Kids Book Index
Carolyn Crimi
Eleven-year-old Penny Rose has recently moved to a new town and initially has only the robots she builds for company. She meets Lark, another girl who enjoys creating things, and they become friends. Magic brings Penny’s robots to life and gives her an opportunity to join a secret science club. Their friendship is tested after Penny breaks Lark’s confidence.
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A Slip of a GirlPatricia Reilly GiffAnna’s family farm is at risk during the Irish Land Wars. After her mother dies and her older siblings emigrate, Anna and her father are left caring for her younger sister, who has special needs. Poor harvests mean they cannot afford the rent on land their family has worked for years. Anna becomes involved in the struggle against evictions of farming families in Ireland. Told in verse, the novel draws on the author’s own family history from the late nineteenth century.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Tornado Scientist: Seeing Inside Severe Storms (Scientists in the Field series)Mary Kay Carson, photographed by Tom UhlmanResearch meteorologist Robin Tanamachi studies tornadoes and the region known as Dixie Alley. Her team chases tornadoes across America’s heartland as part of work intended to protect lives. The book describes Tanamachi’s long-standing interest in tornadoes and extreme weather, as well as her scientific fieldwork. Sources and a glossary provide further information, while photographs document the subject. This account follows a meteorologist investigating severe storms and the challenges of understanding tornadoes from close range.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
We’re Not from HereGeoff RodkeyAfter Earth becomes uninhabitable, Lan Mifune’s family travels for twenty years to Planet Choom. On arrival, a change in leadership means the Zhuri government no longer welcomes human immigrants. The Zhuri permit Lan’s family to settle as an experiment in whether humans can integrate, but distrust human emotion. Under pressure to fit in, Lan searches for ways to make the Zhuri laugh. Lan’s friend Marf, an Ororo, circulates recordings of Lan’s sister Ila, a former teen singer whose performance expresses deep feeling. The family’s future depends on this uncertain new home.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details