Kids Book Index
Nic Stone
Courtney Cooper and Jupiter Sanchez have been next-door best friends since childhood. As high-school juniors, they navigate attraction and romantic feelings that complicate their friendship. Rae Chin, a new sophomore, joins their circle. Together, Courtney, Jupiter, and Rae explore sexuality and the feelings developing between them. Jupiter, who identifies as lesbian, realizes that she loves Courtney, a boy.
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Things Jolie Needs to Do Before She Bites ItKerry WinfreyJolie is a high school junior waiting for surgery to correct an underbite she sees as seriously disfiguring. With months to wait and worried that the procedure could go badly, she decides to make the most of life beforehand. As she waits, events become unexpectedly affirming. The novel follows Jolie’s concerns about her appearance, her upcoming operation, and the changes that unfold before it.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Buried beneath the Baobab TreeAdaobi Tricia Nwaubani, afterword by Viviana MazzaAn unnamed Nigerian girl narrates after Boko Haram attacks her village. Days after receiving a university scholarship, she and her best friend are abducted. The girls and other women taken in the attack are compelled to convert to Islam and to marry. One friend begins to accept the beliefs of their captors, creating a further divide between them. The book includes an afterword and resources.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Our Stories, Our Voices: 21 YA Authors Get Real about Injustice, Empowerment, and Growing Up Female in AmericaAmy ReedThis anthology contains essays by twenty-one female young-adult authors. The contributors discuss feminism, LGBTQ+ rights, Islamophobia, immigration, and religion, bringing multiple perspectives to questions of injustice and empowerment. A resource list for activism appears with the essays. The book presents personal writing by a group of authors about experiences and issues connected with growing up female in America, civil rights, religious identity, and social action.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details