Kids Book Index
Kathi Appelt
Sixteen-year-old Cade Curtis lives with his father above an antique shop after his mother leaves them. The shop’s owner, Mrs. Walker, requires Cade to steal marble angels from graveyards as payment, then sells them to collectors. In Houston, the Buffalo Bayou connects Cade with a Cajun girl, a young mother escaping slavery, a Native American stone carver, and an ocelot. Their stories unfold across different times.
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Ordinary Hazards: A MemoirNikki GrimesIn this poetry memoir, Nikki Grimes recounts an unstable childhood and adolescence while tracing her growing connection to writing. Neglect and her mother’s schizophrenia led to foster care and separation from her older sister. After finding belonging with a foster family, she was returned to her mother and later experienced sexual assault by her stepfather. Her father offered support, a home, and exposure to Black cultural life. With help from her sister and an English teacher, Grimes learned to rely on herself and continued filling notebooks with words.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
A Curse So Dark and Lonely (The Cursebreaker series)Brigid KemmererIn a parallel world, Harper, a girl with cerebral palsy, encounters Prince Rhen, who is under an enchantment. Rhen has been made to relive the autumn of his eighteenth year, and each cycle ends with him becoming a destructive beast. The curse has already cost him his castle, family, and hope. Harper is coping with her absent father, dying mother, and a brother who underestimates her. Together, Harper and Rhen confront a spell that may be broken through love.Fourteen and OlderATOS Book Level 4.2AR Interest Level Upper Grades (UG 9-12)On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Bad Boys of Fashion: Style Rebels and Renegades through the AgesJennifer CrollJennifer Croll’s 2019 book examines men known as rulers, revolutionaries, artists, and athletes through their clothing and personal style. It ranges from Louis XIV to Kanye West, including men who used fashion to pursue their aims. Vibrant graphics, photographs, and Aneta Pacholska’s modern illustrations accompany the profiles, along with references. The profiles move across different periods of history. It is 184 pages long.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details