Kids Book Index
written and illustrated by Ernesto Saade
Carlos, 19, and his mother leave El Salvador in 2006 to migrate to the U.S., encountering harrowing dangers on their journey. Based on the author’s cousin’s experiences.
The Color of a LieKim Johnson, map by Mike HallA teen risks everything to expose dark secrets in a racially divided town.Fourteen and OlderLexile HL600LATOS 3.9On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Take a Sad SongOna GritzIt's the summer of 1970, and 15-year-old Jane is still reeling from the death of her father. She starts partying to deal with her grief, but a frantic call from her mother leads to her arrest.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Just UntilJoseph MoldoverThe year before Hannah, 17, plans to go to college, she and her widowed father temporarily take in her troubled sister’s two boys.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details