Kids Book Index
Brian D. Kennedy
High school senior Wade wants to persuade his ex-boyfriend, Reese, that he is not self-absorbed. He takes on a Pygmalion-like role with Elijah, a shy, nerdy student, and brings him into the theater world. The romantic comedy draws on My Fair Lady and the teen film She’s All That while Wade’s efforts to change Elijah complicate his relationship with Reese.
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When the World Tips OverJandy NelsonIn a small wine-country town in Northern California, a rainbow-haired girl changes the lives of three siblings whose father disappeared twelve years earlier. Twelve-year-old Dizzy Fall bakes cakes, sees spirits, and wishes to be the heroine of a romance novel. Seventeen-year-old Miles Fall is an athlete and a dog-whisperer who is also lost and hopes to meet the boy he dreams about. The siblings’ lives are already fractured when the mysterious girl arrives.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Lunar New Year Love StoryGene Luen YangVietnamese American high-school student Valentina hopes to find romantic love despite a curse in her family. This graphic novel follows her search for a relationship while bringing together questions of fate, family, and heartbreak. It includes occasional Vietnamese and Korean, alongside color illustrations. Valentina’s journey unfolds across her high-school years as she tries to make room for love in the shadow of the family curse.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
No Rules TonightKim Hyun Sook, Ryan EstradaIn 1980s South Korea, Sook goes to a winter camp, where an adventure gives her and others one night of freedom. The experience also offers a chance to preserve a book club that has been banned. Told as a semi-autobiographical work with expressive graphics, the story brings together friendship, books, and resistance to restrictions on what people may read.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details