Kids Book Index
Sheena Wilkinson
Two 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.
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What We SawAaron HartzlerA sexual assault at a high school party tests friendships and draws an entire town into controversy. The novel examines what happens in a small community after some residents commit a serious crime. It is inspired by events in the Steubenville rape case. The party at John Doone’s house is unclear in the memories of those involved, while questions of guilt and innocence become difficult to separate.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Violent EndsShaun David Hutchinson, written by Kendare Blake, Others978-‐1-‐4814-‐3745-‐5 What turns a high school senior into a cold-‐blooded killer? Seventeen different authors seek the answer.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Half a Creature from the Sea: A Life in StoriesDavid AlmondDavid Almond pairs short fiction with memories of his childhood in Felling-on-Tyne, an English working-class town, during the 1950s and 1960s. Many of the stories draw from autobiographical material and return to subjects found in his novels, including religion, art, friendship, and working-class life. Their world is rooted in familiar streets, fields, beaches, and community, while also allowing imagined figures and ghosts to enter. The collection moves between lived experience and invention, treating both as part of storytelling.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details