Kids Book Index
Louisa Onomé
After her parents go on the run, a teenage girl placed in the care of a cousin she barely knows learns to trust and open up in The Melancholy of Summer, a lyrical YA contemporary coming-of-age story by Louisa OnoméDoesn’t she see?
In the TunnelJulie LeeA young refugee faces war and loss, risking everything to find his missing father.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
An Appetite for MiraclesLaekan Zea KempDanna Mendoza Villarreal’s grandfather is slowly losing himself as his memories fade, and Danna’s not sure her plan to help him remember through the foods he once reviewed will be enough to bring him back.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Minus-One ClubKekla MagoonFrom the Coretta Scott King and Printz Honor-winning author of How It Went Down, Light It Up, and Revolution In Our Time comes a moving contemporary YA novel about the bonds between a group of teens whose lives have been upended by tragedy.Fifteen-year-old Kermit Sanders knows grief and its all-encompassing shadows.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details