Kids Book Index
Kathleen Glasgow
Bella feels pressed by demands from her mother, father, and ex, while grieving the grandmother who had not asked anything of her. She uses alcohol to blunt those pressures and believes she can stop whenever she chooses. After becoming blackout drunk at a Thanksgiving party and waking in a hospital, Bella must confront what alcohol is doing in her life. The novel follows her escalating struggle with drinking.
This book appears on 1 reading list across 1 edition.
The Vanishing Station: A NovelAna EllicksonEighteen-year-old Filipino American Ruby Santos is grieving her mother’s death. She cannot apply to art school as she had planned, and she and her father move into their home’s basement while renting the upper floor to repay hospital bills. In San Francisco, Ruby encounters an underground system of magic and is prepared to go to great lengths to protect the people she loves.Kids Favorites — 9th–12th GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
There Is a Door in This DarknessKristin CashoreWilhemina spends her 2020 gap year before college amid major upheaval. The period includes the pandemic, a contentious presidential election, and the death of someone she loves. As she navigates this difficult time, she also begins a new relationship and experiences supernatural visions. Her high school years had already been shaped by the election and pandemic, while grief for a beloved aunt remains present. The story brings personal loss and change into contact with public events and the uncanny.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Hysterical Girls of St. Bernadette'sHanna AlkafAt a girls’ school in Kuala Lumpur, a scream by one student begins a frightening outbreak. Khadijah, who is dealing with trauma, acts after the outbreak touches her sister. Rachel faces pressure from her mother and encounters hauntings linked to an earlier disappearance. When students start disappearing, the two teens investigate the school’s past and what lies behind the crisis. Malaysian supernatural elements, mystery, and horror shape the novel.Kids Favorites — 9th–12th GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details