Kids Book Index
Rebecca Barrow
Luca Laine Thomas lives on an island said to be cursed. In its town, deaths from the past remain unsolved. Luca is determined to investigate the mystery behind those deaths. Her search takes place in an island community where a troubling history has left questions without answers. The central conflict connects an unresolved past with one girl’s effort to learn what happened.
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The Greatest ThingSarah Winifred SearleAt the beginning of sophomore year, Winifred arrives at high school without her two closest friends. Both have transferred to a private school, leaving her to manage the new school year on her own. The book presents this change in friendship as she confronts high school without the two friends who had been her only ones. Sarah Winifred Searle's 352-page book was published by First Second in 2022.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Always JaneJenn BennettThe daughter of a chauffeur becomes involved in a romantic triangle with the two sons of her employer’s wealthy next-door neighbors. Her summer plans are disrupted by love and by Fen Sarafian. Set among neighboring households with unequal wealth, the story places the chauffeur’s daughter between two brothers while romance changes the course of her summer. It is a love story shaped by families, neighbors, and a three-person romantic conflict.Teacher Favorites — 9th–12th GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Ballad & DaggerDaniel José OlderBallad & Dagger is an urban fantasy by Daniel José Older in which two teenagers come to know one another while fighting for their diaspora community. Nearly sixteen years earlier, Mateo Matisse’s island homeland disappeared beneath the sea. The book is presented by Rick Riordan and includes magic connected to deep traditions. Mateo’s lost homeland forms part of the novel’s premise.Kids Favorites — 9th–12th GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details