Kids Book Index
Tae Keller
Lily moves with her family to the home of her Korean grandmother, whose health is failing. There, a tiger connected to the stories of Lily’s family proposes a risky deal. Lily must confront the tiger while looking into a concealed part of her family’s past. As she learns more about her heritage, she faces choices involving her grandmother and searches for the courage to act.
This book appears on 5 reading lists across 2 editions from 5 organizations.
Brother’s KeeperJulie LeeIn December 1950, twelve-year-old Sora lives with her family under Communist rule in North Korea, where she is expected to leave school to care for younger siblings and learn household work. When the war front nears, the family flees south toward relatives in Busan. During a violent attack, Sora and her eight-year-old brother Youngsoo are separated from the rest of their family. As they continue south, Sora makes urgent decisions to keep them alive through starvation and illness.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Embassy of the DeadWill MabbittJake Green accepts a package that was delivered to him by mistake and opens it to find a severed finger inside. The package comes from the Embassy of the Dead, and the accident summons a grim reaper who intends to take Jake away. With the reaper pursuing him, Jake is drawn into a quest to argue his case before he is sent to the Eternal Void. Set amid an afterlife adventure, the story follows Jake as an ordinary delivery mistake becomes a dangerous encounter with the dead.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the KindertransportDeborah HopkinsonThis account examines the Kindertransport, a World War II effort that moved Jewish children from occupied countries to safety in England. It sets the operation against events from 1925 through 1938, as Nazi antisemitic rule steadily stripped Jewish people of rights. Parents increasingly faced the choice of separation to protect their children. The book tracks three people in detail and introduces others more briefly through oral histories, memoirs, interviews, and family research. It also describes the children's lives after arrival; most never saw their parents again.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details