Kids Book Index
Jordan Ifueko
Small Sade, an orphan who has left the care system, seeks work in Oluwan despite a childhood injury to her foot and vitiligo. She takes a cleaning job at an inn and meets Crocodile, a cursed man whose use of magic steadily changes him from human form. Sade can consume negative emotions through her Curse-Eating gift, and her employer begins offering that ability to people burdened by guilt.
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Eddy, EddyKate De GoldiNineteen-year-old Eddy Smallbone lives with his uncle and earns money through grocery-store work and dog walking. In Christchurch, New Zealand, he takes on new responsibilities when a dog-walking job becomes care for two children, and he is also hired to look after a cockatoo. Reconnecting with his former girlfriend Boo brings back their attraction. Alongside these changes, the story reveals experiences that deeply unsettled Eddy: the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, his friend Toss’s health problems, and events involving Boo. After a breakdown, Eddy had acted out and was expelled from his Catholic high school.Fiction for Young AdultsOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
DragonfruitMakiia LucierAs a child, Hanalei and Princess Oliana are poisoned. Hanalei’s father saves her by wishing on a seadragon’s egg, but the wish brings exile and his death. Now orphaned, Hanalei helps protect seadragons from people who hunt their eggs, known as dragonfruit. Captured by a dragoner, she escapes near Tamarind and returns to the queen and Prince Sam, her childhood friend. Sam seeks an egg to heal his comatose mother, while Hanalei warns him that wishes on dragon eggs always demand a price.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Twelfth KnightAlexene Farol FollmuthViola Reyes finds escape in the online game Twelfth Knight, where she plays as Cesario, a highly accomplished player. At school, she and Jack Orsino serve on student council, though Vi carries much of its work. After an injury leaves Jack homebound, he enters the game and joins Cesario on a quest. When he learns the player attends his school, Vi claims Cesario is her twin brother, Bash. Offline, a bargain over student-council work draws Vi and Jack closer.Fiction for Young AdultsOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details