Kids Book Index
Emma Mills
High school senior Devon Tennyson is content to watch Friday-night football from the bleachers, keep her feelings for her best friend Cas quiet, and avoid thinking about life after graduation. Her routine is disrupted when a foster brother arrives. He is an all-star football player, and his arrival turns Devon’s life upside down. The novel also draws on Jane Austen.
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The Last Time We Say GoodbyeCynthia HandThe death by suicide of Lex’s younger brother leaves the gifted, college-bound teenager in Nebraska confronting regret and painful family tensions. She works to restore relationships with family and friends while carrying a secret she has never shared: a message Tyler sent that she believes might have altered what followed. Her grief, uncertainty, and unresolved responsibility shape a story of recovery and growth, with lingering questions surrounding the loss and her family.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Eden WestPete HautmanJason has grown up in a fundamentalist cult, where his faith has been deeply shaped by the community around him. Three outsiders disrupt his assumptions: a defiant boy, an isolated girl, and a wolf. Pressures and intrigue within the cult further challenge his beliefs. The novel also describes a fenced settlement called Nodd, inhabited by the Grace, where the world beyond the barrier is presented as dangerous and corrupt.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
GroundedSheena WilkinsonTwo years after Flight was sold, Declan faces decisions about his future. He loves Seaneen, yet an opportunity at a prestigious stable in Germany would separate them. The position offers the horse-related work he has long wanted, but accepting it would leave Seaneen behind while she is pregnant. Declan must weigh his relationship against a career that feels like his dream.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details