Kids Book Index
Sara Lövestam
In Sweden, biracial Steffi is bullied by girls at school and feels unable to fit into its social groups. Music, especially jazz, becomes an escape for her. When she hears a favorite jazz song coming from a retirement home, she goes inside and meets an elderly musician. Their friendship grows, connecting Steffi’s love of music with a relationship across generations.
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Today BubbleStewart FosterEleven-year-old Joe lives with an autoimmune disease that confines him to a hospital. His circumstances place strict limits on the world he can experience beyond the hospital setting. A new nurse, Amir, approaches Joe with ideas for expanding that world, creating the book’s central contrast between medical confinement and new possibilities. Today Bubble examines how illness shapes a child’s daily life and how another person’s support can open avenues for change.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Making Bombs for HitlerMarsha Forchuk SkrypuchDuring World War II, Lida, an ethnic Ukrainian girl, is captured alongside her sister and forced to aid the Nazi war effort in a brutal labor camp. She had believed she would be safe because she was not Jewish, even as neighbors marked with yellow stars were taken away. In the camp, Lida faces severe hardship and plans to sabotage the bombs she is compelled to help make.Twelve to FourteenLexile Text Measure 760LATOS Book Level 4.9On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Words on Bathroom WallsJulia WaltonAdam, recently diagnosed with schizophrenia, keeps a journal for his therapist while taking part in a trial of a new medication. He experiences people who are not present and tries to keep his condition secret. His journal takes in his family, friends, and first love. When he meets Maya, Adam wants to live up to the person she believes him to be, but maintaining his secret becomes increasingly difficult.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details