Kids Book Index
Lyla Lee
Sixteen-year-old Korean American Skye Shin wants to become a K-pop star. She encounters rules and expectations imposed by society, the media, and her mother, who insists that fat girls cannot dance. Skye sets out to challenge those restrictions as she pursues a place in K-pop. Her story follows her determination to prove that assumptions about girls like her should not decide what she can do or where she belongs.
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SanctuaryPaola Mendoza, Abby SherIn 2032, every citizen in the United States is chipped and tracked in daily life. Sixteen-year-old Vali and her undocumented family have made a home in small-town Vermont, but her mother’s counterfeit chip begins to fail. After the Deportation Force captures Vali’s mother during a raid, Vali and her brother flee toward California. Their journey unfolds under a xenophobic government that makes survival difficult for undocumented immigrants.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
You Know I’m No GoodJessie Ann FoleySeventeen-year-old Mia is sent to a residential program for troubled teens after striking her stepmother. Before arriving, she has been getting poor grades, drinking heavily, and navigating sexual relationships she feels may have gone too far. At the facility, Mia begins a difficult process of recovery and developing greater awareness of herself. The novel centers her experience as she confronts the consequences of her actions and works toward understanding her life more clearly.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
In Search of Safety: Voices of RefugeesSusan KuklinFive refugees settled in Nebraska recount their lives before coming to the United States, their journeys, and the challenges they encounter after arrival. Their stories include Fraidoon, an Afghan translator threatened with a fatwa; Nathan, a Karen person born in a Thai refugee camp; Nyarout, who grew up amid civil war in South Sudan; Shireen, a Yazidi woman captured and tortured by ISIS; and Diudonné, who fled violence in Burundi. Their experiences of home, trauma, culture, and support differ widely.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details