Kids Book Index
Val Emmich
Tegan, who has symbrachydactyly, is known at school as “the girl with the hand” and is most outspoken with her friend Neel, though the two are not currently speaking. After facing a truth she cannot confront, she hides in a museum during a snowstorm. Popular classmate Mac joins her there, and an intense bond develops. Tegan worries that her secret could destroy the connection between them.
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Rebel DaughterLori Banov KaufmannDuring the Roman siege of Jerusalem in the first century CE, Esther is the daughter of a high priest who resists traditional expectations for Jewish women. She wants more than the arranged marriage her parents have planned with a prosperous silversmith. Against the destruction of Jerusalem, Esther confronts loss, love, capture, and enslavement. Her story is rooted in family obligations and survival during a period of war and upheaval.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake DatingAdiba JaigirdarHumaira “Hani” Khan and Ishita “Ishu” Dey are Bengali students at an Irish secondary school and the only South Asians in their year. Hani is a popular, devout Muslim student whose friends dismiss her bisexual identity because she has dated boys. Ishu is studious and hopes that greater popularity will help her become head girl. After Hani claims she is dating Ishu, the two agree to pretend to be a couple. As they keep up the arrangement, they begin to find more common ground than either expected.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Me (Moth)Amber McBrideTold in verse, this fantasy novel follows Moth, a teenage girl grieving the deaths of her family in an accident. Now living with her aunt, she feels isolated and without a secure place of her own. A teenage boy enters her life, and the book is described as both a coming-of-age story and a ghost story. Loss, displacement, and a developing connection shape Moth’s experience.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details