaasenBilly’s search for his missing father sends him on a cross-country summer journey. Along the way, he hikes a mountain, travels on a river, and faces a grizzly bear. He encounters a spy drone, helps a neighbor’s cat, and tries to save an endangered panther. His search also leads him to confront what family and love mean. The adventure includes unexpected dangers as Billy tries to reach his father.Twelve to FourteenLexile Text Measure 740LATOS Book Level 4.7On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
TODAY The Ambrose DeceptionEmily EctonThree students their middle school teachers consider unremarkable are unexpectedly selected to compete for a mysterious scholarship. The contest offers a ten-thousand-dollar prize and sends them across Chicago to solve clues at different locations. As the students pursue the scholarship, they must follow a trail of puzzles through the city. Spot black-and-white illustrations accompany this story of an unusual academic competition and a search whose purpose remains unclear at the outset.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details