Kids Book Index
Sarah Alexander
Five years after her twin brother Eddie drowned, sixteen-year-old Elsie Main is still trying to understand what occurred at the beach that day. Elsie, a Scottish teenager, confronts the sea and her family’s difficult past. Her brother disappeared at Rosemarkie Beach, and new images begin appearing to her, challenging what she thought she remembered. She searches for the truth about Eddie’s death.
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Holding Up the UniverseJennifer NivenLibby Strout is known publicly by a hurtful label about her weight, though people have not taken the time to know her beyond it. After her mother’s death, Libby has been coping privately with grief and with her father’s heartbreak. She prepares to return to high school, make friends, and open herself to new possibilities. There she connects with Jack, who is secretly face-blind, after a high-school game goes wrong.Fourteen and OlderLexile Text Measure 770LATOS Book Level 4.9On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Lottery BoyMichael ByrneBully is a twelve-year-old orphan living on London’s streets with his dog after losing both his mother and his former life. He discovers that he holds a lottery ticket worth millions and races to claim its prize. But the ticket also makes him a target: ruthless men pursue him because they want it for themselves. What begins as the possibility of sudden fortune becomes a dangerous pursuit through the city as Bully tries to stay ahead of those following him.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Bitter Side of SweetTara SullivanFifteen-year-old Amadou and his younger brother, Seydou, leave their village in Mali seeking seasonal work to help their family. Instead, they are tricked into working without pay on a cacao plantation in Ivory Coast, where food is scarce and missed quotas bring beatings. When Khadija, an educated girl kidnapped to silence her journalist mother, arrives at the camp, she and Amadou begin planning an escape. Their need to flee becomes more urgent after Seydou is badly injured and requires medical care. The novel follows their dangerous attempt to reach safety.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details