Kids Book Index
Jade Adia
From the author of There Goes the Neighborhood, winner of the 2024 Coretta Scott King-John Steptoe New Talent Award, comes an unforgettably powerful coming-of-age story about a 16-year-old LA transplant whose plans to build a doomsday shelter in her backyard collide with an unexpected summer romance.Survival Tip #1: The world is going…
Mismatched: A Modern Graphic Retelling of EmmaAnne Camlin, illustrated by Isadora ZeferinoA teen social media star learns he can’t control everything in this delicious, queer graphic novel adaptation that relocates Jane Austen’s Emma to a modern-day high school in Queens, New York.Teacher Favorites — 9th–12th GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Gorgeous Gruesome FacesLinda ChengA cutthroat K-pop competition leads to a dark obsession in this twisty sapphic horror-romance. With their other BFF, Candie, the trio had been the hottest up-and-coming teen pop group, until it all suddenly ended.Teacher Favorites — 9th–12th GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Out of Left FieldJonah NewmanA girl challenges baseball's gender rules, uncovering forgotten female players.Teacher Favorites — 9th–12th GradeLexile 640LATOS 4.1On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details