Kids Book Index
Kalynn Bayron
Queen’s Bridge has endured generations of an evil knight whose sorcery deceives and harms the queen’s subjects at vulnerable moments. Eve can summon weapons from the natural world, a magical ability that makes her able to oppose him. Near her seventeenth birthday, she prepares to fight. The conflict places Eve’s power against the knight’s longstanding threat to the land and its people.
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Lady Sunflower: stories, songs, and poems from the desk of kill.gertrudeSierra Shuck-Sparer, illustrated by Chloe TylerLady Sunflower is a collection by Sierra Shuck-Sparer, written while she confronted high-risk medulloblastoma. At fifteen, she began treatment and surgery for the cancer, which she named Gertrude. The collection addresses her effort to hold on to her identity as a teenager while moving toward her college years. Its title identifies stories, songs, and poems as parts of the collection, reflecting the forms gathered here.Teacher Favorites — 9th–12th GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
All the Truth I Can StandMason StokesSet in 1990s Wyoming, this historical novel follows Ash, a gay high-school student in Juniper who is still grieving his mother’s death. He must also live with the violent death of someone he loves. The story draws from the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard, placing Ash’s personal losses within a historical context. His identity is part of the novel’s stated premise.Teacher Favorites — 9th–12th GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Such Charming LiarsKaren M. McManusKat has grown up with only her mother, Jamie, apart from Jamie’s brief marriage, which made Liam her stepbrother. After the divorce, Kat and Liam stop speaking. Jamie, a jewel thief trying to leave that life behind, accepts one final assignment at billionaire Ross Sutherland’s birthday celebration, and Kat finds a way to join her. Unexpected visitors arrive at the family compound, while a heist puts the estranged step-siblings’ survival on their trust in one another.Librarian Favorites — 9th–12th GradeLexile Text Measure HL740LATOS Book Level 4.7On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details