Kids Book Index
Jasmine Warga
Cora and Quinn once shared a close friendship but have spent a year apart, although they live next door to one another. Cora mourns the sister she lost in a school shooting, while Quinn feels responsible because her brother caused the violence. On Cora’s twelfth birthday, Quinn leaves a note and a box at her door. Together, the girls consider traveling through time to stop what happened.
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MiddletownSarah MoonThirteen-year-old Eli and her seventeen-year-old sister Anna depend on each other after their single mother is sent to rehab. The sisters try to present a normal life while relying on the only family each feels able to count on. Anna is more conventionally feminine, enjoys boys, and stays out late, while the sisters face their mother's absence together. The story centers on sisters, family disruption, and resilience.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Amari and the Night BrothersB. B. AlstonAmari Peters refuses to believe that her long-missing brother Quinton is dead, even after police say otherwise and classmates bully her for holding on to hope. A ticking briefcase in Quinton’s closet contains an invitation, written in his handwriting, to try out for the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs. Convinced the secret organization may help her find him, Amari must accept that magicians, fairies, aliens, and other supernatural beings are real.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Wild HuntsboysMartin StewartLuka lives in a city devastated by war, where faeries are dangerous creatures rather than harmless figures from a fairy tale. He joins Hazel and Max to fight offended faeries that threaten Luka, his friends, and his young sister. Hazel is described as brainy and Max as muscular. Together, the three face a peril that reaches beyond their own lives.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details