Kids Book Index
Deb Caletti
“This is one for the ages.” —Gayle Forman, author of the #1 bestseller If I Stay “A book everyone should read right now.” —The New York Times Book Review “A vital and heartbreaking story that brings together the #MeToo movement, the effects of gun violence, and the struggle of building oneself up…
A Quiet Kind of ThunderSara BarnardRhys can’t hear, but he can listen. Steffi has been a selective mute for most of her life. The condition’s name has always felt ironic to her, because she certainly does not “select” not to speak.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Picture Us in the LightKelly Loy Gilbert"Picture me madly in love with this moving, tender, unapologetically honest book." —Becky Albertalli, #1 best-selling author of Simon Vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda Danny Cheng has always known his parents have secrets.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Nevertheless, We Persisted: 48 Voices of Defiance, Strength, and CourageIn This Together Media, foreword by Amy KlobucharA powerful collection of essays from actors, activists, athletes, politicians, musicians, writers, and teens, including Black Lives Matter founder Patrisse Cullors, actress Alia Shawkat, actor Maulik Pancholy, poet Azure Antoinette, teen activist Gavin Grimm, and many, many more, each writing about a time in their youth when they were held back because…Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details