Kids Book Index
Cassie Gustafson
Emma’s best friend, Hannah, accuses Emma’s father of unspeakable acts. After her father is arrested, Emma is pulled between loyalty to Hannah and loyalty to her family. She learns that, to keep her family together, she must testify against Hannah’s account. Emma’s decision places friendship, family bonds, trust, and competing loyalties in direct conflict as she faces the consequences of the accusation.
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Required Reading for the Disenfranchised FreshmanKristen R. LeeBlack scholarship student Savannah Howard enters Wooddale University, a prestigious college with a predominantly white student body and a racist history. She encounters microaggressions, racism, and white privilege on campus. Although her attendance realizes her mother’s hope for a better life, Savannah must navigate a campus with a different set of rules from the academic path she believed would bring her there. She had pursued difficult classes, perfect grades, and a full scholarship.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Violet Made of ThornsGina ChenViolet is a seer whose visions once saved Prince Cyrus’s life. Cyrus plans to remove her from her official position when he is crowned at summer’s end. Before a ball, the king asks Violet to invent a prophecy about Cyrus’s love story. Her actions awaken a feared danger, while her visions may still be needed to protect both Cyrus and their kingdom. Their growing mutual attraction may also put them at risk.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Silence That Binds UsJoanna HoMay’s older brother Danny, a basketball star bound for Princeton, dies by suicide shortly before graduation. His death sends May’s Chinese American family into an emotional spiral. Returning to school for her junior year, May receives support from her Haitian American best friend, Tiya Marie, and Tiya Marie’s brother Marc. After a white parent publicly blames Asian parents for teen suicides, May writes a poem that starts a #TakeBacktheNarrative movement among BIPOC students. Students also plan to protest an internship program sponsored by that parent.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details