Kids Book Index
Diane Zahler
After surviving a plague, Rype is rescued by a ship's crew and begins a journey across Europe. She travels from Norway toward England in search of safety during the fourteenth century. Along the way, Rype encounters troubadours, escapes violence, and gradually recovers memories of her past. Her journey follows an abandoned girl navigating a dangerous historical landscape shaped by disease, travel, and uncertainty.
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Harboring Hope: The True Story of How Henny Sinding Helped Denmark’s Jews Escape the NazisSusan HoodDuring World War II, twenty-two-year-old Henny Sinding joined other Danes in efforts to move Jewish people from occupied Denmark to safety in Sweden. The account describes the risks they took while helping hundreds of Jewish families escape Nazi persecution. Told through free verse and forms including concrete poetry and cinquains, it includes archival photographs, poetry notes, and detailed sources. The book follows this true story during the Holocaust.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Secret SistersAviIn 1925, Ida leaves her family’s Colorado farm and boards in town so she can go to high school. Her hope of an education conflicts with tradition. As she adjusts to town life, Ida makes friends and encounters electricity, telephones, films, and other unfamiliar parts of the 1920s. The book also includes a glossary of period slang and additional back matter.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Wild PoppiesHaya SalehDuring the Syrian civil war, brothers Omar and Sufyan face severe hardship after their father dies. Their family are Syrian refugees, and Omar tries to take on the role of the family’s man, though Sufyan sees him as failing. The brothers have sharply different personalities: Omar is often timid, while twelve-year-old Sufyan is fearless. After they are separated, fifteen-year-old Omar must try to find his younger brother.Twelve to FourteenLexile Text Measure 860LATOS Book Level 5.5On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details