Kids Book Index
Robin Ha, typography by Dana Fritts, illustrated by Robin Ha, typography by Dana Fritts
Set in sixteenth-century Korea, this story follows Kai Song, who hopes to become a warrior like her father, commander of the Royal Legion. Kai’s life changes when she develops dangerous abilities. Their emergence forces her to confront her destiny and reveals secrets that her mother has kept for a long time.
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The Color of a LieKim Johnson, map by Mike HallIn 1955, Calvin Greene, a Black teenager from Chicago, moves with his family to Pennsylvania, where he is passing. As he adjusts to a new school, he is forced to weigh his loyalties. The story follows a teen confronting troubling secrets in a racially divided town. Calvin’s move and difficult choices unfold against racial divisions and questions of identity.Fourteen and OlderLexile Text Measure HL600LATOS Book Level 3.9On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Extraordinary Disappointments of Leopold Berry (Sunderworld series)Ransom RiggsLeopold begins seeing strange visions connected to a fantasy television program his mother recorded on a VCR before she died five years earlier. Those visions draw him out of his own world and into a parallel one. The story joins a connection to his mother’s past with the unsettling pull of a fantasy world that may be more than television.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Gender Binary Is a Big Lie: Infinite Identities Around the WorldLee WindLee Wind examines the idea that gender consists only of men and women, presenting it as an incomplete account of human identity. The book considers historical understandings of gender identity and closely examines a broad set of primary sources. It addresses identities beyond the binary while acknowledging that many people identify as men or women. Its historical perspective traces conceptions of gender identity across time.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details