Kids Book Index
Jean-Claude van Rijckeghem
A Junior Library Guild SelectionEighteen-year-old Constance is not interested in marriage or in being a “young lady.” But for a young woman coming of age in the early 1800s, that’s just about all that’s available to her.
Man Made MonstersAndrea L. Rogers18 illustrated horror stories follow one Cherokee family through the atrocities — supernatural and manmade — each generation encounters — ALSO AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK!Imagine a chilling horror collection that weaves classic monsters like werewolves and vampires with the true horrors of colonialism, domestic violence, and displacement.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Don’t Look Back: A Memoir of War, Survival, and My Journey from Sudan to AmericaAchut Deng, Keely HuttonIn this propulsive memoir from Achut Deng and Keely Hutton, inspired by a harrowing New York Times article, Don't Look Back tells a powerful story showing both the ugliness and the beauty of humanity, and the power of not giving up.I want life.After a deadly attack in South Sudan left six-year-old Achut…Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Kings of B’moreR. Eric ThomasStandardized testing, college, and the terrifying unknowns and looming pressures of adulthood after that—it’s like the future wants to eat him alive.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details