Kids Book Index
Catherine Egan
Julia is the daughter of a witch who was drowned, and she can make herself unseen. That ability is dangerous in a city where magic is outlawed and witches are publicly drowned during Cleansings. It is also useful in her work as a thief and spy. Julia has learned that crime pays, but her unusual power makes her life inseparable from the city’s violent treatment of magic and witches.
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The May Queen MurdersSarah JudeIn Rowan’s Glen, a remote Missouri Ozarks farming community, residents are warned against going out after dark. Ivy Templeton’s family has lived there for generations. The story returns to the unsolved killing of a former May Queen when the present May Queen disappears, linking an old crime to a new missing-person case in a close-knit community.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Read Me Like a BookLiz KesslerSeventeen-year-old Ashleigh Walker has a difficult year at school while her parents’ marriage approaches divorce. She has friends, a boyfriend of sorts, and no clear plans for the future. Ashleigh becomes increasingly attracted to Miss Murray, her new young English teacher. As those feelings grow, she questions whether she is ready to tell others that she is gay.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Kids of AppetiteDavid ArnoldVic Benucci, who has facial paralysis, becomes friends with a ragtag group of runaways. They travel to scatter the ashes of Vic’s father while confronting their own personal demons. Vic and Madeline Falco later need to explain their story to the Hackensack Police Department: it begins with Vic’s father’s death and ends with the murder of Madeline’s uncle. The events between those points bring the group’s experiences together.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details