Kids Book Index
written and illustrated by Bianca Xunise
"Stole my heart from the first page to the last. Endlessly funny and sincere." —Tillie Walden, Eisner & Ignatz Award–winning cartoonistWinner of the 2025 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary WorkA debut graphic novel from Ignatz Award–winning and nationally syndicated cartoonist Bianca Xunise.When life gives you guitars, smash them!
Break to YouNeal Shusterman, Debra Young, Michelle KnowldenAdriana knows that if she can manage to keep her head down for the next seven months, she might be able to get through her sentence in the Compass juvenile detention center.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Louder than HungerJohn Schu, foreword by Kate DiCamilloJake battles inner demons and an eating disorder, risking everything to find his voice before he vanishes completely.Fourteen and OlderLexile 549LATOS 3.6On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
QueerceañeraAlex Crespo2025 YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults 2025 ALA Rainbow Book ListThis irresistible and hilarious rom-com from acclaimed author Alex Crespo is a whirlwind of telenovela-level drama and hijinks when Joaquin Zoido finds himself fake-dating his childhood crush and newly minted date to his queerceañera.Joaquin Zoido is out and proud of it.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details