Kids Book Index
Eric Smith. Inkyard Press
Divya Sharma is a streaming gamer known as D1V in the online game Reclaim the Sun, where she leads the #AngstArmada on quests through a virtual world. Aaron also shares this online gaming world. Divya’s online and offline lives collide when trolls reveal her personal information and threaten her. The story addresses sexist and racist abuse that can occur online.
This book appears on 1 reading list across 1 edition.
Santiago’s Road HomeAlexandra DiazAfter his aunt forces him out of her home in Mexico, Santiago meets Maria Dolores and her young daughter, Alegria. Maria Dolores invites him to travel with them toward the United States. A coyote takes them across the border, but a violent attack leaves the three stranded in the desert. Immigration patrol officers find them, and Santiago and Alegria are separated in a youth detention center. Over the following months, Santiago makes friends and begins learning to read with support from an educator.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
THE ONE WITH THE SCRAGGLY BEARDElizabeth Withey, illustrated by Lynn ScurfieldA child notices a man sleeping beneath a bridge and tries to understand his life. The child asks his mother questions about him. In her answers, she explains that people can follow very different paths through life. Their conversation centers on the child’s curiosity about the man and the mother’s effort to help the child see his circumstances with understanding.CONTEMPORARY CONCERNSOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Go with the FlowLily Williams, Karen SchneemannSophomores Abby, Brit, Christine, and Sasha are frustrated that Hazelton High’s bathrooms lack enough tampons and that adults dismiss their concerns. The four friends unite to challenge a school administration they believe prioritizes football over menstrual health. Their campaign for menstrual equity unfolds alongside crushes, trigonometry, and track, but tension arises when one friend acts independently. The graphic novel includes an authors’ note, information about periods and period pain, further resources, and guidance about period activism.CONTEMPORARY CONCERNSLexile Text Measure 479LATOS Book Level 3.2On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details