Kids Book Index
Deborah Falaye
In this fantasy novel, Sloane is compelled to enter the Lucis army on her fifteenth birthday. She sees the army’s demanding training as a chance to work against Lucis from within. Her story involves magic, injustice, power, and revenge, and draws on Yoruba and Nigerian mythology. It is Deborah Falaye’s debut novel and the first book in a planned series.
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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
GallantV. E. SchwabOlivia Prior has grown up at Merilance School for girls with only her mother’s journal to connect her to the past. A letter brings her to Gallant, though no one expects her there. Determined to remain in the first place that feels like home, Olivia faces a hostile cousin and glimpses half-formed ghouls in the manor’s corridors. The novel also centers on dark family secrets and a setting where the supernatural intrudes on reality.Kids Favorites — 9th–12th GradeLexile Text Measure 899LATOS Book Level 5.8On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Bone WeaverAden PolydorosIn the Kosa empire, tension grows between magic-endowed elites and a superstitious lower class as a proletarian revolution threatens the country. Seventeen-year-old Toma has remained apart from the conflict while living with her adoptive family of benevolent undead. She meets Vanya, a commoner branded a witch by his neighbors, and the dethroned Tsar Mikhail. The three join forces to restore Mikhail’s magic and defend the empire from Koschei, whose forces have taken the castle.Teacher Favorites — 9th–12th GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details