Kids Book Index
Robin Roe
During his senior year, Adam Blake serves as an aide to the school psychologist. She asks him to find Julian, a freshman who repeatedly avoids her, and Adam recognizes him as the foster brother he has not seen in five years. Assigned to be Julian’s buddy, Adam learns that Julian is concealing a serious secret about his new guardian. Their reunion brings the two foster brothers back into each other’s lives.
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Among the Red StarsGwen C. KatzWhen Germany attempts to invade the Soviet Union in 1941, eighteen-year-old Valka decides to aid Russia’s war effort. A skilled pilot, she joins an all-female bomber regiment, alongside women known as the Night Witches. Flying has represented freedom and exhilaration to Valka, but bombing German targets brings danger and a different kind of responsibility. As the pilots face peril and treachery, Valka sees her fellow fliers risking everything in wartime.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
INFORMATION BOOKS Alice Paul and the Fight for Women’s Rights: From the Vote to the Equal Rights AmendmentDeborah KopsThis account traces Alice Paul’s role in campaigns for women’s voting rights and later demands for equal treatment under the law. Paul used demonstrations and banners to revive the suffrage movement, helping advance the 19th Amendment. After women gained the vote in 1920, she wrote the Equal Rights Amendment, intended to make laws that discriminate against women unconstitutional. Her work for women’s rights continued until her death in 1976. The book includes photographs and source notes.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
A Million JunesEmily HenryJune, the first female firstborn in the O’Donnell family, feels pursued by her family’s mythic and complicated legacy. As her final year of high school approaches, she wants to leave Five Fingers, Michigan, along with its ghosts, and see the world. Meanwhile, the O’Donnell and Angert families have been feuding for generations. A daughter and son from those families fall in love while trying to learn the truth behind strange magic and a curse affecting both bloodlines.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details