Kids Book Index
Adrienne Kisner
Millie is the only girl on her high school Mock Trial team until the team removes her. In response, she forms an all-female team. What begins as retaliation develops into social activism. The novel brings together mock trial, feminism, and the power associated with knitting needles as Millie and her new team pursue their own work.
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Apple: Skin to the CoreEric Gansworth, illustrated by Eric GansworthEric Gansworth’s poetic memoir combines poems, artwork, musical references, and occasional photographs to tell family and personal history. An enrolled Onondaga raised at the Tuscarora Nation, Gansworth writes about his family and Native community, including his mother, poverty, Dog Street, and the house of his youth. Music, especially the Beatles, recurs throughout the narrative, which follows him from childhood into college. His visual art includes self-portraits that echo the cover of Abbey Road.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Watch over MeNina LaCourAfter she ages out of foster care, Mila accepts an internship on an isolated farm along the California coast. The place is surrounded by flowers, fog, and waves below. As she begins this second chance, unexplained gifts tied to her earlier life start appearing. The story joins Mila’s new work and remote surroundings to the past that continues to reach her.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Splinters of ScarletEmily Bain MurphyIn nineteenth-century Denmark, Marit’s father dies in an accident she believes may not have been accidental. She turns to her magical abilities in hopes of uncovering what happened and helping people affected by a lethal magical illness. Set in a historical fantasy world where secrets and magic can be deadly, the story follows Marit’s investigation after a family loss. Mystery, grief, and the urgent need to confront a dangerous sickness drive her search for answers.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details