Kids Book Index
R. M. Romero
Sixteen-year-old Ilana spends the summer in Prague with her aunt. A biracial Jewish girl who wants to become a violinist, she faces pressure from her immigrant parents to choose a more secure career. Ilana takes on the restoration of a Jewish cemetery, begins a romance with a ghost, and faces a monster. The novel is told in free verse.
This book appears on 2 reading lists across 1 edition from 2 organizations.
The Wolves Are WaitingNatasha FriendFifteen-year-old Nora Melchionda’s life includes a tentative boyfriend, field hockey, strong grades, and close friends. After she is drugged and assaulted at the Frat Fair, Nora wants to put the experience behind her. That becomes more complicated when she discovers that her father, a well-regarded athletic director at the local college, has an indirect connection to what occurred. The book follows Nora as the familiar shape of her life is disrupted by this discovery.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Greatest ThingSarah Winifred SearleAt the beginning of sophomore year, Winifred arrives at high school without her two closest friends. Both have transferred to a private school, leaving her to manage the new school year on her own. The book presents this change in friendship as she confronts high school without the two friends who had been her only ones. Sarah Winifred Searle's 352-page book was published by First Second in 2022.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Girl in the CastleJames Patterson, Emily RaymondHannah Doe is brought to Belman Psych while insisting that she is Hannah Dory, a girl living in 1347. In the world she believes she inhabits, Hannah’s village faces starvation during a brutal winter. Considered to be experiencing hallucinations and delusions, she eventually confronts the source of those beliefs. The story moves between psychiatric care and Hannah’s vision of fourteenth-century life.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details