Kids Book Index
L. L. McKinney
This postmodern reimagining of a literary classic alternates between the perspectives of Jane Eyre and Bertha Mason, Mrs. Rochester. Jane and Bertha must help one another escape the frightening schemes of Mr. Rochester. By giving both women narrative space, the novel revisits the familiar characters through two voices and centers their effort to survive the danger created by Rochester’s actions.
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Louder than HungerJohn Schu, foreword by Kate DiCamilloJake is a middle school student receiving treatment for anorexia nervosa. The illness appears to him as a controlling Voice inside his head. Before treatment, he volunteers at a nursing home and enjoys skating, singing, bingo, music games, mysteries, and comics, while avoiding peers, mirrors, and food. The novel tells his difficult movement toward health in free-verse poetry. It follows Jake’s experience with an eating disorder and the inner voice that exerts control over him.Fourteen and OlderLexile Text Measure 549LATOS Book Level 3.6On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
LeapSimina PopescuThis debut graphic novel is set at a performing-arts boarding school in Bucharest, Romania. Dancers Ana and Carina pursue their ambitions while navigating friendship, first love, and queerness in a conservative city. Ana has studied contemporary dance since childhood but no longer feels committed to it. Her attention is on Carina, an ambitious ballerina who fears being outed, keeping their relationship hidden. The girls question whether the future they have worked toward is still the one they want.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Even if It Breaks Your HeartErin HahnCase Michaels is nineteen and grieving the death of his best friend, Walker. To deal with that loss, he tries to finish every task on a list Walker left for him. The book also follows two teens as they work out what they want and find the courage to pursue it, including a romance. Case’s efforts to carry out the list place grief, friendship, love, and difficult choices at the center of the story.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details