Kids Book Index
Erika L. Sánchez
After Julia’s sister, Olga, dies, Julia discovers that Olga was not the model daughter their immigrant parents believed her to be. The loss brings hidden information to light and pushes Julia to investigate her sister’s life. As she learns difficult truths about Olga, she also confronts hard truths about herself and her parents, reshaping how she understands her identity and family.
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Definitions of Indefinable ThingsWhitney TaylorReggie Mason has been hurt often enough that she keeps people at a distance. She is familiar with what she calls the Three Stages of Depression, and she believes refusing to let others in is the best way to avoid further pain. Her life intersects with those of other teenagers in a small town. Two teens struggling with depression try to understand their complicated lives, while the novel considers depression, friendship, and love without offering a single definition for any of them.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
BullDavid ElliottBull presents a verse retelling of the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur. Poseidon opens the story with rap-style humor, and the telling recasts the familiar Greek myth through a contemporary, rowdy, darkly comic approach. Rather than retelling the material in conventional prose, the book uses poetry as its form and includes back matter. The result focuses on the figures of Theseus, the Minotaur, Minos, and Poseidon within a newly framed mythological narrative.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
In Other LandsSarah Rees BrennanElliot is a nerdy, cantankerous human pacifist in the Borderlands, a magical realm inhabited by enchanted creatures that are continually at war. He faces the question of whether he can help bring peace to this divided place. The novel is a fantasy story by Sarah Rees Brennan, and black-and-white drawings introduce its chapters. Its central conflict places Elliot’s pacifism against a world shaped by ongoing magical warfare.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details