Kids Book Index
Somaiya Daud
Amani, an eighteen-year-old dreamer, is abducted by the princess of the Vathek Empire and made to serve as her double. In a world marked by deception, the role puts Amani’s life at risk. Though the situation seems stacked against her, she begins planning revenge against the empire that has taken control of her life. The story follows her dangerous position at court and the resistance she tries to build from within it.
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Nevertheless, We Persisted: 48 Voices of Defiance, Strength, and CourageIn This Together Media, foreword by Amy KlobucharThis anthology gathers essays by actors, activists, athletes, politicians, musicians, writers, and teenagers. Contributors, including Patrisse Cullors, Alia Shawkat, Maulik Pancholy, Azure Antoinette, and Gavin Grimm, write about experiences from their youth. Their personal accounts describe navigating difficult circumstances connected to marginalized identities and being held back because of them. A grayscale comic strip appears alongside the essays. The book also provides contributor biographies and discussion questions.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Hope Nation: YA Authors Share Personal Moments of InspirationRose BrockThis anthology brings together candid personal essays and stories from twenty-three young-adult authors. Drawn from the writers’ own lives, the pieces address varied experiences that helped them hold on to hope. The collection recognizes how difficult hope can be amid oppression, belittlement, alienation, and defeat. Its contributors share personal perspectives on finding encouragement through hardship and exclusion. The book is structured as a collection of life-based writing by many authors rather than a single narrative.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
MoonriseSarah CrossanJoe, seventeen, travels to Texas to see his older brother Ed, who has spent the past decade on death row after being convicted of murder. The brothers are almost strangers, and Ed’s execution date is close. During Ed’s final weeks, Joe must face the challenge of comforting a brother he barely knows. The story is told in free verse and centers their time together under the pressure of an approaching execution.Fourteen and OlderLexile Text Measure 669LATOS Book Level 4.3On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details