Kids Book Index
Amber McBride
Told 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.
This book appears on 1 reading list across 1 edition.
The Life I’m InSharon FlakeSixteen-year-old Charlese, known as Char, is sent to live with her grandparents after her sister can no longer manage Char’s fighting and refusal of therapy. On the bus south, Char meets April, who leaves her baby with Char and does not return. Char finds a motel room and tries to care for the child, but a man connected to April draws her into a trafficking scheme. Char endures abuse, forms bonds with other trafficked girls, and looks for a chance to escape.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Home Is Not a CountrySafia ElhilloNima wishes she could be someone else. She feels disconnected from her mother, who grew up in another country, and does not feel accepted in her suburban town. A bullied Muslim immigrant teen living with her widowed mother in a post-9/11 American town, she dreams of a homeland she has never seen. Written in free verse, the novel follows her questions about identity, belonging, family, and the life she imagines might have been hers.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Metal Fish, Falling SnowCath MooreDylan dreams with her French mother of sailing across the ocean to France, where Dylan imagines she may feel less set apart because of her Black skin. After her mother’s sudden death, Dylan struggles with grief and identity. She travels across Australia with her mother’s grieving boyfriend, and the road trip creates an unexpected bond between them as they head toward a destination that is painful but also connected with healing.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details