Kids Book Index
Marisha Pessl
A year after graduation, Beatrice Hartley reluctantly joins her friends for a weekend reunion. Five close friends become suspended between life and death and are forced to experience the same day again and again. Their only way forward is a unanimous decision about which one of them will live. The repeating day turns their reunion into a shared crisis requiring every friend’s agreement.
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ResistanceJennifer A. NielsenChaya Lindner is a Jewish teenager in Nazi-occupied Poland, where her identity puts her at risk of death or deportation to camps. Her sister is taken away, her younger brother vanishes, and her parents nearly lose hope. Determined to act, Chaya works with the rebellion and its leaders. Through her experience, the book depicts Jewish resistance during World War II, particularly in the Warsaw ghetto.Fourteen and OlderLexile Text Measure 820LATOS Book Level 5.8On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Because I Was a Girl: True Stories for Girls of All AgesMelissa de la CruzThis collection brings together true accounts from thirty-eight women about pursuing varied goals while confronting barriers connected to gender and race. Contributors include girls and women working in fields such as writing, film, cooking, and engineering. Each writer shares experiences of obstacles, challenges, and opportunities shaped by being a girl or woman. Photographs of the authors accompany the stories, which present many different paths toward personal and professional aims.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Nice Try, Jane SinnerLianne OelkeSeventeen-year-old Jane Sinner has left high school after a personal crisis and expulsion. Unwilling to be treated with pity, she sets out to remake herself through schemes and stunts. Her efforts lead her to a student-run, low-budget reality show at a local community college, even as she rejects the religiously motivated help offered by her parents. The story follows Jane’s attempts at reinvention after a difficult turning point.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details