Kids Book Index
Ben Philippe
Henri is Haitian American and hopes to be accepted at Columbia University. His plans are disrupted when Corinne, a classmate, blackmails him into helping change how other people see her. The novel follows Henri as his goal of college admission becomes entangled with Corinne's demand and the pressure it creates. Their conflict connects his ambitions with questions of reputation, identity, and choices at school.
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Six Angry GirlsAdrienne KisnerMillie is the only girl on her high school Mock Trial team until the team removes her. In response, she forms an all-female team. What begins as retaliation develops into social activism. The novel brings together mock trial, feminism, and the power associated with knitting needles as Millie and her new team pursue their own work.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
This Is What I Know about Art (Pocket Change Collective series)Kimberly DrewKimberly Drew, a Black curator, writer, and activist, reflects on her commitment to art and to taking action through it. Drawing on personal experience, she considers how art institutions can become more welcoming for BIPOC audiences and how museums and galleries can better represent artists of color. Spot illustrations accompany her account. The book connects a passion for art with efforts to change the spaces where art is shown, encountered, and supported.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Clap When You LandElizabeth AcevedoYahaira Ríos lives in New York City, while Camino Ríos is in Sosúa, Dominican Republic. When a plane crashes on its flight from the Dominican Republic to New York City, the two teenagers are drawn together. The disaster leads them to learn that they have the same father, who has died. Told through both girls’ viewpoints, the novel links their lives across the two places.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details