Kids Book Index
David Treuer
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee is a story of Native American resilience and reinvention, adapted for young adults from the adult nonfiction book of the same name.Since the late 1800s, it has been believed that Native American civilization has been wiped from the United States.
Unbreakable: The Spies Who Cracked the Nazis’ Secret CodeRebecca E. F. BaroneBut to the Allied troops listening in—and they were always listening—the crucial messages sounded like gibberish.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Respect the Mic: Celebrating 20 Years of Poetry from a Chicagoland High SchoolHanif Abdurraqib, Franny Choi, Peter Kahn, Dan “Sully” Sullivan, foreword by Tyehimba JessAn expansive, moving poetry anthology, representing 20 years of poetry from students and alumni of Chicago's Oak Park River Forest High School Spoken Word Club."Poets I know sometimes joke that the poetry club at Oak Park River Forest High School is the best MFA program in the Chicagoland area.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Three Sisters: A NovelHeather MorrisWhen a family’s secret is unearthed, the sisters’ lives are forever changed. Emily Martin is a successful lawyer, four years into her job as an associate with the law firm of Blaine, Wright & Cooper, when, one night, both her career and family life are sent into a tailspin.Ninth to Twelfth GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details