Kids Book Index
Alexandra Villasante
An absorbing speculative Queer romance, set in a town that uses technology to prevent hate speech and bullying. He tries to help, but despite being ill, her tongue is as sharp as ever, finding all Sebas’s tender places.
What We Did to Each OtherJosuee HernándezIt’s the early 2010s, and seventeen-year-old Yesenia Rivera hates everything about herself: her brown skin and wide nose, her curly hair and hand-me-down clothing, and her inability to fit in with either the Mexican girls or the white girls at her school.Kids Favorites — 9th–12th GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Flip Side, TheJason WalzAnd then something even more disconcerting happens: His town literally flips upside down and everyone disappears, except for a threatening, shape-shifting monster and a snarky teenage girl who knows her way around this flipped world.Kids Favorites — 9th–12th GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Gay the Pray AwayNatalie NaudusBut when she stumbles upon a queer romance novel at the library, everything about her life—centered around a fundamentalist Christian homeschooling group —is thrown into question. And to make things even more complicated, there’s a new girl in town.Kids Favorites — 9th–12th GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details