Kids Book Index
Amber Lough
During the First World War, Katya becomes part of a Russian women’s military unit known as the 1st Women’s Battalion of Death. The intense battles leave her ambivalent about patriotism, Bolshevism, class conflict, and misogyny. Her wartime experience is set against women’s struggles and solidarity, while the novel considers war’s devastating toll as part of a little-known episode in world history.
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Turtle under IceJuleah del RosarioThis novel in verse follows two Filipino Chamorro American teenage sisters as they live with grief after their mother’s death. The sisters have withdrawn into separate parts of their lives, each trying to understand how to continue in a world without her. Their grief changes again after the death of a miscarried half-sister. The story explores the sisters’ evolving loss, their relationship with one another, and the cultural identities that shape their family.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Henna WarsAdiba JaigirdarAt her Catholic girls’ school in Dublin, Nishat is glad when Flávia, a student she met at a cousin’s wedding, enrolls. Nishat has recently told her Bangladeshi parents that she is lesbian, but they fear she will bring shame to the family. Flávia is related to Chyna, whose microaggressions and exclusion have targeted Nishat. A class project brings further conflict when Nishat starts a Mehndi business and Flávia and Chyna create a competing one. Henna art connects Nishat to cultural tradition.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Out Now: Queer We Go Again!Saundra MitchellThis anthology contains seventeen short stories featuring LGBTQ+ teens and characters with a range of gender identities. The stories include contemporary, speculative, romantic, and adventurous elements. Across the collection, self-acceptance is set against pressure from society, making that conflict a continuing thread. Written by queer young adult authors, the book gathers separate narratives while returning to questions of identity, romance, adventure, and the difficulties of accepting oneself in the face of external expectations.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details