Kids Book Index
Pamela L. Laskin
Jubair is left in Myanmar when his mother escapes with three of her four children. His family had been stuck in Myanmar before the escape. He rages at the abandonment while his siblings leave without him. The book asks how Rohingya people endure brutality in their world and tells this family separation in free verse. Pamela L. Laskin wrote the book.
This book appears on 1 reading list across 1 edition.
Someday We Will FlyRachel DeWoskinIn 1940, ten-year-old Lillia flees Poland with her father and developmentally disabled younger sister after her mother disappears during a raid on the circus where the parents worked as acrobats. The family reaches Shanghai, one of the few places offering refuge to Jews without visas, but lives in harsh conditions among other refugees. As Japan occupies China, food and resources grow scarce. Lillia befriends Wei, a Chinese boy, and several Jewish girls, and secretly dances at a nightclub to earn money for her family. She continues hoping that her mother will be found.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Field Guide to the North American TeenagerBen PhilippeSixteen-year-old Norris, a Black French Canadian, moves with his Haitian-born mother from Montreal to Texas. Starting at an Austin high school, he sorts the students he meets into categories such as cheerleaders, jocks, loners, and a “manic pixie dream girl.” As a French-speaking ice hockey player in a new place, Norris has to reconsider his identity. The story follows his encounters with school cliques, new relationships, and a move that reshapes how he sees himself.Fourteen and OlderLexile Text Measure 910LATOS Book Level 5.9On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Wicked FoxKat ChoEighteen-year-old Gu Miyoung lives in present-day Seoul with a secret: she is a gumiho, a Korean nine-tailed fox demon who must consume men’s energy to survive. During one full moon, she finds human boy Jihoon under attack by a goblin in the forest. Miyoung saves him, losing her fox bead, the source of her gumiho soul. Jihoon has seen her nine tails and knows she is not simply an ordinary girl. As dangerous forces gather, their uneasy friendship develops into something more.Fourteen and OlderLexile Text Measure HL630LOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details