Lists and Suggestions for Kids
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List: Kumon Level G
Caddie Woodlawn
Brink, Carol Ryrie.
Chronicles the adventures of eleven-year-old Caddie growing up with her six brothers and sisters on... More
Chronicles the adventures of eleven-year-old Caddie growing up with her six brothers and sisters on the Wisconsin frontier in the mid-nineteenth century. Less
Julie of the wolves
George, Jean Craighead.
Also available in Overdrive and Hoopla. While running away from home and an unwanted marriage, a thi... More
Also available in Overdrive and Hoopla. While running away from home and an unwanted marriage, a thirteen-year-old Eskimo girl becomes lost on the North Slope of Alaska and is befriended by a wolf pack. Less
A wrinkle in time
L'Engle, Madeleine.
Also available in Overdrive. Meg Murry and her friends become involved with unearthly strangers and ... More
Also available in Overdrive. Meg Murry and her friends become involved with unearthly strangers and a search for Meg's father, who has disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government. Less
The giver
Lowry, Lois.
Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories sha... More
Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives. Less
The other side of truth
Naidoo, Beverley.
Smuggled out of Nigeria after their mother's murder, Sade and her younger brother are abandone... More
Smuggled out of Nigeria after their mother's murder, Sade and her younger brother are abandoned in London when their uncle fails to meet them at the airport and they are fearful of their new surroundings and of what may have happened to their journalist father back in Nigeria. Less
The yearling
Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan.
Also available in Overdrive and Hoopla. A young boy living in the Florida backwoods is forced to dec... More
Also available in Overdrive and Hoopla. A young boy living in the Florida backwoods is forced to decide the fate of a fawn he has lovingly raised as a pet. Relive the wonder of a childhood favorite that has been capturing the hearts of readers for more than half a century. Less
The adventures of Tom Sawyer
Twain, Mark.
Also available in Overdrive and Hoopla. The adventures and pranks of a mischievous boy growing up in... More
Also available in Overdrive and Hoopla. The adventures and pranks of a mischievous boy growing up in a 19th-century Mississippi River town as he plays hooky on an island, witnesses a crime, hunts for pirate's treasure, and becomes lost in a cave Less
Boy, tales of childhood
Dahl, Roald.
Presents humorous anecdotes from the author's childhood which includes summer vacations in Nor... More
Presents humorous anecdotes from the author's childhood which includes summer vacations in Norway and an English boarding school. Less
Anne Frank : the diary of a young girl
Frank, Anne.
Also available in Hoopla in French. Discovered in the attic in which she spent the last years of her... More
Also available in Hoopla in French. Discovered in the attic in which she spent the last years of her life, Anne Frank's remarkable diary has since become a world classic -- a powerful reminder of the horrors of war and an eloquent testament to the human spirit. In 1942, with Nazis occupying Holland, a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl and her family fled their home in Amsterdam and went into hiding. For the next two years, until their whereabouts were betrayed to the Gestapo, they and another family lived cloistered in the "Secret Annex" of an old office building. Cut off from the outside world, they faced hunger, boredom, the constant cruelties of living in confined quarters, and the ever-present threat of discovery and death. Less
Chinese Cinderella : the true story of an unwanted daughter
Mah, Adeline Yen.
Also available in Hoopla. A riveting memoir of a girl's painful coming-of-age in a wealthy Chin... More
Also available in Hoopla. A riveting memoir of a girl's painful coming-of-age in a wealthy Chinese family during the 1940s. A Chinese proverb says, "Falling leaves return to their roots." In Chinese Cinderella, Adeline Yen Mah returns to her roots to tell the story of her painful childhood and her ultimate triumph and courage in the face of despair. Adeline's affluent, powerful family considers her bad luck after her mother dies giving birth to her. Life does not get any easier when her father remarries. She and her siblings are subjected to the disdain of her stepmother, while her stepbrother and stepsister are spoiled. Although Adeline wins prizes at school, they are not enough to compensate for what she really yearns for-- the love and understanding of her family. Less
