Kids Book Index
Janet Key
At theater camp, Maren faces a mystery involving a legendary ring and a series of clues linked to Twelfth Night. Using quick thinking, she races to solve the puzzle before the camp is lost. The story includes LGBTQIA+ young people and adults, and its back matter addresses gender identity. Mystery-solving, theatrical references, and the urgent search for the ring shape Maren’s time at camp.
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When Winter Robeson CameBrenda WoodsSet in Los Angeles during 1965, this novel in verse brings cousins Eden and Winter together for a two-week visit. Eden anticipates an easy, happy time, but Winter arrives determined to find his missing father. Their search sends them gathering facts while the Watts Rebellion unfolds around them. As they investigate, the cousins encounter family secrets amid the unrest and discord of that historical moment.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
GhostlightKenneth OppelA teen spends the summer frightening tourists with ghost stories, but the job changes when he unintentionally calls up the spirit of a girl who died. Rebecca Strand was sixteen when she and her father fell from the top of Gibraltar Point Lighthouse in 1839. Three friends later work with a ghost to confront dangerous dead forces and try to protect the world. The suspenseful story also draws on Canadian history.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Unbreakable: The Spies Who Cracked the Nazis’ Secret CodeRebecca E. F. BaroneThis true account follows the codebreakers, spies, and naval personnel who worked to decipher the Nazis’ Enigma machine during World War II. Allied forces intercepted messages that initially seemed meaningless, while people from Poland, France, and Britain contributed to solving the complex military codes. Their efforts to understand encrypted communications form the book’s central story, with back matter adding further context to this wartime intelligence work.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details