Kids Book Index
Jen Calonita
Harper is excited to receive her parents’ permission to create social-media accounts on her twelfth-and-a-half birthday. When she tries to post her first photograph, she finds an unfamiliar filter that shows how she might look when older. The mysterious TikTok filter sends her into the future, where she experiences life at age twenty-two and encounters unexpected changes.
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Lolo’s LightLiz Garton ScanlonTwelve-year-old Millie babysits a neighbor’s infant, then learns the next morning that the baby died overnight. The loss leaves her confronting guilt alongside grief. The novel follows Millie through the connected experiences of loss, responsibility, and acceptance, presenting a coming-of-age story centered on the difficult aftermath of a devastating event and the emotions that follow it.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Road to AfterRebekah LowellThis novel in verse follows two young sisters and their mother after they flee an abusive home. Away from their father, the family begins to learn how to live without fear. The girls make friends and find comfort in art and the natural world as they adjust to a new life. The story focuses on recovery after abuse, the family’s changing circumstances, and the solace the sisters find in creative expression and nature.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Agent 9: Mind Control!James BurksAgent 9 returns to the Super-Secret Spy Service to stop the Wolf, a canine working for the organization DiViSiON. The Wolf is searching for the last pieces of a mind-control device, making the assignment especially urgent. For the mission, Nine must work with a partner: Traps, a mouse skilled in covert operations and knitting. The story combines espionage, crime-fighting, and an unusual new partnership.Kids Favorites — 6th–8th GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details