Kids Book Index
Jessica Blank
After her older brother Andy dies, Alison is left with grief and guilt, a mourning mother, and a damaged reputation after spending time with Andy’s friends. Trying to respond to the emptiness his death has left behind, she becomes involved with a radical environmental group in the Pacific Northwest. Alison’s coming-of-age story joins loss and environmental action as she searches for hope and courage.
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InkmistressAudrey CoulthurstAsra is a demigod and healer whose blood writing can dictate or alter the future. She conceals this dangerous power while living on a remote mountain and caring for people there, alongside Ina, the mortal girl she loves. When bandits endanger Ina’s village and the king does not help, Asra is betrayed into unleashing a dragon and must save her kingdom.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Words We Don’t SayK. J. ReillyJoel Higgins has saved 901 text messages that he has never sent. Since an unspecified event, he has been unable to speak face-to-face with certain people. While volunteering at a soup kitchen, Joel meets a homeless veteran living with PTSD. That encounter forces Joel to confront his own unresolved issues, linking his difficulty communicating with questions of service, trauma, and personal struggle.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Little Do We KnowTamara Ireland StoneHannah and Emory have been lifelong best friends and next-door neighbors, yet they have not spoken to one another for months during their senior year. When Hannah finds Emory’s boyfriend Luke near death and saves his life, the event forces all three teenagers to confront beliefs they have held for a long time. Told from Hannah’s and Emory’s viewpoints, the story follows the former friends as they face the source of their rift and reconsider their relationships with one another.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details