Kids Book Index
Joanne O’Sullivan
Sixteen-year-old Evangeline Riley lives in Bayou Perdu, a small Louisiana fishing town, where she spends time with friends, her grandmother Mamere, and on the water in her skiff. Hurricane Katrina changes that life, tearing apart her family, friendships, and the village she loves. As she is set adrift by the storm’s aftermath, Evangeline faces recovery and the possibility of new love.
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How to Make a WishAshley Herring BlakeGrace has spent her childhood with an unpredictable mother and has largely stopped believing in wishes. A pianist in a small town, she considers building a life away from her mother. During the summer, she meets Eva, whose difficult circumstances have not erased her belief in dreams. As Eva and Grace spend time together, Eva tells Grace that she likes girls, and Grace begins to imagine happiness and a different future.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Agony of Bun O’KeefeHeather SmithBun O’Keefe grows up almost alone in a house made unsafe and unsanitary by her mother’s compulsive hoarding. Her limited contact with the world beyond home leaves books and old VHS tapes, found among the things her mother brings back, shaping what she knows about life. When her mother forces her out, Bun finds shelter with young adults who have experienced trauma.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
BlightAlexandra DuncanSeventeen-year-old Tempest Torres has lived at the AgraStar farm north of Atlanta since she was found outside its gates as a child. In a dystopian future, an agribusiness controls food production and people’s ways of life. Tempest works on security, guarding the fence against people who steal genetically engineered food. After an explosion releases a blight that kills living things, she races to deliver a cure and discovers alternatives to the system around her.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details