Kids Book Index
Keely Hutton
During World War I, thirteen-year-old Thomas is a coal miner whose older brother has disappeared while serving in the English army. Hoping to find him, Thomas lies about his age and joins the Claykickers, a specialized tunnel-digging unit working beneath the Allied front. His search for his brother takes him into a dangerous underground wartime mission rather than onto an open battlefield.
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This Promise of Change: One Girl's Story in the Fight for School EqualityJo Ann Allen Boyce, Debbie LevyIn 1956, fourteen-year-old Jo Ann Allen is one of twelve Black students integrating Clinton High School in Tennessee. Her present-tense account combines poems in her voice with news clippings and other documents from the 1956–57 school year. The early days are tense but quiet until outsiders foster protests and violence. Jo Ann and her classmates face daily harassment, while threats spread through the wider Black community. Soldiers arrive to maintain peace, and families must weigh their safety against the struggle for equal education. An afterword follows the twelve students’ later lives.NonfictionOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Stand on the SkyErin BowAmong Kazakh nomads, Aisulu’s decision to train an eagle challenges a tradition that reserves eagle flying for men. She discovers that her brother Serik has concealed a serious limp, then secretly cares for an orphaned baby eagle while her parents travel to seek treatment for him. Aisulu rescues and trains the bird in hopes of competing at the Mongolian Eagle Festival, defying expectations along the way.Sixth to Eighth GradeLexile Text Measure HL670LATOS Book Level 4.8On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Survivors of the Holocaust: True Stories of Six Extraordinary ChildrenKath ShackletonThis graphic-memoir collection presents the experiences of six children who survived the Holocaust. Heinz remembers Kristallnacht and later internment in England as an enemy alien. Trude was moved among English homes while her parents were held and killed in concentration camps. Ruth recalls the chances that brought her family from Germany to London, while Martin remembers air raids in England. Suzanne was hidden in rural France, and Arek escaped selection at Auschwitz by changing lines. Digital illustrations use dark colors and sharp forms to convey Nazi brutality and fear.Sixth to Eighth GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details