Kids Book Index
Jennifer Gilmore
At sixteen, Bridget gives her baby up for adoption to a lesbian couple. Seventeen years later, her daughter Ivy looks for the birth mother she has never known. Their connected lives unfold across a sixteen-year separation, with chance and personal decisions shaping both teenagers’ experiences. The novel brings Bridget’s earlier choice into contact with Ivy’s search for answers about her origins and family.
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American Road TripPatrick Flores-ScottTeodoro “T” Avila’s plans for the summer before his final year of high school change when his brother Manny returns from Iraq with PTSD. T’s sister, Xochitl, takes the brothers on a road trip in an effort to help Manny and bring their family together. Told through T’s perspective, the novel follows three siblings as they respond to their brother’s mental illness and the altered realities it creates at home. It also includes T’s close friend and a developing romance.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
In Search of UsAva DellairaThis parallel mother-and-daughter story follows Marilyn and Angie when each is seventeen. Marilyn’s strand returns to the summer when she falls in love and starts making her own way. In Angie’s, a biracial teenager tries to uncover the truth about the father she has never known. Together, their stories explore family history, identity, and the secrets that connect generations.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
If You Don’t Have Anything Nice to SayLeila SalesWinter, seventeen, becomes the target of public online shaming after an offensive comment she posts on social media spreads widely. As her world collapses, the story considers whether redemption is possible. It addresses the force of words in the internet age, including the accumulated harm of microaggressions and the need for empathy. Centered on the consequences of a viral post, the novel follows a well-regarded high school student confronted by public judgment and the impact of what she said.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details