Kirsty Applebaum
1) The middler
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Invisible and forgotten even by her family in an isolated community cut off from the deceitful outside world, the 11-year-old sister of a military hero finds her perspectives transformed by a chance encounter with a stranger who reveals the truth about her community’s xenophobic existence.
2) Lifeling
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Lonny Quicke and his younger brother finally leave their hidden forest home and venture into the nearby town of Farstoke, where Lonny discovers that, at first glance, the people of Farstoke are not cruel and selfish, but as he debates revealing his secret ability, he wonders whether his new friends are really as kind as they seem.