Kids Book Index
Margarita Engle
Unbeknownst to her, Adán has also moved to Florida and is feeling trapped in his new home, buffeted by the stormy fights between his abuelo and papi. When a chance encounter with a captive fox leads to their reunion, Vida and Adán are able to find refuge from the cruelty that surrounds them in their soaring, rekindled romance.
Reasons to Hate MeSusan MetalloSusan Metallo has the best YA voice I’ve read in years—sharp, hilarious, and heartbreakingly honest. I couldn’t put this book down.” —Rachael Allen, author of A Taxonomy of Love and Harley Quinn: RedemptionThere are countless good reasons to hate seventeen-year-old Jess Lanza, Stone Bridge High’s premier autistic theater nerd and Champion of Questionable Life Choices.Teacher Favorites — 9th–12th GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Last Bookstore on Earth, TheLily Braun-ArnoldAgain.Ever since the first Storm wreaked havoc on civilization as we know it, seventeen-year-old Liz Flannery has been holed up in an abandoned bookstore in suburban New Jersey where she used to work, trading books for supplies with the few remaining survivors.Teacher Favorites — 9th–12th GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
King: A Life (Young Adult Edition)Jonathan Eig; Adapted by Yohuru Williams and Michael G. LongHailed as “the most compelling account of [Martin Luther] King’s life in a generation” by the Washington Post, the Pulitzer Prize–winning bestseller is now adapted for young adults in this new standard biography of the most famous civil rights activist in American History.Teacher Favorites — 9th–12th GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details