Kids Book Index
Heather Demetrios
Skylar Evans and Josh have both experienced tremendous loss. Their unlikely friendship may offer each of them a way to face what they have been through. Skylar also imagines a future unlike the one she associates with a typical Creek View girl, including trailer living, a baby, and overnight work at Taco Bell. The story brings together grief, friendship, and questions about the future.
This book appears on 1 reading list across 1 edition.
First & ThenEmma MillsHigh school senior Devon Tennyson is content to watch Friday-night football from the bleachers, keep her feelings for her best friend Cas quiet, and avoid thinking about life after graduation. Her routine is disrupted when a foster brother arrives. He is an all-star football player, and his arrival turns Devon’s life upside down. The novel also draws on Jane Austen.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Prom Goer’s Interstellar ExcursionChris McCoyOnly days before prom, Bennett achieves what he had hoped for: Sophie agrees to go with him. Their planned date is overturned when aliens abduct Sophie, turning Bennett’s long-awaited prom plan into a crisis. The story follows his attempt to rescue her amid an extraterrestrial journey, combining a prom-night romance with a far more alarming and unusual emergency.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Illuminae (The Illuminae Files series)Amie Kaufman, Jay KristoffIn 2575, an attack on their planet forces teenagers Kady and Ezra to flee aboard a ship. Their escape remains perilous: an enemy pursues them, a lethal virus threatens those aboard, and the ship’s artificial-intelligence system behaves dangerously. The account includes pen-and-ink illustrations and diagrams alongside the unfolding crisis. Kady and Ezra must survive a journey shaped by warfare, disease, and a malfunctioning technological system.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details