Kids Book Index
Bridget Tyler
Jo arrives on Tau Ceti e ready to start again as a pioneer helping establish a new home beyond Earth. Earth has been judged uninhabitable, making survival and the search for a new planet urgent. Jo discovers that something is wrong beneath the surface of the settlement. A devastating secret puts the pioneers’ future at risk and forces Jo to consider how far she will go to reveal it.
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The Downstairs GirlStacey LeeIn 1890s Atlanta, a Chinese American girl named Jo works as a maid while confronting prejudice. Away from her work, she writes an anonymous newspaper advice column under the name Dear Miss Sweetie. As the column gains a wide readership, Jo uses it to address social problems, but the response brings backlash. The novel follows her double life as a worker and unseen columnist in a society shaped by discrimination.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Out of SalemHal SchrieveFourteen-year-old Z Chilworth is genderqueer and becomes a zombie. Z befriends Aysel, a lesbian werewolf, and together they meet others who are also targeted by intolerance. As they form connections with people facing similar hostility, they discover strength in community. The novel combines zombies, werewolves, witches, faeries, and a murder mystery with a story about friendship, identity, and people resisting prejudice.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Revolution of Birdie RandolphBrandy ColbertBirdie hides her relationship with Booker because she fears her parents will judge his time in juvenile detention, despite the circumstances behind it. She also resents her mother’s protectiveness and the family’s high expectations. Birdie’s aunt Carlene, who is sober and training for a cosmetology license after years of addiction, offers a less rigid presence in her life. Birdie’s mother has worked hard to move beyond a difficult past and build her own salon. When Birdie makes a discovery about her family, it overturns what she thought she understood and forces her to reassess those relationships.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details