Kids Book Index
Robyn Schneider
In Camelot, Merlin’s daughter takes the place of her brother as an apprentice wizard at Arthur’s court. She arrives disguised as her twin because girls are barred from learning magic. Around her, Prince Arthur is a botanist more drawn to books than marriage, and Lancelot has been assigned to guard duty after a lie. Magic, court politics, romance, and humor shape this reimagining of Arthurian characters.
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When You Look Like UsPamela N. HarrisWhen Jayson’s sister disappears, he suspects her drug-dealer boyfriend. As he tries to understand what happened, the novel asks whether his thinking has been shaped by stereotypes directed at his Black community. The story centers on a missing sibling and Jayson’s search for answers while confronting assumptions about crime, responsibility, race, and prejudice. Its central question connects a family crisis with the ways stereotypes can affect judgment.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Beautiful Struggle: A MemoirTa-Nehisi CoatesIn this young readers edition of his memoir, Ta-Nehisi Coates writes about growing up in Baltimore and the family influences that shaped him. His father, Paul Coates, was a Vietnam veteran and former Black Panther devoted to reading and publishing work on African civilization. The account also considers Coates’s relationship with his brother and his father’s view of him as sensitive and unfocused.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Other Side of PerfectMariko TurkAlina is an aspiring dancer whose injury brings her ballet career to an end. Without the future she had expected in dance, she must confront the racial discrimination she experienced in ballet class and the difficult side of her former dream. Joining her high school musical opens another path and helps her discover new possibilities. The novel follows Alina through injury, change, dance, school performance, and questions of race.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details