Kids Book Index
Victoria Ying
Valerie Chu is quiet, studious, and secretly living with bulimia; even her best friend Jordan does not know. After a crisis, Val reconsiders her priorities, choices, and relationship with her body. Her mother’s perfectionism and fixation on weight shape that struggle, while Val must find the strength to seek help. This graphic novel follows her movement toward self-love and happiness.
This book appears on 2 reading lists across 1 edition from 2 organizations.
The Other Pandemic: An AIDS MemoirLynn CurleeIn this photo-illustrated memoir, Lynn Curlee recalls childhood and young adulthood before moving to New York City in the early 1970s. He describes finding friends, community, love, and an artistic career as a young gay man. The book follows the growing alarm around HIV/AIDS, the deaths of people in his circle and wider community, and the fear, grief, anger, public ignorance, and government inaction experienced by gay and LGBTQ communities during the epidemic.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
UnravellerFrances HardingeIn a world where anyone can make a curse capable of ruining a life, fifteen-year-old Kellen can undo curses. He travels with Nettle, whose earlier curse changed her into a heron. After Kellen angers a wealthy client and they are jailed, Gall offers their release in return for work for an unnamed patron. As they take assignments, Kellen and Nettle confront the complicated motives behind curses: mistakes, secrets, faults, and strong feelings, rather than simple evil.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
I Am Not AloneFrancisco X. StorkAlberto, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico, lives with mental illness and becomes a suspect in a killing. He hears Captain America, a voice that pushes him to achieve more regardless of the consequences. Grace has a supportive boyfriend, aims to become valedictorian, and expects to attend her dream college. Alberto and a teenager from a very different world quickly develop a connection based on mutual support.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details