Kids Book Index
Leanne Lieberman
Sixteen-year-old Sydney is living with depression and avoids talking about, or even thinking about, sex. She believes she will never have a boyfriend. When a classmate shows interest in her, Sydney has to face the anxiety she feels alongside her own desires. The story centers on her effort to reconcile those conflicting feelings while navigating a possible relationship.
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Defy the StarsClaudia GrayNoemi Vidal is a teenager and soldier willing to risk her life to protect her planet, Genesis. Earth regards her as a rebel. Abel is an advanced robot who has been abandoned alone in space for years, and his programming has started to evolve. Noemi and Abel set out together on an interstellar mission to save Genesis from its enemies, joining a human soldier and a gifted machine in a conflict among worlds.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Genuine FraudE. LockhartJule, a privileged American teenager, is running in Mexico while someone pursues her. The narrative moves backward through its chapters to reveal why she is being chased. Elsewhere, a hotel guest calling herself Imogen spends her time at the gym and tells others she was forced to leave Stanford, though the account makes clear that her identity is false.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Nowhere GirlsAmy ReedThe Nowhere Girls begins with three unlikely girls at a high school where misogyny shapes the culture. They start a movement and seek the truth about an alleged rape. One of the three, Grace Salter, is new in town after her family was driven from their former community. Her Southern Baptist preacher mother changed her political views after falling from a horse.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details