Kids Book Index
D. L. Green
Twelve-year-old Violet loves math and pie but wishes her parents’ relationship added up to something better. Her father has moved out, her mother nags, and her best friend is angry with her. Violet tries to use mathematical ideas, including ratios, multiplication, and addition, to improve the family situation. Math and the school play may also help her work through these troubles.
This book appears on 2 reading lists across 2 editions from 2 organizations.
The Brilliant Calculator: How Mathematician Edith Clarke Helped Electrify AmericaJan LowerLong before electronic calculators, Edith Clarke loved numbers, calculations, puzzles, and brainteasers. This picture-book biography follows her as she solves an electrical mystery and creates the first graphing calculator from paper. It also addresses the gender discrimination she faced in early-twentieth-century science and mathematics before she became the first woman electrical engineer in the United States.Nine to TwelveOn one of the same reading listsView book details
The Probability of EverythingSarah EverettKemi, eleven, learns that a life-ending asteroid may collide with Earth. A lover of science and probability, she is confronted with an 87 percent chance of a full collision. Her family stays with relatives in their former neighborhood, where Kemi begins creating a time capsule about her family for possible future humans. She also hopes to help her father consider meaningful work before their time runs out.Twelve to FourteenWord Count 52720On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Voyage of the SparrowhawkNatasha Farrant, map by David DeanIn the period after World War I, Ben searches for his brother Sam, who was injured in the war and has disappeared. Finding Sam is also tied to Ben’s fear of being placed in an orphanage. Ben and his friend Lotti travel across the English Channel in search of missing relatives. Their journey takes place in the unsettled aftermath of the war.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details