Kids Book Index
Cover of That Thing We Call a Heart

That Thing We Call a Heart

Sheba Karim

After high school ends, Shabnam Qureshi faces a lonely summer and feels estranged from her best friend, Farah, who has begun wearing hijab. Shabnam also feels that her parents do not understand her. Then she meets Jamie, a free-spirited college student, and reconnects with Farah to share her happiness. As her relationship with Jamie grows, Shabnam compares their warmth and passion with the restrained affection she sees between her parents, while seeking to understand who she is and what she wants.

This book appears on 2 reading lists across 1 edition from 2 organizations.

Back to all books

Book details

Themes
Family · Friendship · Identity · Love · Religion And Spirituality
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
May 9, 2017
ISBN-13
9780062445704
Language
English
Cooperative Children's Book Center, University of Wisconsin–MadisonCCBC Choices
  • 2018Fiction for Young Adults
See the original list
All books
Cover of Midnight at the ElectricMidnight at the ElectricJodi Lynn AndersonIn 2065, Adri moves to her newly found cousin Lily’s Kansas farm while preparing to settle on Mars. Reserved Adri expects difficulty, but Lily respects her privacy and the farm’s giant tortoise, Galapagos, becomes a calm companion. The story also follows Catherine on the same farm during the Dust Bowl, when destructive storms endanger her younger sister’s health, and Lenore in England in 1919 as she mourns her brother’s death in the Great War. Adri’s discovery of an earlier resident’s journal draws her toward the linked stories of these women.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Cover of Dress Codes for Small TownsDress Codes for Small TownsCourtney StevensBillie McCaffrey is a preacher’s child in a small town and part of a close group of six friends called the Hexagon. She prefers jeans and combat boots, makes large-scale art in her garage, and joins her friends in both building community and causing trouble. Billie may be in love with two of her closest friends, Wood and Janie Lee. When Janie Lee tells Billie that she loves Wood, Billie recognizes that her own feelings for Wood are tangled with her feelings for Janie Lee.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Cover of The 57 BusThe 57 BusDashka SlaterThis nonfiction account follows Richard and Sasha, two Oakland teenagers whose lives intersect during a bus trip home on November 4, 2013. Richard, grieving a friend lost to gun violence, is working to improve his grades and finish high school. Sasha is agender and attends private school. After Richard sets fire to Sasha’s skirt, the book examines the resulting court process, Sasha’s recovery, Richard’s sentencing, and both teens’ backgrounds, including Sasha’s understanding of their gender identity.Fourteen and OlderLexile Text Measure 930LATOS Book Level 6.5On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details