Kids Book Index
Mamle Wolo
Set in contemporary Accra, Ghana, this story brings together two teenage girls whose socioeconomic circumstances are far apart. Their paths cross amid the activity of the capital’s market, and an unexpected friendship develops between them. As their bond deepens, it changes both girls’ lives. The novel focuses on connection across difference while placing their relationship in a busy urban Ghanaian setting.
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Nothing Burns as Bright as YouAshley WoodfolkTwo Black teenage girls share a turbulent friendship that develops into first love. After they start a fire, the events of one reckless day unfold alongside the complicated history they have built together over years. Told in nonlinear, passionate free verse, the book follows the shifting shape of their bond, its intensity, and the consequences that emerge after the fire.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Don’t Look Back: A Memoir of War, Survival, and My Journey from Sudan to AmericaAchut Deng, Keely HuttonAchut Deng recounts her childhood amid political upheaval and violence in southern Sudan. When soldiers invaded her Dinka village, she fled with her grandmother and relatives, leaving her home behind. After her grandmother died protecting her, Achut survived with other children, was cared for by her mother’s friend Adual in a military prison camp, and eventually escaped. Together with Adual and other women and children, she traveled on foot toward a refugee camp in Kenya.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The KindredAlechia DowJoy Abara is a commoner from the planet Hali whose connection to nobility brings unwanted attention. She is Kindred to a notorious nobleman, an arrangement created by the Kindred Program. The program pairs upper- and lower-class citizens telepathically from birth, intending to prevent social class from limiting whose voice is heard. The story examines Joy’s position within that system and the consequences of a society built around these involuntary bonds.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details