Kids Book Index
Peggy Kern
Fourteen-year-old Michelle leaves her drug-addicted mother with only enough money to reach New York City, where she hopes to stay with a friend. Alone and frightened, she becomes caught in a child-prostitution gang. The story presents Michelle’s frightening situation after she runs away and her exposure to exploitation. Its account draws on research and true stories.
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The Emperor of Any PlaceTim Wynne-‐JonesEvan’s father dies suddenly, leaving Evan a hand-bound yellow book that his father had been reading. Evan struggles with his loss and with competing views of his grandfather. The book contains a mysterious story involving zombies and ghosts, and Evan questions whether to believe it. Across its nested and shifting time frames, the novel connects the effects of war across generations.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam WarSteve SheinkinThis account connects the Vietnam War’s history with Daniel Ellsberg’s changing views of U.S. involvement. A veteran with experience at the Pentagon and the State Department in Vietnam, Ellsberg learns how much information has been withheld from the public. After gaining access to the Pentagon Papers, he copies the secret history of the war and seeks a way to make it public.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Lizard RadioPat SchmatzIn a future governed by an all-powerful authority, fifteen-year-old Kivali lives in a culture with rigid gender categories. Her hormone levels place her between the state’s designated male and female identities, and she chooses not to take treatment intended to strengthen male characteristics. Sent against her will to Crop Camp, Kivali faces a system in which success may bring safety and failure can mean relocation to the Blight. She forms a bond and crush with her tent-mate Sully, then joins other campers in challenging the camp director and the system that controls them.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details