Kids Book Index
Candice Iloh
Ada, a Nigerian American young woman, leaves home to begin her first year at a Historically Black College. Away from her family for the first time, she can make choices for herself and look for her place in a new environment. Her strict father and uninvolved mother shaped her into someone submissive and secretive. Told in verse, the novel follows the room Ada finds at college to change and grow.
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This Is My AmericaKim JohnsonA teen fights to save her father and brother from a justice system stacked against them. The novel examines racial injustice in the United States criminal justice system, particularly its treatment of Black men. It presents the family’s struggle within a system shaped by inequity while retaining hope. The story centers family bonds, a young person’s determination, and the consequences of racial injustice in law and incarceration. An author’s note and additional resources are included.Fourteen and OlderLexile Text Measure HL640LATOS Book Level 4.3On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Goodbye from NowhereSara ZarrKyle Baker believes his family is happy, and his life includes a girlfriend and a close extended family. That certainty collapses when he discovers that his mother is having an affair. The novel follows the change in Kyle’s understanding of the people he loves as he confronts this revelation. His family relationships and sense of stability are altered by what he learns.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Everything Comes Next: Collected & New PoemsNaomi Shihab NyeNaomi Shihab Nye's collection brings together poems previously published for young people, selected poems from her adult books, and new work. It is arranged in three parts concerned with childhood, a contested homeland, and people as a shared homeland. Previously published essays also appear, including one about a teenage mishap and another about an encounter in an airport gate area. The writing draws on Nye's perspectives as an immigrant's child, Palestinian American, reader, friend, neighbor, activist, and citizen of the world, with connection linking small moments and broad concerns.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details