Kids Book Index
Lexa Hillyer
This reimagining of Sleeping Beauty concerns two half sisters who are cursed by faeries. They struggle to recognize their own strengths while also discovering love for one another. The book places their conflict within faerie legends and a battle against the effects of the curse. Lexa Hillyer’s novel combines the sisters’ relationship with a fantasy version of a familiar fairy-tale premise.
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You Bring the Distant NearMitali PerkinsThree generations of Bengali American women tell this family story. Ranee and her daughters, Tara and Sonia, arrive in the United States in the 1970s after living in Ghana and London. Tara, who loves acting, tries to fit into American life, while Sonia pursues reading, writing, racial politics, and the women’s movement. In the next generation, their teenage daughters Anna and Chantal are also finding their own paths. The novel moves among India, London, Queens, and New Jersey.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Fire Color OneJenny ValentineIris is a sixteen-year-old pyromaniac following her mother’s plan when she is taken to London to meet the wealthy father she has not known. He is dying and owns a valuable art collection. As Iris spends time with him, she learns that the account of him she has heard throughout her life may be false. The novel follows a father and daughter brought back into each other’s lives, with art and long-kept family deceptions at the center of their changing relationship.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
SpinningTillie Walden, illustrated by Tillie WaldenIn this graphic-novel memoir, eleven-year-old Tillie moves from New Jersey to Austin, Texas and adjusts to new coaches, teammates, and routines. A competitive solo and synchronized figure skater, she practices before dawn and attends demanding weekend competitions. Tillie begins a relationship with another girl and chooses when to come out to friends, relatives, and mentors after her mother learns about it. She also faces persistent bullying at school and realizes that winning does not mean she enjoys skating.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details