Kids Book Index
Justina Chen
On her first day at a new school during sixth grade, Dessie Mei Breedlove meets Donna Lee, a classmate who looks exactly like her. A DNA test reveals that they are identical twins who came from the same orphanage in China but were adopted into different families: one white and one Taiwanese American. Their discovery opens a story about adoption, identity, and belonging across two families.
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CONTINENTAL DRIFTER: A Graphic NovelKathy MacleodKathy grows up with a Thai mother and an American father, spending the school year in Bangkok and summer vacations in a small coastal town in Maine. She looks forward to the long journey and to foods and places she cannot find at home, but arriving in America does not bring the sense of belonging she expects. Looking different from the other children leaves her uncertain about where she fits. Kathy MacLeod's graphic memoir follows a childhood lived between cultures, using family experiences and everyday encounters to explore identity, homesickness, and the wish to feel accepted without having to choose one part of herself over another.Nine to TwelveATOS Book Level 3.5AR Interest Level MG 4-8On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Race to the Truth: Borderlands and the Mexican American StoryDavid Dorado RomoThis account presents U.S. history through a Mexican American perspective. It challenges a familiar framing of migration by noting that Mexican people lived on this land before the borders discussed in the book existed. Their cultural traditions and practices helped shape the American Southwest. The book also addresses efforts by white colonizers and settlers to erase those cultures and histories.Third to Eighth GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Your Vote Matters: How We Elect the US PresidentRebecca Katzman, illustrated by Ellen DudaWritten by Rebecca Katzman, Your Vote Matters is an illustrated guide to the process of electing a U.S. president. It addresses children’s questions about how a presidential election works. The book also explains why voting is important, linking the mechanics of a presidential election with the role citizens play when they cast ballots. Scholastic published the book in 2024.Third to Eighth GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details