Kids Book Index
Daven McQueen
In the summer of 1955, Ethan Harper is a biracial teenager who has been raised chiefly by his white father and has viewed race as a distant issue. After striking a classmate, Ethan is punished by being sent to Alabama to stay with white relatives. The book places his experience in the South, where racial questions that once seemed remote become part of his immediate circumstances.
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Blood SportTash McAdamJason believes that his sister Becca’s death was not accidental, even though no one else shares his conviction. A hidden photograph leads him to enter a boxing gym as part of his effort to learn what happened. Jason, a transgender foster child, is also mourning Becca and finds a place in the gym’s inner circle. His investigation brings new friendships, but he must balance them against the anger that drives him and the danger his search may create.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Any Day with YouMae RespicioKaia lives with her family near the California beach and enjoys movie-making, makeup, and special effects that transform friends into merfolk and other fantastical creatures. At a summer creative-arts camp, she and her friends make a short film for a contest. When her great-grandfather, Tatang, says he plans to return to the Philippines, Kaia hopes a contest win will persuade him to stay. Her summer also includes adventures with him.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The King of Jam SandwichesEric WaltersEighth graders Robbie and Harmony begin their relationship after a punch in the nose. They grow closer when they discover that each is coping with a dysfunctional single parent. Robbie lives with his dad, whose parenting differs from that of most parents, though others do not know this. The novel is told in the first person and draws on author Eric Walters’s childhood. Its focus is the connection between two young people facing difficult family circumstances.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details