Kids Book Index
Chaz Hayden
Fifteen-year-old Harris has spinal muscular atrophy and uses a wheelchair. When his family moves from California to New Jersey, he decides to remake how others see him. Harris does not want his wheelchair to be the only thing people know about him. The move gives him a chance to pursue a different identity while navigating life in a new place and the expectations attached to disability.
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Heartbreak SymphonyLaekan Zea KempAarón and Mia are two musically gifted teens dealing with unresolved personal and family issues. Their lives are also affected by increasing attacks on their Latinx community. The novel connects first love and grief with music as the characters confront those pressures. Aarón and Mia’s experiences bring together creative expression, family struggles, community harm, and the effort to move through loss.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
I Could Not Do Otherwise: The Remarkable Life of Dr. Mary Edwards WalkerSara LattaThis biography follows Dr. Mary Edwards Walker’s challenges to the expectations placed on women. As a teenager, she rejected corsets and long skirts in favor of pants with a short skirt, beginning a lifelong effort to change social conventions. Walker was an abolitionist, suffragist, Union spy, and advocate for unisex clothing for women. She was also the only woman to receive the Medal of Honor. Archival images and photographs accompany her story.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The GapsLeanne HallAfter sixteen-year-old Yin Mitchell is abducted, news of her disappearance unsettles the Year Ten students at Balmoral Ladies College. As time passes, the possibility that Yin will be found alive grows less likely. At their Melbourne school, scholarship student Chloe and popular Natalia develop a friendship that helps both girls work through difficult feelings. Chloe is Chinese Singaporean and white Australian; Natalia is white.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details