Kids Book Index
Jeff Garvin
Sixteen-year-old Ellie has bipolar II and travels with her father, a magician whose career is declining. To raise money for the medication they need, she enters him in a live television performance. The act is a well-known illusion that has failed before. Ellie hopes the appearance will help reverse her father’s professional troubles while addressing the family’s need for medication.
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AshlordsScott ReintgenWithin an empire ruled by the Ashlords, three elite riders from clashing cultures compete in the Races, a multi-day contest on phoenix horses. The Ashlords were given the horses by their gods and once used them in battle and hunts; the competition later became a sporting spectacle. The riders use alchemy, while the Ashlords’ tyranny and dominance of the races make the stakes high for competitors seeking to be crowned champion.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Stolen Justice: The Struggle for African American Voting RightsLawrence Goldstone, foreword by Henry Louis Gates, JrThis history follows African Americans’ fight for voting rights from 1787 into the twenty-first century. It gives particular attention to the post-Reconstruction period, when voting rights in the United States were contested and suppressed. The book considers the question raised after the Civil War of whether formerly enslaved people should be granted the vote, and traces the longer struggle that followed. Archival photographs, images, back matter, and sources accompany the historical examination of political rights and their denial.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Puppetmaster’s ApprenticeLisa DeSelmPirouette is a wooden puppet made alive through her father’s forbidden magic. An evil ruler compels her to make an army of marionettes. Elsewhere, Tavia’s ruler, the Margrave, orders dozens of life-sized puppet soldiers for Wolfspire Hall after admiring the puppetmaster and apprentice’s work. The story places a living puppet and magical creation under the authority of a ruler who wants an army, combining fantasy, coercion, and resistance to power.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details