Kids Book Index
N. Griffin
Sixteen-year-old Bett once moved through life without fear. An accident involving her best friend changed that two years earlier, leaving Bett consumed by guilt. She now uses self-punishment in an effort to ease what she feels responsible for. Her days become an accounting of gains and losses as she lives with the aftermath of the accident and the weight she continues to place on herself.
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Isle of Blood and StoneMakiia Lucier, map by Leo HartasA mysterious map opens an eighteen-year-old case involving the disappearance of Lord Elias’s father and the kingdom’s young princes. Elias investigates what happened, uncovering the long-buried mystery tied to their vanishing. Earlier accounts describe the princes as kidnapped and murdered in a plot involving the rival kingdom of Mondrago. A black-and-white map accompanies this tale of a missing father, lost princes, and rival kingdoms.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Neverworld WakeMarisha PesslA year after graduation, Beatrice Hartley reluctantly joins her friends for a weekend reunion. Five close friends become suspended between life and death and are forced to experience the same day again and again. Their only way forward is a unanimous decision about which one of them will live. The repeating day turns their reunion into a shared crisis requiring every friend’s agreement.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
LAW & JUSTICE Economic Inequality: The American Dream under SiegeCoral Celeste FrazerThis book examines fiscal unfairness in the United States, including why and where economic inequality occurs. It describes how millions of Americans lack enough income for housing, food, health care, and education, while families and young people increasingly do not exceed the circumstances of earlier generations. It also considers efforts by governments, businesses, and citizens to narrow the economic gap.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details