Kids Book Index
Amber Smith, Sam Gellar
Bird and Jessa, two high school seniors in 1999, have little in common at first. Bird writes poetry after a summer at writing camp, while Jessa turns to new music amid difficulties at home. Their best friends begin a relationship that threatens their senior year, so Bird and Jessa decide to split the couple up. As they work together, their assumptions about one another begin to change.
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Angelica and the Bear PrinceTrung Le NguyenAngelica once seemed able to do everything, but burnout leaves her struggling through a difficult period. With support from friends, she begins trying to rebuild her life and receives unexpected encouragement from Peri, the mascot at a local theater. Peri sends her supportive messages online, and their friendship develops into a possible crush. Wanting to know who is inside the bear costume, Angelica takes an internship at the theater. This graphic novel follows her recovery and a romance with an unusual twist.Fiction for Young AdultsOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
I Wish I Didn’t Have to Tell You ThisEugene Yelchin, illustrated by Eugene YelchinIn Cold War-era Leningrad, young artist Yevgeny pursues creative work under KGB scrutiny. After an encounter with an American student named Libby, he falls in love and sees a possibility of leaving the Soviet Union. The threat of conscription to fight in Afghanistan drives him to avoid the military draft by taking a theater-set-design job in Siberia. Punished for draft evasion, he is sent to a psychiatric hospital. This graphic memoir follows his fear and lack of freedom under an authoritarian regime.Biography, Autobiography, and MemoirOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
FirebirdElizabeth WeinIn 1942, Nastia flies for the Soviet Union as it fights Nazi Germany during the Second World War. A pilot and the daughter of revolutionaries, she serves beside male peers as the fighting reaches Russia. When she is accused of betrayal, the certainties she has relied on begin to unravel. As the war advances and hidden truths emerge, Nastia must confront a transformed understanding of her situation.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details