Kids Book Index
Nick Brooks
After the principal of a tightly disciplined preparatory school is murdered, three students are arrested. All three are boys of color, and they decide to work together to establish their innocence before blame settles on them. As they pursue the truth behind the killing, the students must navigate the consequences of the investigation at their school and the suspicion directed at them.
This book appears on 2 reading lists across 1 edition from 2 organizations.
A Long Time Coming: A Lyrical Biography of Race in America from Ona Judge to Barack ObamaRay Anthony ShepardUsing verse, the book profiles six Black Americans from different periods: Barack Obama, Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, Ona Judge, Martin Luther King Jr., and Ida B. Wells. It considers how each resisted racism and pursued justice, while comparing how much has changed for Black Americans since the country’s founding. One portrait concerns Judge’s escape from enslavement by America’s first president; another reaches Obama, the first Black president.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Voices of the PeopleJoseph BruchacThis free-verse collection honors the lives, achievements, and legacies of 34 Indigenous Americans. Each biographical poem is paired with art by a contemporary tribally enrolled artist. Some artists share the featured person’s nation, while others come from another Native nation and connect their work to the subject’s biography. The artwork addresses present-day ideas and concerns, including concerns that resemble those faced by earlier generations. Mixed-media illustrations accompany the profiles.Fourteen and OlderOn one of the same reading listsView book details
Rana Joon and the One and Only NowShideh EtaatIn the San Fernando Valley in 1996, Rana Joon approaches high school graduation while struggling with her sexuality. She also faces the expectations of her Iranian family and grief after her best friend’s death. Rana loves Tupac, smokes weed, and keeps private that she likes girls. These pressures converge as she moves toward graduation and tries to live with loss, family expectations, and her own identity.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details