Kids Book Index
Rebecca Caprara
In ancient Greece, Arachne grows up in a family of weavers. After a devastating loss, she and Celandine leave for the city of Colophon, where Arachne turns to a loom and develops her weaving. The craft becomes a way for her to find her voice and strength. Her path leads from peasant life to a contest with the goddess Athena. The novel is told in free verse and includes black-and-white spot art.
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StatelessElizabeth WeinSeventeen-year-old Stella North represents Britain as the sole female competitor in Europe’s first youth air race in August 1937. Although she escaped the Russian Revolution as a child, she keeps that history private. The race is intended to foster peace and unity while fascism rises across Europe, and pilots from several nations take part. After Stella witnesses what appears to be an attack on a plane and an Italian contestant fails to reach the first stop, she investigates sabotage while weighing whom she can trust amid mounting political tensions.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
True TrueDon P. HooperGil, a seventeen-year-old Black teenager from Brooklyn, starts his senior year at a nearly all-white Manhattan prep school. A racist incident on his first day leads to his suspension. Struggling to find a place in the school, Gil becomes involved in a fight and develops a plan for revenge. He faces major obstacles as he tries to thrive at the school, where his experience exposes racism and the pressures of belonging in an unfamiliar environment.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Star SplitterMatthew J. KirbyIn 2193, Jessica Mathers’s scientist parents leave Earth. Six years later, the 17-year-old travels by teleportation fourteen light-years away in an attempt to meet them again. Instead, the journey fails: she wakes in a crashed lander on Carver 1061c, a barren planet after an extinction event. With deep-space exploration and routine teleportation part of its world, the story follows the consequences of this disastrous trip.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details