Kids Book Index
Leonard S. Marcus
What happens when freedom of expression comes under threat? In frank and wide-ranging interviews, historian and critic Leonard S. Marcus probes the experience of thirteen leading authors of books for young people.A powerful photo essay on transgender teens is called anti-religious and anti-family.
WallsL. M. ElliottThis powerful Cold War novel tells the story of two cousins, one German and the other an American Army brat, as they navigate the political and social turmoil that threatens their friendship and ends in the abrupt rise of the Berlin Wall–which may separate them forever.Ninth to Twelfth GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Welcome to the New WorldJake Halpern, illustrated by Michael SloanNow in a full-length book, the New York Times Pulitzer Prize–winning graphic story of a refugee family who fled the civil war in Syria to make a new life in AmericaAfter escaping a Syrian prison, Ibrahim Aldabaan and his family fled the country to seek protection in America.Ninth to Twelfth GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
A Face for PicassoAriel HenleyA Schneider Family Book Award Honor Book for Teens "Raw and unflinching . . . There's a mathematical equation to prove it.Ninth to Twelfth GradeLexile 880LATOS 6.3On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details