Kids Book Index
Adrianna Cuevas
Pineda Matlage lives in Soledad, a rural Texas town where American soldiers arrive for a training exercise and take over the school and local government. Pineda suspects they are actually looking for a strange creature he has hidden in his parents’ barn. He has promised to find the creature’s family and help them return home, but soldiers and checkpoints make that task difficult.
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Shell Song: Based on a True Family StorySharon Fujimoto-JohnsonBased on the author’s family history, this picture book tells of a Japanese immigrant grandfather in Hawai‘i during World War II. After he is imprisoned and separated from his family, the music and ocean he loved are no longer part of his daily life. During his long, lonely confinement, he searches for, labels, and carefully keeps tiny seashells. His collection passes to later generations, who remember him through the shells.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Dreams to Ashes: The 1871 Los Angeles Chinatown MassacreLivia BlackburneThis picture-book history introduces Chinese immigrants living in nineteenth-century Los Angeles and recounts anti-Chinese violence in 1871. Racist newspaper commentary helped intensify xenophobia toward Chinese Americans before a mob attacked Chinatown and killed eighteen Chinese men. Earth-toned illustrations, made with ink and digital techniques, accompany this account of the massacre.Third to Fifth GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
When Sally O’Malley Discovered the SeaKaren CushmanIn the summer of 1894, orphan Sally O’Malley leaves her job at a mineral-spring hotel in central Oregon and heads west toward the sea. She travels alone at first, meeting a dangerous bobcat on her first day. Sally believes she has no need for anyone, but along the way she encounters a woman called Major, an old donkey, a dog, and a child. Her journey also challenges her ability to trust other people.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details