Kids Book Index
Kate Farrell
Twelve contributors share personal accounts of menstruation, presenting a range of experiences with a natural bodily function. The collection addresses the stigma surrounding periods and considers menstruation as a human-rights issue. It also offers approaches for reducing that stigma. Resource material is included in the back matter, alongside the contributors’ accounts.
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Notes from My CaptivityKathy ParksSeventeen-year-old Adrienne Cahill, an aspiring journalist, travels to Siberia with her anthropologist stepfather. He hopes to find a legendary family of hermits in the wilderness, while Adrienne doubts that the family exists. After disaster disrupts the expedition, she is held captive by the very family she had dismissed as mythical. The story follows a skeptical teen into an isolated, dangerous setting where an investigation becomes a struggle for freedom.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Devils unto DustEmma BerquistIn 1870s Texas, Daisy Wilcox, called Willie, has protected her siblings in Glory after a deadly infection spread through the West Texas desert a decade earlier. Those infected, known as the Shakes, attack living people and have brought destruction across the region. When Willie’s father steals money from a dangerous shake-hunter, she must find him to repay the debt. Her journey requires her to evade the Shakes while confronting the harsh desert.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Picture Us in the LightKelly Loy GilbertDanny Cheng has long been aware that his parents keep secrets. In his father’s closet, he uncovers a sealed box containing old letters and material about an influential Silicon Valley family. What he finds leads him to recognize that his own family’s history holds more than he had understood. The discovery directs his attention to unanswered questions about his family.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details