Kids Book Index
Jennifer E. Smith
Hugo’s girlfriend ends their relationship just before a long-planned train journey across America. The tickets remain, and Hugo takes the trip with Mae, a stranger who is also eager for adventure. Their cross-country rail journey begins as an unexpected shared trip between two teenagers who have not met before.
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White RoseKip WilsonThis novel in verse follows Sophie Scholl and Germany’s anti-Nazi White Rose Movement during World War II. It begins after Sophie and her brother Hans are arrested for distributing leaflets opposing the Nazi regime, then moves among her interrogation, earlier life and activism, and the day of their arrest. The narrative also includes the search for those producing the leaflets and perspectives from Sophie’s interrogators. Sophie’s spiritual and political resistance is met with hostility toward her gender and actions.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Have a Little Faith in MeSonia HartlAfter CeCe has sex with her boyfriend, he becomes born again and ends their relationship. Wanting him back, CeCe follows him to a Christian camp and falsely claims to share the campers’ faith. Her wit and frankness enter the camp community, while the story also addresses consent and the questions raised by her decision to pose as a believer while pursuing her former boyfriend.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
FireborneRosaria MundaAnnie and Lee carry losses from opposing sides of a conflict: Annie’s lowborn family was killed by dragonfire, while revolutionaries murdered Lee’s aristocratic family. Their world includes dragon-fleet riders, sharp class divisions, political maneuvering, an approaching war, and complicated personal relationships. The fantasy brings together the consequences of family violence with a larger struggle over power and class.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details