Kids Book Index
Patricia Park
Korean American high school senior Jackie wants to become a chef, but struggles with her parents’ expectations. She finds comfort at her grandparents’ deli, where her connection to food grows. Jackie’s passion eventually leads her into a competitive television cooking show. The book includes recipes and follows her effort to balance a culinary dream with the expectations and traditions of her family.
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The Reappearance of Rachel PriceHolly JacksonEighteen-year-old Bel has grown up in the shadow of her mother Rachel’s disappearance. Rachel vanished sixteen years earlier, and Bel was the only witness, though she remembers nothing about it. When the Price family agrees to participate in a true-crime documentary, the old case returns to public attention. Rachel then reappears, and Bel sets out to uncover the truth amid an increasingly tangled web of lies.Twelve to FourteenLexile Text Measure HL620LATOS Book Level 4.7On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Adventures of Mary JaneHope Jahren, map by Virginia NoreySet in the 1840s, this novel follows fourteen-year-old Mary Jane from a Minnesota Territory trading post southward after a letter requests help from her mother’s sister. Mary Jane assists her aunt’s family and, after tragedy, accompanies her orphaned teenage cousins to another uncle. That uncle is a slaveholder, and Mary Jane acts to protect her cousins after witnessing his abuse of one of them. Along the way, she thwarts two con men, including the young Huck Finn. Mary Jane is a minor character from Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
When Forests Burn: The Story of Wildfire in AmericaAlbert MarrinThis history traces American forests, forest fires, and firestorms from the Ice Age through the present. It examines some of the country’s most destructive wildfires, climate change’s effects, and approaches to managing forest fire. Archival photographs accompany the account, which also provides notes, sources, and an index. Albert Marrin’s book was published by Random House Children’s Books on March 19, 2024.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details